New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin is trying not to get caught up in the buzz generated by his explosion onto the NBA scene but the Asian-American point guard is glad to be helping break down stereotypes.
New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin was added to the player pool for the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Orlando on Feb. 25. • Jeremy Lin becomes media darling in Taiwan
New York Knicks' point guard Jeremy Lin rocketed to rock star status and has become a media darling in Taiwan, where the parents of the NBA's first American-born player of Chinese descent grew up.
Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with less than a second to play to cap his finishing flurry of six straight points and New York rallied to beat the Raptors 90-87.
LeBron James scored 35 points and Dwyane Wade added 22 on Monday to power the Miami Heat past Milwaukee 114-96 to avoid being swept by the Bucks in their three NBA meetings this season.
Nowitzki scored 22 points, 11 in the final 6-plus minutes, Shawn Marion added 16, and the Mavericks held on to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 96-92 on Monday night.
The All-Star guard proving again he is basketball's ultimate showman as he lifted the Los Angeles Lakers to a 94-92 win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday with some late game heroics.
The sensational emergence of Chinese-American player Jeremy Lin has provided a much-needed boost for the NBA in China following Yao Ming's retirement last summer.