Linsanity Page #10

I can't

take credit for it,

But I'm just saying

I was there early.

Reporter:
As you said,

it's a great story.

What's the greatest part

in it for you?

That we've won five in a row.

[ laughs ]

That's it for me.

Uh, just everything,

Just here's just

what's right with sports.

He's an underdog

that came up.

He does it the right way.

Can he play in the NBA?

Yeah, of course.

He's got all the tools,

and he's playing really well.

That's not a fluke,

how he's playing.

I had

this one dude courtside

Who was just yelling

at me the whole game.

He's like,

"you're a one-week wonder. "

You know, "you're not gonna

win this game. You suck. "

We were playing bad.

We were tired,

and I was like,

"man, this is gonna be

a tough one to pull out. "

We were down 5

with a minute left.

You know, we got

this huge steal,

Layup, down 3.

They're coming down,

we get a stop.

Commentator:
The and-1 at Amir Johnson,

Who I believe had 5

blocks to that point,

Ties the game.

Announcer:

Lin fakes the 3, drives,

Goes in for the layup,

It's good,

and a foul!

Lin can tie it

with a free throw.

They come down,

missed shot,

And now we got the ball

with, like, 20 seconds left.

Announcer:

Lin to Shumpert,

Shumpert,

pull-up jump shot.

Won't go,

chandler the rebound.

And the Knicks will hold it

for the final shot

As the 24-second clock

is shut off.

Mike Dantoni

won't call time out

And let the raptors

set up their d.

The crowd on its feet

here at the air Canada centre.

Lin puts it up.

Bang!

Jeremy Lin

from downtown,

And the Knicks

take the lead!

Amazing here

at the air Canada centre!

Announcer 2:

10 seconds, everyone standing,

20,000 in Toronto.

Color analyst:

Get out of his way!

Let him just take

Calderon himself!

Announcer 2:
Three seconds,

Lin sizes him up,

Straightaway 3, buries it!

.5 remaining!

Linsanity continues!

I'm just glad

it went like this,

So we can calm the

Linsanity down a little bit.

[ laughter ]

Where we couldn't

get a stop...

Mwah!

Jeremy:
That's all I dream about

is hitting the game winner,

And then doing

some cool little dorky pose

And then walking off.

You know, that's,

like, all I did growing up.

I always wanted to do that.

I wanted to know

what that felt like.

Michael Wilbon:

He's got the game,

He's got the attitude,

he's got the swag.

He's got all of that.

[ beep ]

Okay.

"thank you for being... "

Or do I just do

the first part?

Woman:
Yeah.

Okay.

"hey, Jeremy... "

I mean... Whoops.

it's driving me

out of my mind

"just dial star-star-Knicks

On your iPhone

or android phone... "

Woman:

Or go to nyknicks.

can't get it

outta my head

head

that girl is poison

[ laughs ]

Oh, man.

Man:
Perfect.

"to all my friends

in Indonesia... "

"to all

my fans in Singapore... "

"to all my fans

around the world,

Thank you

for all your support. "

[ Psy's gangnam style

playing ]

Reporter:

Linsanity is catching on

Even halfway around

the world in Taiwan,

Igniting a crowd in Taipei

that went to a bar

At 8:
00 in the morning

to watch him on TV.

[ speaking Portuguese ]

[ woman speaking

Japanese ]

[ man speaking Spanish ]

[ gangnam style continues ]

hey, sexy lady

hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

hey, sexy lady

op, op, op, op

hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

oppa gangnam style

[ song ends ]

Commentator:
He's handled

everything very well,

As you said, unflappable,

But if there is a chink

in the armor,

Where can Lin

improve his game?

[ rewinding ]

Chink in the armor...

[ plays in slow motion ]

a chink in the armor...

Nice build,

he's got long arms.

That's what you need

as a point guard.

And he's really,

I mean...

Anchorman:

What about his eyes?

Dreamy.

He has

great court vision.

Take away the Lin puns...

Mm-hmm.

This is what you

end up with.

"amasian. "

now is that even...

[ laughter ]

Is that even legal?

Conan OBrien:
Jeremy lin.

Yes, that's real.

Jeremy Lin coming out

of a fortune cookie.

Commentator:
This whole

thing has shown how unprepared

We were to deal with this

culture in this context.

Host:
Floyd Mayweather

on Jeremy Lin tweets...

"all the hype

is because he's asian.

"black players do

what he does every night

And don't get

the same praise. "

First of all, what he said

I think is racist.

Not only can he compete

and make it in the NBA,

The guy's tearing it up and is

breaking records, you knucklehead.

OBrien:
Check it out.

"he does the math to win. "

[ laughter ]

yeah.

Commentator:
For many years,

we've had many stereotypes

About asian-americans,

And now they're

all kind of coming out

Like they're no big deal.

They are a big deal.

Announcer:

And that'll do it.

The winning streak comes

to an end

In disappointing fashion,

As the new Orleans hornets

Hand Jeremy Lin

and the Knicks

Their first loss

in the Jeremy Lin era.

Jeremy:
Now it's easier

for me, you know.

Someone will say

something racist,

And I'll laugh,

and I'll think it's funny.

Everything I get now,

like, all the negative stuff,

I'll just put it

in one place

And turn it

into positive stuff

So that I could use it

the right way,

And when I play out of anger,

I play horrible.

And so I had to learn

how to control my emotions

And then just,

like, let it go.

[ Yao Ming

speaking chinese dialect ]

[ video game sound effects ]

Joshua:

Don't break your hand.

[ laughing ]

Oh!

[ laughing ]

[ Yao Ming speaking

chinese dialect ]

Huh!

Huh!

[ laughing ]

Sweet.

So did you know that new

Knicks sensation, Jeremy Lin,

Has a brother

who's a freshman point guard

For Hamilton college?

We did, though even

we didn't know

That today's continental

home finale

Would bring out

the entire Lin clan,

Including the Linsational

Jeremy himself.

Joseph:
I did not know

he was coming to my game,

And I actually heard from a

couple people on campus like,

"hey, your brother's

coming. "

I was like,

"no, he's not. "

I've never really

had that before,

Had that kind of hype

around one of my games.

But I didn't see it

as that big of a difference.

It was just my family

watching my game, so...

I mean, he did come down

before Linsanity happened.

He had come down to watch

my games before that,

And no one really cared.

Joshua:
For the last,

like, two years,

He was never enjoying

himself out there.

But that new jersey game,

when things were rolling,

For the first time,

he was just, like, having fun,

Living his dream.

I think that was, like,

the best thing from Linsanity.

Host:
The big question now

is, can Linsanity continue?

Commentator:
I don't know

how long it's gonna last,

But right now,

I don't care.

Announcer:

Lin out of the corner for 3.

Count 'em all!

Commentator:
Anyone who said

they saw this coming is lying!

Commentator:
There's a

lot more that he can do

Than anybody knew, and it

comes down to confidence.

Announcer:

Jeremy on the drive.

And-1 for Jeremy Lin!

He got the bang

and the bucket.

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