Linsanity Page #8

He's got a chance for a

3-point play as he got hit.

Bumped by petro,

gets to the rim.

Count it

and a foul!

P.A. Announcer:

Jeremy Lin!

Announcer:
He has

in one special night

Become

a garden favorite.

Color analyst:

Will it be remembered?

He was stringing together,

Like, three crossover moves

in a row.

Like, things

he's never done before.

Announcer:

Splits the defense again!

Gets to the rim!

Pops it in!

And a foul! Wow!

[ wild cheering ]

Color analyst:
And

the crowd on their feet

Paying homage

to this man.

Clyde, even it looks

like his teammates

Don't believe

what they're seeing.

Jeremy:

I was just so emotional.

There's no way

they can cut me now.

I just had

the game of my life.

Announcer:
Again,

the crossover, the basket.

Puts it up,

pops it in!

Jeremy Lin with 25!

And this crowd

is going crazy!

Color analyst:

Penetrating, manipulating,

Devastating the nets!

Announcer:
He's the hero

from Harvard,

As the Knicks

[ buzzer sounds ]

Get a much-needed victory

on the game of his life.

And he is swarmed

by his ecstatic teammates

And a jubilant crowd here

at Madison square garden.

Jeremy:
[ on P.A. ]

I'm just thankful to god

For this opportunity

to be able to come out here

And play with this team

and this organization.

[ crowd cheering ]

Jeremy:

Man, I was taking a shower,

And I was like...

I didn't even know.

I was like, "is this water,

like, from the shower,

Or am I actually crying,

like, tears of joy?"

Oh, I was just, like,

so high on emotion.

I was so happy.

I was sitting in the shower,

Replaying all the times

in the d-league,

All these flashbacks

of these tough times

I had to go through.

And I remember

I got out,

I saw my family,

and they were all smiling.

I called my agent,

And he was yelling at me

on the phone, you know, like,

"I'm so proud of you.

I knew you could do it. "

That was kind of like

the much-needed breakthrough

That I was hoping for.

Commentator:
[ on radio ]

before Jeremy Lin's

First big game

against new jersey,

He really wasn't in the Knicks'

plans at that point,

And I'm told

they had begun

To look seriously

at replacements.

Announcer:
Clyde, Saturday

night, Madison square garden

Sounded as loud

as we've heard it all season.

He was magnificent.

You just hope

from a Knicks standpoint

That he can

run the offense

As well as he ran it

on Saturday.

Jeremy:
I just really wasn't

nervous for my first start.

And, you know,

usually, I would be,

But I don't know why I just felt

really comfortable,

And it was just

a supernatural peace,

And it's one

of those things that,

You know,

I can't really explain.

For Jeremys first NBA start,

Amar'e Stoudemire

was out for personal reasons,

And Carmelo Anthony suffered

an injury in the first half.

Announcer:
Carmelo Anthony

comes up hobbling.

He's in a lot

of discomfort.

He can't move right now.

The Knicks

desperately needed a leader,

And Jeremy

would answer the call.

Announcer:

Lin gets around Jefferson,

Looking,

and backs it in.

He had a couple of those

the other night.

Jeremy:

We were running pick and roll

After pick and roll

after pick and roll.

Announcer:

Lin inside to Jeffries!

Joshua:
I didn't know

how he would follow up

That new jersey game,

'cause it was such a high,

But he just kept making

ridiculous layups,

He was hitting jumpers.

Jeremy:
They didn't know my tendencies,

They didn't know

my weak spots,

My strong spots,

my sweet spots.

Announcer:

Lin on the drive,

Flips it up,

drops it in!

And a foul!

Reverse layup!

Jeremy:
They had never

seen me play.

Announcer:
Pushing it,

ahead to Shumpert, back to lin.

Lin gets hit,

puts it in, and a foul!

Lays it up,

puts it up,

Chandler

keeps it alive.

[ buzzer ]

Lin has to put it up.

A 3-pointer

as the shot clock expired!

I'm riding him

like friggin' secretariat.

[ laughter ]

Announcer:
Jeremy Lin

With his second

consecutive career night.

He is the new starting

point guard of the Knicks.

[ buzzer ]

And the Knicks win again.

A standing ovation

for Jeremy lin.

Jeremy:
You know, there's

so many little variables

With every step of the way

being something I can't control.

You know, Houston

waives me a day late.

If they waive me

a day earlier,

I would have been

past the waiver wire.

Shumpert gets

hurt that morning.

The Knicks pick me up,

Because they had worked me out

the year before.

You know, it happens to be

D'antoni who's coaching here

Whose offense

is tailor-made for me.

And all of a sudden,

things just go crazy.

He's averaging 261/2 points

a game the last two games.

I don't think

that's gonna continue.

Commentator:
Obviously,

that's not gonna continue.

Then we hit the road

and go to Washington,

And it's like

john wall again, you know.

Like, I played against john wall

in the summer league,

And now

it's, like, a rematch.

Now I'm playing

against him again.

Announcer:
Ooh!

[ whistle blows ]

Announcer:
Lin on the

drive, gets inside.

Reverse layup.

Great play by Jeremy lin.

Here comes wall.

Look at wall.

Breaks the press,

And throws it down

with the left hand!

Jeremy:
I was like, "dang,

he kinda dunked on my head. "

I was like, "I'm gonna try

to get him back. "

Couple possessions later,

they messed up their coverage,

I had a free lane,

And I just tried

to take the rim down.

Announcer:

Lin drives!

There's the dunk

you're talking about, Clyde.

Jeremy Lin

fires up the crowd.

Jeremy:

When I saw that opening,

I just tried to dunk it

as hard as I could.

I don't know.

There's just...

There's been so much pain

and so many trying times,

And now

that I get to play,

I'm just letting it

all out, man.

I'm just letting

it all out on the floor.

After the game,

I just look back,

And I'm like,

"man, that was so fun. "

Commentator:

The great story

That's brewing is

Jeremy Lin,

And this week,

contracts are guaranteed

For the rest

of the year.

He's been balling out,

saying,

"show that man

his money. "

D'antoni:
The things that's

for real is his vision,

Which won't change,

His speed, which won't change,

His knowledge of the game,

which won't change.

I just don't see it changing.

Now, again, please

don't quote me on that one.

Kenny smith:
Now he's

on the scouting report.

Shaquille ONeal:

Yeah, he is now.

Let's see if he's in the

scouting report for the Lakers

Oh, yeah, he is.

On Friday night at the garden.

Jeremy:
This is basically where

I lived the last two weeks

And so it's the couch

I slept on.

Uh, my brother

and sister-in-law,

Uh, did a good job

of hosting me.

Had a lot of fun.

[ laughing ]

And now their little kid

might have to move out.

[ laughing ]

If I don't do laundry now,

I won't do laundry

when I'm married. Fact.

Sister-in-law:

You guys are brats.

So? We do other things.

[ Shirley speaking

indistinctly ]

Sister-in-law:

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