No, the title takes it a little too far, but J-Lin definitely had his ass handed to him in Miami last night. The Knicks lost 102-88 after leading in the first half, despite horrible shooting and a poor handle on the ball. Lin had a game high 8 turnovers and Stoudemire had 6. Reckless for a team that had only 14 assists TOTAL.
The guards of the Heat - Chalmers, Cole and Wade - kept Lin to 1-11 shooting Baron Davis shot 0-7 and Carmelo Anthony shot 7-20 (Who does he think he is, Kobe?).
The big 3 (2 1/2) shot 28-55, with James almost hitting a triple double with 20-9-8, 5 steals and 2 blocks.
Could Lin's NBA stardom be over as fast as it appeared? I doubt it, everyone has those game where the ball just jumps out of your hands and the shots can't get through the rim.
Mike D'Antoni - ""He didn't have the legs. He played last night. It happens. It was a
learning experience ... We probably just played maybe arguably the best
team in the NBA."
Partly true, but as I wrote previously about the shortened season, the youth of Lin should prove able to prevail in back-to-back's or back-to-back-to-back's.
I think that this was just a case of a far more superior team, continuing to keep their streak rolling. The Heat want first and they're going to plow through many more teams like they did Lin and the Knicks last night.
The Heat are on a 8 game win streak, all by double digits.
Just for fun, here are some words you cold say about last night.
Lincompetent, Linane, Linauthentic, Lincombustable (he's not on fire!), he's still Lincubating.
Take this lightly, it's all in fun.
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