Ballin': Yes, There's Already a Video Featuring Jeremy Lin's Top 10 Plays (Mostly Layups!)
By Jason McIntyre
New York 100, Sacramento 85: Blowout city, baby. That’s seven wins in a row for the Knicks (15-15), although nobody’s reading anything into this victory – NY led almost the entire way – because Sacramento plays no defense. Lin’s line: 10 points, 13 assists, six turnovers and five rebounds. Landry Fields scored 15 points and collected 10 boards. Jimmer, the only King you care about, was 2-of-5 in 24 minutes. And yes, there’s already a video of Jeremy Lin’s Top 10 plays.
LA Clippers 102, Washington 84: A night after shooting 60 percent in Portland, reality hit the Wizards, who shot 39 percent and had their 2-game winning streak snapped. Blake Griffin scored 23 points and took 15 rebounds and the Clippers pulled away in the 4th. He had eight offensive boards; the Wizards had 10.
Fact: DeAndre Jordan is tall and I occasionally throw alley-oops to him in my dreams.
Oh, and a day late … here’s even shot Nick Young took against the Blazers when he scored a season-high 35 points.
Detroit 98, Boston 88: Um, in Boston? Wow. The Pistons dominated the 4th quarter and the Celtics fell to 15-13, just one game ahead of the surging Knicks in the Atlantic. Rajon Rondo scored 35 points but only had six assists. He shot 15-of-27 the rest of the starting lineup (KG sat out – hip) was a disappointing 12-of-30.
Orlando 103, Philadelphia 87: The Magic had another one of those ridiculous shooting performances from beyond the arc – 15-of-25 – and they aren’t going to lose any of those. Ryan Anderson sank 7-of-10 and scored a game-high 27 points. Knicks fans have to love this loss – New York is just five back of the 76ers in the Atlantic.
San Antonio 113, Toronto 106: Tony Parker topped 30 points for the third time in six games, finishing with 34 points and 14 assists and the Spurs won their 9th in a row to improve to 21-9. Yes, there’s a team actually hotter than the Knicks, but they don’t have Jeremy Lin and are not located in the Northeast.
Minnesota 102, Charlotte 90: Nobody throws an alley-oop pass like Ricky Rubio. This is his 20th alley-oop of the season (2nd in the NBA). Rubio had seven assists in 25 minutes. Kevin Love: 30 points, 18 rebounds. Charlotte has lost 16 games in a row. But good news! Point guard DJ Augustin returned for the first time since Jan. 22 and scored nine points off the bench. Perhaps the losing skid ends Friday in Toronto.