'Linsanity' touches down in star-struck Canada
Updated: 2012-02-15 15:17
(Agencies)
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Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon shoots over New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin (R) during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Toronto, Feb 14, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] |
'It's miracle'
Certainly Raptors fans are not accustomed to seeing anything like it in Toronto, where such lavish attention is reserved for the NBA's elite.
The Raptors have fielded more media interest than for any other regular season game and Tuesday's contest marked just the second sellout of the season.
Coaches, teammates, fans and even Lin himself are at a loss to explain the sequence of events that took him from anonymity to one of the headline acts of the NBA.
Opposing defenses will be more interested in getting acquainted with Lin and searching for a cure for 'Linsanity.'
"I've been able to get away with some stuff but defenses are going to start locking in so I'm going to have to improve," said Lin, who averaged 26.8 points, 8 assists and 4.2 rebounds in his first five games. "If you look back at my story ... there are a lot of things that had to happen that I just couldn't control.
"I think it's a miracle because obviously I don't think anybody expected this to happen the way it happened."
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