Knicks lost their first game with Jeremy Lin as starting point guard on Friday night. The whole team seemed to struggle to get into a rhythm, and Jeremy Lin struggled with ball handling in the first half with 8 turnovers. He was able to clean it up and only had one turnover in the 2nd half.
In general, it seems that when Jeremy Lin is allowed to be aggressive and penetrate, that the team excels. When he either takes the shot or makes the kick-out, they tend to find success. Unfortunately sometimes Jeremy seems to run a little wild. This will hopefully clean up as the season progresses.
Despite all that, he still managed to score 26 points, have 5 assists, and have 4 steals.
At the end of the game, in the interview he stated that people want to give him all the credit for the first 7 games so he is taking the blame for this lost. He is young and still learning, but I disagree with assessment totally. Post-interview for all the wins, he kept emphasizing that it was a team win which I found to be quite true. He has been a catalyst, but the effort was a team one. But now, faced with a loss, he is too quick to shoulder the whole loss himself. YES, the turnovers were costly but so were all the missed shots that other team members had. I say to Jeremy, realize the losses are team losses as well.
The major controversy of the night though was in the wee hours with a really poorly titled article came out on ESPN. Read all about the controversy here: Racist Article Title.
