I should probably just call this The Jeremy Lin Blog

I checked the score on my iPhone during sushi/sake with the girls and announced it to the table, at which point, a random man at the table next to us enthusiastically joined our conversation and proclaimed his excitement about the Knicks win.

“Did you say Jeremy Lin? They won?”

Yes. And yes, 90 to 87.

“I was at Madison Square Garden the day they played the Nets. I put him in my fantasy basketball team that night. That night.”

“He’s been talking about it all evening.” His date said, with a really understanding look for someone whose boyfriend was obviously slightly preoccupied on Valentine’s Day.

After last night’s down-to-the-wire win, Lin now has the highest total score for the first five starting games of any NBA player in history. Talk about building up fan expectations.

The pressure was on as the Knicks went into Tuesday’s game, coming after 5 straight wins (the longest winning streak of the season), led by Lin. Lin looked obviously (and understandably) tired in Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he still managed to score 20 points and make one of two shots that helped the Knicks win an incredibly close endgame.

On Tuesday, the Knicks played the Toronoto Raptors. (Sidenote: Why is there a NBA team in Canada? This isn’t hockey.) Anyway, it was another hard-to-watch game, at least for the first half, as NY was consistently down ~11 points. However, just like they did in Friday’s match against the Timberwolves, Mike D’Antoni’s team rallied in the last half, particularly in the fourth quarter. Lin ended up scoring 27 points with a record 11 assists, his personal best with the Knicks. 

Friday’s game came down to the last five seconds. Tuesday’s game came down to the last 0.5. 

Look, Jeremy, I know everyone’s comparing you to Tebow, but you don’t have to score all your points in the last ten minutes. I think we’ll all be OK if you decide to let your team have at least a slight lead sometime earlier than the literal last seconds of the game. Though it does make it fun to watch. 

Other notes:

—Looks like the worry over Amar’e Stoudemaire’s return was unfounded. He started slow (understandably), but grew visibly more comfortable, scoring some crucial shots by the end of the game. The real concern is what will happen when Carmelo Anthony returns. The Knicks have been working as a team these past few games. It’s easy to do that when your stars are absent. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when the full roster is back in action.

—Did you guys read about Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s racially controversial comments re: Lin? Well you can read about them here: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/7572690/floyd-mayweather-says-new-york-knicks-jeremy-lin-spotlight-race-not-play I always find it interesting when minorities belittle other minorities. It’s really a great sign of the strength of diversity in the United States of America. The article doesn’t mention another wonderful and racially sensitive tweet by sports columnist Jason Whitlock, but we won’t repeat that here. This is the Law Weekly.

—If there’s one complaint I have about J. Lin, it’s that his Twitter feed is pretty unexciting. The good news is Metta World Peace (the basketball player formerly known as Ron Artest) has cornered the market on entertaining NBA Twitter feeds. He’s now moved on to other topics, but the always-entertaining Laker posted many tweets with tongue-in-cheek (we hope) advice for Jeremy Lin.