| 林書豪苦戰灰狼In his first three starts, Jeremy Lin's out-of-nowhere emergence all but saved the New York Knicks' season. In his fourth, his teammates returned the favor. Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Steve Novak scored 15 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer with 36 seconds to play and Lin used his quickness to draw a foul and get to the line in the closing seconds. He finished with 20 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Lin had just five points on 1-for-13 shooting and four turnovers in the second half. "It was an ugly one, it was a gutsy one, it was a road win, everybody was tired," Lin said. "That's the beauty of basketball. That's the beauty of our time. We never gave up." Kevin Love had 32 points and 21 rebounds for the Wolves, who missed two chances to win the game in the final five seconds. The Knicks trailed by seven with 6:41 to play and it looked as if a week of Tebow-like hype was finally catching up to Lin. But the Wolves only scored one field goal the rest of the way, and the Knicks hung in there. Playing yet again without the injured Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire, who was mourning the death of his brother, Landry Fields scored 19 on 8-for-10 shooting and Iman Shumpert added 20 points. Fields hit a short jumper to make the score 94-93 with 2:10 to go and Shumpert added ... |
