The Hornets Snatched Game 5 from the Heat 90-88 With Team Effort

Good Win!

First…

FWIW: Report that Batum is out for series is inaccurate. Won't matter because Heat will win in 4 or 5.— Rick Bonnell (@rick_bonnell) April 22, 2016

What if he was feeding false information to the Heat….nah

Was that the refs or the scoreboard?

Very true. That was pure intentional. IIRC, the play stopped and Lin was already at the score table. Refs saw that Heat has possession and could take the lead and they did. They didn’t want Lin to prevent it, lol.

They’re waiting for the half time

Wade at the podium sounds defeated.

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/725523602657832961

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nah…its ok…they deserve it as well…let them have the stage

It’s OK. These two did good job today.

That’s ok, he was on the last 2 games…Marv and Lee did well when it counted…

Lin and Kemba have similar starts except +/-.

yes, they need the boost for doing so well so the team chemistry will be even stronger 🙂
All-the-Way baby to EC Finals, baby!! LOL

teamball wins.

Good teammate recognition. Yes Lin passed to wide open lee.

Exactly. But we all know JLin was the engine again… he was a surgeon, orchestrator, masterfully quarterbacking the team when given the field general duties… like I’ve said many times… JLin is the leader… you follow him, and you WIN…

Jeremy needs to go for the money. No more Asian discounts, because
there is no guarantee the NBA will treat him well anywhere. So might as
well get paid. And don’t listen to any of these serpentine coaches and
GMs.

It’s all about “SHOW ME THE MONEY”!!!

https://streamable.com/7wrf

This is such a simple but smart, unselfish play. Lee is a catch and shoot guy. It would have been hard to rebound, dribble upcourt, and turn his body around to shoot. So Lin catches it and gives it right back so Lee can SQUARE UP, step into it, and shoot it properly. BANG!

No doubt Kemba would have taken it himself. Or at least put on a “move” before passing it. Lin gave it right back to the guy, rewarding him for his effort and having a better 3pt shooter than himself take it.

That’s UNSELFISH leadership. That’s why Lin is a winner and championship PG if given a true starting PG role.

Agreed.

Lets not get too carried away
Clifford played lin so many minutes because he needed Lin
Doesn’t mean he respects him now
Lin still shouldn’t come back next year. He needs a new team and a coach that will play him fair
If he does come back, he will have a diminished role with MKG returning

I don’t know about the thumbnail for this thread, Mods! LOL!

We know. Lin is his secret weapon (unsung hero). W/o Lin this series would have been lost already!

Agree Cliff is desperate to advance and Lin’s his only hope with Kemba not even up to par and Batum injured and disappearing also! Hornets are doing well only cause of Lin. They never started Lin along Batum and Walker this entire season! He’s not staying. They are only trying to prop up Kemba and sign Batum! Lin knows what’s up! Cliff is another snake and liar!

agree.

Why wasn’t jlin in at the end?

JLin, again with the divine touch before dishing it out to a teammate for the game winner. First Daniels now Lee….who’s next?

clifford put Batum in for the defense lol

No. KW is his pick. MJ will let Lin walk. God has better plan for Lin! Believe it!

He’s the reason why Cliff is propping up Kemba as the fake star!

that i agree!!!

First was Novak, then Daniels, then Lee.

Remember Lin passed to Daniel for the winning 3 , Rockets against Portland, now the same Lin passed to Lee for the winning 3.

He’s not a star just shooter. In fact, not good all the time.

lol and some fans thinks Lin should “stay”, no way!!

They thought Hawes (with his length) was a better “guarantee” of getting it in. Not a bad idea if Lin weren’t such a great inbounder. Don’t think he’s messed up a single throw-in this season. Or ever, now that I think about it.

Also, Lin was cold with his FTs so I guess they didn’t want him shooting.

He knew what was up.. it takes a legend to spot a future legend

no way… he’s does a masterful job of navigating his way around media and business… he is a walking pr machine… he should teach a class at harvard business school…

i read it somewhere he wants to come back

So far on this 5 playoff games, JLIN played average 29 min with 14.0 pts, 3.4 asts, 2.8 reb, 0.6 stl and +6.2. better than his regular season states! Pray he can stay healthy and win the games! Yes! GOD is so GOOD!

do you guys really feel like Lin is gonna leave charlotte? even if they make the ecf?

Nope, Lin’s earlier tweet was like a farewell post already.

Yes

And it’s not just the stats, he is controlling the games when he is in.

absolutely… he outta there…

its possible. I’d say 70% chance if Hornets can’t give him a big contract and decide to give a max to Batum instead.

Morey’s got one foot out the door… Harden can help him pack.

absolutely… that is his strength… he controls the game, and gets WINS

Indeed!!!!

Love all the props to God. This is how you respond when prayers are answered.

Lin did his job converting everyone to Christianity on this team.

Lol yes sorry was just kidding. Though Ewing is a big dude.

I hope Lin leaves. Can’t imagine Lin and MDA 2.0

That’s just PR talk during pregame in China. You don’t bench their biggest acquisition unless someone is injured the entire season while Batum, Kemba, and even Lee gets 41 min games!

I wish someone would be able to post the post game on the court interview of Courtney LEE.

Anybody know what happened to Zellers foot?

LOL!!!!

I think he will. Bc he’s just a backup already can turn this team to ECF.. what he can do more if he’s a starting PG for the team?

How many arms do you see in this picture lol

Pure pr move in China. He’s a kemfraud fan through and through.

Would’ve been better if Refs didn’t rob away his 3 pointer for a 2.

not really, he was a legend before but he’s a businessman now!

Guess JLin has started his Ministry….Pastor-to-be

At least he starts the Bible Study with his teammates!

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Lin had a team-high assist of 7 in G5!! A great play-maker indeed!

kemfraud?

See highlights yet?
Speed of Lin Highlights!

Dell Curry?

I hope Lin’s ankle is fine after that awkward fall (just watched highlights).

2nd round against Raptors, unleash the Lin.

I am so happy for Lin and for all Lin fans. How Lin was treated during the regular season (average 15 mins per games for 10-15 games? Even Roberts toke PG spot before him, sent back to bench right after he led the team beat Cavs) was mush worse than I expected. ( By the way, i lost my job for 7 weeks, then I found a new job after Hornets lost the first two playoffs games. It was not fun.) Lin has never not given up, Lin fans have never given up. We care Lin’s every game, every moment – sometimes just a few mins playtime for a night. Lin did it, we did it – it is great at the end (any win after tonight is just an extra reward ). Thank you psalm234 and any other mod in this board. Your guys are the best MODs in NBA fans game threads.

Great post! Psalm and the mods kick azz!

Kenny, isiah thomas, and greg anthony have always been good to jlin… they rock!

..and they’re peaceful people, too 🙂

It ain’t over until the fat lady sings.

Hopfully Jeremy will be beasting with his own team next year.

quiets the crowd

Hey, congrats on the new job!! 🙂
We’re happy for you.

Thank you for having such strong faith like many faithful JLin fans here 🙂
You got the resolve like JLin inside!

On behalf of the mods, we thank fans like you who make it worthwhile to share JLin’s journey together. I believe following his story just makes us persevere hard in life just like him 🙂

Indeed, Lin is half my age, but I often feel I have so much to learn from Lin, not basketball, but as a person facing life.

That’s not really a defense, it is in bounds, so long guys in.

Rox are being eliminated LOL !

It means more prayers might be answered next when more people acknowledge it LOL

22 pts deficit in Q3. Wait, make it 24.

Hornets better play like they’re down 3-2 and not up on Friday.

It’s sad sort of Hakeem was a very classy player then there was Yao but now….

Lee closed out last game too. We know that Lin is the engine of the win, and Lee had the fire to get those Rebs and closers. This is indeed a team effort. Take care of Heat, then TOR, then CLE so I can watch GSW v Charlotte yay!

Thank you. It was too close and ugly because i had big loan on the house and car. My wife told me i had to get a dish wash job if i could not find a job in one more week. Does she know dishwasing job would not even pay for … anything? Worse than that would be – did i have any chance to watch more Lin’s games as busboy? By the way, i did 3 summer busboy, no choice and no regret).

Congrat buddy.

awesome share, bro. Yep, the wives know what’s important. We boyz just wanna work and watch Lin (and have fun).

Rockets are getting steamrolled.

Yep Rockets are done.

steph tearing up on the sideline so happy. me too, all Lin nation too.

Should’ve been a white wash. They got away with bad officiating in game 3.

Serves them right. Now they can take that “Lin cost us the series” and shove it up their…you know what…

live by the iso, die by the iso

LMAO.

Not a Christian myself but a huge Lin’s fan. I love and believe in GOD because of Lin. Still, I’m a Buddhist.

One God named many … people gotta live and let live, all is good.

lol honestly, if kemba were to replace harden on the rockets, results would be the same. same type of player (iso heavy and stat padders)

Not center, but perhaps as PG replacing Bev. Makes no difference as Harden rarely passes anyways. Khloe can also defend better than Bev via “distraction methods”.

Hahaha lol

Postgame interview: Spo insisted that Wade was fouled in his last attempt. Your view?

My friend said so too. Not only Lee but also Zeller? Wade should get FT to tie the game for OT. But just like GSW vs Rox game, It’s done deal now. So move on… LOL!

And a big heart to swing the ball to Lee at the clutch time.

for sure man. no question. that clee 3 would not have happened as well. just another brick from kemba prolly

Our boy Jlin – so great that he’s reviving his NBA career and cred against the same organization that tried so hard to put an end to Linsanity. It wasn’t a fluke – he is THAT GOOD

If the officiating was good all game long until that point then yep, I’d feel sorry for them….

Maybe but the refs missed a nearly equal amount of calls for both sides.

Results would be worse because Kemba’s shooting is even worst than Harden’s.

Ido… LOL!

Not enough, make past round 2 and get a chance to win against Cavs would be even better.

Thank you.

That’s not very nice. Batum is not 100% and it is not his fault that genius Clifford want to play Batum as POINT FORWARD.

It is wrong Clifford. Please acknowledge!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Far classier than some NBA players who start bickering with fans.

Oh..well I drink coffee while I read the posts and get inspired every morning, so I guess I’m doing it wrong.

Ido Amir got a response from Batum…lol

I think that man doesn't like me lol https://t.co/iebb244u13— Nicolas Batum (@nicolas88batum) April 28, 2016

Wooohoooo,.

Another history!

Hardwood Paroxysm ‎@HPbasketball
Eventually, if things don’t change, you’ll have no choice but to point to Harden, but maybe he’ll change by then.
8:48 PM – 27 Apr 2016

https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/725532189878685696

https://twitter.com/HPbasketball/status/725532095959834625

I find it funny how Cliff is getting a lot of props, or will get a lot of props, if the Hornets advance to the second round, or conference finals, when we all know it’s basically because he relented and gave JLin a little more freedom to operate

Just a little… lol

Idos right… lol

It is really simple. Lin said it, they never talk about offense. With that we can tell how good Clifford is on the offensive end.

Gotta give it to him on the defensive end though. He actually made Lin looks really good on D too. Lin had always able to defense though!!!

Yea. I hope Lin ankle will be ok.

No more wrong than Clifford during G1 and G2. 🙂

I think Batum is always slow with his feet which is why he isn’t good at facilitating or asking for the ball. He should run faster and catch and shoot like in game 1. I think h is ankle may have still been a problem though cause he looked even slower than he used to be.

If she doesn’t keep her mouth shut, it’s gonna backfire on the Heat next game. Refs DO NOT LIKE being called out.

Personally, I’d like for her to continue p*ing off the refs. LOL

Refs also ruled Lin a TO when the ball hit the foot of a Heat player and went out of bound.

She is an actress and D Wade’s wife.

Interesting….refs do get fined:
https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/725518750552743936

https://twitter.com/RealSkipBayless/status/725513005304274945

https://twitter.com/J_Thr33/status/725517614978617344

Lol. Someone already counter it using the missed Goaltending call. Nice!

NBA Official: Please refer to the rule book. You don’t know basketball.

Wow.

Not sure how many were dead…

Obvious flop….ref knew DWade was going to drop as if a ton of rocks just fell on him…

After this GS-HOU game is over, Jason Terry will have to sign and put up collateral for everything that comes out of his mouth as nobody will believe his ‘guarantees’ anymore.

Lol. But more penetrations mean more change you get block. That apply to all attacking PG.

Well, I guess this is actually good for the Hornets. Refs are human too. They will show her who’s in charge. lol

That’s why every man MUST get married. According to Socrates, you would become a happy man or a philosopher. 🙂

what “guarantees”? can u expound on this?

She was a huge Lin fan during Linsanity though.

https://youtu.be/c5FFlbcBtu0?t=179

Big mistake for Wade to hide behind a woman’s skirt

Rox don’t like him & he hates Harden so…. Well, it will end soon. Last game as a Rox.

You know Heats is done when their players start to complain about their opponents. that include Spo too.

I think the Heat should just give up on the series for the sake of Bosh. Don’t tempt the guy no more. Lose the game for your friend and teammate, so that he can live!

Yay! I saw that too!

too much distraction on them to focus on whats not important..even for spo!

That’s great. Love what she said.

It is Clifford;s idea. Clifford has been saying that whole season long……

Again, Clifford, you are wrong on this….

Amen to that sir!

I guess the muddy choc would do! lol

The Rockets have Howard playing in garbage time until the end of the game. He needs to get out of there.

Ido was right! It was only when he let Lin handle the ball that he hit his 2 threes.
Nic killed them in the first half.

By GS fire power is no joke. Even without Curry.

Lol. That is an insult.

nice they gave D12 the last shot, a 3 that he missed. A nice nod.

PLUS he got ZERO points on that guarantee. How can you guarantee and score 0?

Truth…..may of us had noticed that…SC is huge for GSW but he is not THE only player that could give a WIN.

SC takes more shots and things run thru him just because, thats how the players wants it…it was not even Coach’s plan…that shows how united they are…Great Chemistry!

The Rockets are horrible.

On top of that, Bev should really thanks McHale as otherwise he should never make it to NBA as he belongs to the D-League at best.

can the coach’s son save the Clippers’ season?

0-8 for that big mouth.

Good for him!

she ‘aight. I’m ok with her complaining, it’s her man she’s backing.

love ido, very devout jeremy fan, but needs to becareful with his tweets. you might not want to freaking tag nics twitter when ranting on him. could have some negative effects to jeremy.

She’s known for getting kicked out of games by refs. She’s a loud one

Everyone’s a prophet now. They know he’s gone.

agreed, but Batum shouldn’t be reading these comments lol If Lin read all the hate comments about him, he would go crazy. Im glad he blocks that all out.

That’s his punishment for not cheering for Harden’s game winner last game!

I say Spurs at game 6.

What a weird transposition for the two pgs if that happened. Lin, son of the Bay Area playing against GSW. Curry, son of Charlotte playing against the Hornets.

JB lost his voice lol

i think he lost his voice from screaming

Spurs in 5…if Hornets advance and play Raps, Hornets in 6…then Cavs in 5 🙁

Rox could fire Morey, but they couldn’t get rid of his fool’s gold as easily.

Mrs. Wade is @disqus_zfp4biW5M2:disqus LOL

nice!!!
Gives him something to think about 😀

Yep, sat Kemba down and then brought him back in. Good move coach.

I finally see a guy who have the same pov as I do on Nic.

🙂

Lee gets the rb, paases out to Lin who has the foresight to give it back to the guy that got the rb, in rhythm to drain th three. Lin always rewards teammates for good plays.

CFs wish they had Lin as their PG during playoffs

I really hope Pacers can some how beat the Raps. If so, Pacers is gonna be like a piece of cake for the Hornets.

karma for assaulting Lin

Thank you, bro 🙂
Fellow faithful JLin fans like you are worth it to do something good and positive.
Together we all did what we could to make our days inspired and positive, helped JLin with his foundation, let him know he’s got a lot of support from good fans.

It’s really about doing something good, something right.
Believe me there are days where mods think is it worth all the headaches (not you of course) LOL

Lin could prove to be a vital part of Hornets rotation, both off the bench and with the starting unit.
http://www.atthehive.com/2015/10/8/9476629/charlotte-hornets-2015-16-season-previews-jeremy-lin

better everyone than CP boo.

Yes, but Morey has to get Bev from Russia first, then spin the propaganda. McHale’s just Morey’s puppet acting under orders.

Morey gets fired this year or next.

that’s worth the price of admission on a banner year by GSW. Would love to see JLin shine v GSW, and of course, I don’t mind if GSW wins again 🙂

a nice spanking by GSW to see if Les will fire Morey. GSW did the job for Lin fans.

you’ve been good!

this

will gradually get better

Well you had me fooled.

Exactly what I meant. Noted and Tks!!!

he is an idi0t
always causing trouble annoying people around Lin making him look bad

Very kind of you. Tks!!!

Don’t you mean “Whose mood doesn’t resemble JLin’s current mood here? :)”

your English is so good that some people mistakenly thought of some posts as trolling 🙂

Now that’s a compliment LOL

🙂

Icy cold stones…

Exactly!! 🙂
Even the Hornets’ mood is so good that Nic Batum didn’t mind getting a shot fired by Ido LOL

Please enjoy an Lincredible Coffee, my treat. 🙂

No PnR? Then I don’t wanna see him play with Lin next season. Haha.

This Hornets team is starting to look like the early-mid 90s Hornets… Makes me remember all that excitement I had watching NBA playoffs during my high school junior years

Same time zone. I think I am gonna go to sleep too. Good night ya’ll.

LOL .. good for you .. Get some zzz
Jun Liu highlights will be there tomorrow 🙂

Despite the big 3s toward the end, Batum may be the x-factor FOR THE HEAT (like the first two games)

Nic is just having fun!

Mucho gracias!
I’ll make sure mods will enjoy the coffee LOL

Glen Rice and Muggsy Bogues, you mean?
They got some style although they always ran into MJ’s Bulls 🙂

Barkley and Kenny gave some props to Lin on his guard penetration which Heat can’t stop. Kenny praised his ability to pass was the key to the game. Barkley mentioned Kemba/Lin were unstoppable guards and that they got to the line a lot (59 times in the series).

I agree it’s good to be careful so teammates won’t get some frictions with JLin
If this was a loss, Batum wouldn’t have taken it so kindly

Oh ya! just reminded us of Shaq’s dance

amazing how the trolls have faded now that JLin is impacting the playoffs.

charles kept inserting Kemba in with the convo.

The jet: Lin was key.. his ability to penetrate and pass to others

charles thinks highly of Kemba.

Excuse me, didn’t know he was the jet too

I’m high on KW when he produces a win, and I am not high on Kemba when he bricks Kobe volume. I’m generally low on Kemba lol.

Kenny Smith was the original jet. Terry is a clown.

This Lol

Being called the X-Factor is demeaning…was Jordan called the X-Factor when he played on the Bulls?

Kenny Smith is my man. Not bias, a sharp analyst.

haha.. I remember those days 🙂

Thanks for being so exemplary in being experienced mods.
You showed us the ropes.

Please also check your email

I don’t think we give Hawes enough credit. He passes to Lin a lot and he does play D. He can also hit that 3/mid range shot. I think he complements Lin very well during the playoffs. He wants the ball in Lin’s hands.

Lin is the unquestioned MVP of these 3 wins, but Hawes is the X-factor. His impact doesn’t really show on the boxscore, but his willingness to play teamball “greases the wheels.” Even in limited time, he helps Lin do his thing.

His defense and rebounding have been tremendous.
Hawes has stepped up big time for sure.
The chemistry with Lin build throughout the season definitely helped.

As the official Hair Stylist, he got extra chemistry with JLin’s offensive flow 🙂

Yeah, we need a Brent troll once in awhile.

ur awesome

This was the one that was during half time. We’re talking about the post game show. They talked about Lin 15 mins ago.

LOL one of the analyst shows … best man-bun team.

C’mon Ben, wrong comparison. I was going of the media’s narrative, which paints the picture that this is Kemba & Nic’s team. With that in mind, Shaq stated that Lin needs to have a double digit game for the Hornets to win. That tells us Lin is the key for the Hornet’s success. In another word X-Factor.

Post Game Lin interview in locker room: “Keep Believing”!
http://www.nba.com/hornets/video/teams/hornets/2016/04/28/1461815068701-160427-lin.m4v-480698

easy, and now I see psalm has this in the masthead post. lol.

I don’t know about you, but I think every kid at my school including me had a Hornets Starter jacket.. Best logo of the 90s!

Hahaha, I remember those “more chiefs than indians” days vividly as if yesterday! I love the tight group that we have here, made up of fans all around the world.

We’ve made it through three-plus years of anticipation, it’s been a long ride but we’re getting very close to seeing Linsanity for 82 games a year real soon. Getting my credit card ready for LP for the first time since 12-13 season.

Indeed.

Amen to that! Hornets’ team colours and logos were all the hype back then. Here in Australia even Target was selling their gears. Orlando Magic products were pretty hip back then as well.

Yeah, you don’t talk about The Greatest That Ever Did It like that.

and when I heard Lin say that, I take back all I said about Lee’s poor shooting. Yep, he’s tired playing tough D, and he came up big 2 games in a row during endgame.

Highlights from JUN LIU

yes, it’s definitely a thankless job .. blanketing JJ, Dieng, DWade with jab-step when they’re about to shoot without fouling

I want Lee to be an SG next to Lin as a PG in his next team!
He’s a perfect defense + 3 SG 🙂 Better than Shump, I think

https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/725575756890263552

and Zeller
https://twitter.com/CNM_JLin_Vids/status/725576018090553344

Another delicious food for thought

April 27, 2016 is the date when Lin’s NBA team advanced further in the playoff with great teamwork while the Morey-constructed Rockets team hit the self-destruct button.
Harden had 35pts with -27 in a 33pt loss not playing much defense as usual.

I’m just glad the team built on selfishness finally succumbed to failure because basketball is supposed to be a team sport, not for individual glory

At least, the Rockets have beautiful fishing vacation in Cancun courtesy of @NBAOnTNT 🙂

@NBAonTNT
The Rockets are fishin’ in Cancun.
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/725566211107348480

JLin’s No Look Pass was so good that it faked the cameraman!
https://twitter.com/jlinnation/status/725566580801728512

now we got this, bedtime lol.

No wonder they do Bible study while getting treatment on the tables, that’s half the team.

https://twitter.com/SeanInCharlotte/status/725517003977445377

You mean it wasn’t Cliff’s game plan….shucks!

playoffs always counts for greater recognition…hope somewhat the perception changes as well

Assist of the Night: Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin finds Marvin Williams in transition with a no look pass for an easy lay-in.

http://www.nba.com/video/channels/top_plays/2016/04/27/20160427-aotn.nba/

As bad as Harden treated Lin in Houston, Lin showed he learned a thing or two about how to signal refs that he got hit. It’s masterful!

[mark 5:22]

Another obvious point that eludes 99% of “experts” and fans:
https://twitter.com/briankoppelman/status/725516707176013829

[mark 6:27] JLin’s biggest shot of the game “Jeremy Lin Quieted the Crowd”

With the crowd were after DWade jumper made the Heat lead 88-85, JLin rose to the moment and drained a long 2 with his foot on the 3pt-line. He ran back with his face brimming full of confidence.

JLin is simply not afraid of the big moment or big roaring crowd.
The greater the moment, the more he rises to the occasion.

Just watched the game again. Man, the refs really wanted to give the game to the Heat. They gave Jeremy a 2 instead of a 3 and missed a goal tend.

Carmelo will never take the Knicks far.

Les is a great guy, but he made the mistake of hiring Morey…

true…”cream rises to the top” but it was just wrong narrative and perception and Coaches not trusting him to give him minutes. All Lin needed was constant minutes to prove his ability.

McHale gave him minutes but it was in bit and pieces…Lin is a rhythmic guy he needs constant minutes to get his ( his= team) going

Same thing last game, gave Lin two TOs late in the game that should’ve been Heat defensive fouls.

Listen how Lee praised God… Jeremy has a lot of great teammates.

Agree! Keep up your great work.

Yeah, he seems much smarter and classier than your typical Rockets or alakers fan.

totally…easily 🙂

Lee’s secret for clutch rebounding: a secret 3rd hand….

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Please pray for our team tonight as we play game 5. Miami is an extremely difficult place to play so prayer for our health, supernatural energy, our readiness to play and a great individual and team performance that results in a win! Also prayer for humility to trust God wholeheartedly no matter what the result of the game is.

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That’s ok. This has posted on the game thread:-)

Not able to watch the game but followed the live boxscore and just watched the replay. Awesome!!! 4 observations:-

1. The spin move on Dragic was amazing! It is not just the spin but putting the defender off balance. Did Lin learn that from Wade?

2. All the dimes were incredible. They were trapping Lin and he just broke them apart.

3. I don’t think I have ever seen Spoelstra look so frustrated and scared. He can’t figure out Jeremy Lin!

4. Khuang is right. Jeremy’s cuts off the ball are elite. Like J.J. Redick. It is tiring out the Heat.

Lin’s off the ball cuts are still destroying the Heat.

When he’s on the court, the Heat are defending him so hard that they get mentally and physically worn out. Doesn’t matter if he has the ball or not.

Lin’s completely dominant on offense WITHOUT the ball, and it is withering Miami’s game on both ends of the court.

OK jlinportal, it’s DICTIONARY TIME:

“Team effort” on the Hornets means “Lin goes one man beast getting everyone involved despite Walker and Batum playing worse and worse every game”.

WAITAMINUTE.

Is this the same “Flip Murray” who was sort of like a Troy Daniels in the 2000s but actually got minutes?

Flip Murray was a terrific scoring guard who I thought was one of the most underrated players I had ever seen. He came into the NBA unheralded but started scoring big right away, 20+ scoring in multiple games (not Linsanity though). He kinda drifted through the NBA because he was undersized at SG in an era of tall SGs, but I thought he had no problems competing against anybody.

I don’t remember if Murray played for Charlotte, but I remember that he essentially got on the court with the Sonics. At least that’s how I remember it, as it was about 15 years ago.

So be it? He doesn’t realize Hornets will become like last year when Lin leaves.

Me too.

That’s why it’s better to suck during regular season but come up big during playoff.

Wow, that’s a compliment.

oh was it…I thought that was Game 3….anyways…we spamming anything about Lin is good! 🙂

He pretty much fooled everyone…except MW! Perfect Instinct and Chemistry there

https://youtu.be/NQ7J_b_Qbnc

Incoming Kemba hate storm

Not that great really, he let his lapdogs bullied Lin at will.

Desperate times seek desperate measures

“Chris Bosh, Heat break silence on treatment — potential return”
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article74347252.html
Chris Bosh’s wife, Adrienne, started a new movement on Twitter called #BringBoshBack
The 11-time All-Star, who isn’t seeing eye-to-eye with the Heat in terms of treatment and recovery, bemoaned on Snapchat that he’s missing the game
Bosh flew home on the team plane Monday and talked strategy with point guard Goran Dragic

What strikes me as a symptom of what JLIN faced in CHA all season is HIGHLIGHTED in this message….
…. it took for JLIN to lead this team to 3 straight PLAYOFF wins before a Hornet fan would acknowledge the importance of JLIN to this team – frankly that is ridiculous completely ignoring JLIN leadership of his bench & play against eltie teams instrumental in winning at least 12 regular season games.

exactly…great post.

In all honesty, I’m just flat out looking at the joy in Lin, how hard he’s work to get where he is and what he is accomplishing this playoffs, with a group of players he seems to genuinely like and I feel a team spirit and sense of belonging I’ve not felt he’s had on other teams since the original Linsanity Knicks. And that was only until Anthony came back. This is the happiest I’ve seen him.

It’s a team game, yesterday was a team win, and Lin has been absolutely essential in all 3 of the Hornets wins. I truly hope they win Friday night in front of their home crowd and if they do, I feel good for both Lin and the Hornets. I LIKE this Hornets team and group of guys. And this has been an almost magical run for them this season and playoffs so far.

Thanks psalm. All I want to say is Lin seems happier on this team than any other team that I’ve seen him on. I will not be happy to have to see him do it all over again and maybe get the type of relationships he’s built on the Hornets somewhere else if he for career/business reasons chooses to do so. I think Clifford trusts him, just uses him differently than what we’d like to see. This is the closest to a rebirth of Linsanity in the media for his game that I’ve seen. This is a more mature Linsanity right now on a bigger stage because it is the playoffs. This is an incredible time right now. Really, I’d wish we’d relax and enjoy it more without so much looking beyond it. Right now is incredible. It’ll be a fleeting few more games, however many more are left. This is a highpoint in his season and perhaps career thus far.

Haha!

https://twitter.com/MikeAndMike/status/725633489803087872

Wrong photo – should include Harden

I actually do recall a Flip Murray with the Sonics. Never watched him play but I recall the name cause he stepped up when Shawn Kemp was injured if I recall correctly.

Thanks for this research. I was wondering if this was the same Flip Murray guy after I saw the name below. I am so glad Lin did not end up like him. Lin’s mental strength and faith has kept him relevant in the NBA despite being moved around a lot.

Guys, I’m going to not read much more of the forum today. I’m not into next season at all. I’m into this season, the post-season and what Lin is doing, feeling his joy and accomplishments and that finally, the media is seeing and feeling the magic of him. I know we still want to speculate here about next season and what more he’ll do and since I don’t share looking beyond now, I’ll just get frustrated if I stay here. Nothing is wrong with seeing beyond, it’s just I’m not there with you. I’m with Lin and him on the Hornets and supporting his efforts to get the team into the next round. And I’m glad we’re all witnessing Lin having this wonderful playoff run and it looks like it is set to continue. Hoping for a win Friday, some rest, and then on to the next round.

I dont care about those statistics at all only if the Hornets get the final win at home!! Beat the Heat! Beat the Heat!

The joy is beyond expression. It’s so swweeeettttt!! : )

Don’t click on the Fox Sports article entitled “Jeremy Lin is quietly dominating the NBA playoffs”. They praise Lin but strongly emphasise that he is a bench player because he is inconsistent and inefficient! Absolute rubbish. Misleading title and they should eat their words someday soon.

If lin comes to nets, he will talk about lin more.. Yes he is a lin’s big supporter.

that’s okay, it’s understandable it’s hard for Lin fans who want Lin to stay there, especially if Lin can help them advance to Round 3 or even the Conference Finals 🙂

If it happens, MJ could offer JLin a starting position with the Hornets. That would be a good problem to have. Lin and his family would have to decide and pray hard if 76ers, Nets and (gasp) other NBA teams offer him a chance to start hehehe…

For now, the best common ground is to root hard for Lin and the Hornets success.
It’s very hard to advance to Round 2 of playoff as we know very well. It will be Lin’s 1st and this is his best playoff performance even when not playing his full strength as the PG. I fully enjoy JLin’s post-game interview where he shared his joy fighting the battle with his teammates all season long.

People have a hard time believing JLin can be sincere in loving his teammates but still said people don’t become great by doing the easy things. But I have the confidence Lin lives in the present and can decide his future in the off-season. I choose to enjoy the present and fully trust whatever decision JLin will decide in the off-season

Let’s enjoy the possibility of Game 6 and Round 2 vs Raptors/Pacers 🙂

So Batum should stay w bench? LOL!

Ya! It’s a foul but game over now. LOL!

Can’t agree more….

I love the relationships on the Hornets. The Heat lack the locker room chemistry of the Hornets, same with the Kings, same with the Bulls and other teams. On the Hornets, we have a bunch of guys going to bible study. I haven’t heard of them going out to strip clubs like on a team that just got eliminated. Or someone making some ridiculous guarantee and ending up with his foot in his mouth. I treasure this stuff right now for Lin after having to deal with the lack of chemistry and the primadonnas on his previous teams and truly think he values it. I guess I just really wanted to point that out.

I think for NBA players you play hard, hard, hard all year just to make the playoffs. It’s a higher-level stage and reveals the real winners. And I think Lin is cementing this now. Next season, who knows? But the regular season is a grind and you hope you stay healthy during it and the post-season if there is one for you. That’s why I’m so appreciative and rather emotional that LIn can have this now and he’s doing so well. And he’s remaining relatively healthy. He deserves it. And for how long it lasts, I feel great for him.

Haters chew their same vomit and never learn

fun with stats… man buns rule the series! https://twitter.com/monkeyes2/status/725702164237017088

yes, JLin’s post-game interview really spoke of his heart that player 1-15 was so united and he was very thankful. After 3 teams with selfish divas like Melo, Harden and Kobe, we can certainly appreciate JLin’s joy

Gone were the days Melo questioned his ridiculous contract, Harden got so mad at Lin after the game that he reportedly had to be restrained, Kobe targeted JLin during practice to taunt him that it made everyone uncomfortable.
Compared to that, these current teammates are heaven-sent with Lee/Zeller/Marvin Williams thanking God and many more are unselfish and attend Bible Study group.

What’s more amazing is to see how JLin’s prayer request were answered with an amazing team performance to steal an unlikely Game 5 road win. I’d like to expound more on that later because it brought this team closer after some of them struggled in previous games. I believe it can carry them higher to Round 2.

Game 6 is still not a guarantee so they have to keep defending, fighting and believing because Heat and Wade will be desperate enough to dig deep to have 1 more great playoff game to extend to Game 7.

It shows this coach hasn’t max out the potential of this team.

As Tina said, “i am glad you are into the “joy of now.” Some are looking ahead. to each their own”

Shaquille is not the same with his glasses

It’s the elephant in the room noone wants to talk about.
Basketball-wise, that’s a real problem to give momentum consistently to opponents.
It’s amazing Hornets are leading 3-2 despite new lineup getting -23
What’s the previous starting lineup?

Lin simply needs to start to get Hornets with strong momentum to start the game.
I hope MJ will give the green light since Cliff won’t do it himself.

But if Lin starts, it also signifies MJ shift of thinking that he is committed to offer a starting position to JLin. This will be interesting. I don’t think it will happen until the Hornets are cornered (Game 7 or down 0-3 in next series). Or it may not happen at all since MJ/Cho/Cliff don’t see Lin as a long-term Hornets player beyond the backup PG, which would be a travesty to JLin’s PG talent.

Noted. Sir!

I think he actually look better with glasses. Haha.

But Kenny Smith is DA MAN last night. Love his comment.

Charles mentioned Marvin William and he is well reserved. Pretty much everyone weren’t shooting well last night except MW. So Lin and MW have won game 5 for the Hornets!

Starting to love this team now, well at least all JLin teammates.

I think only change will make it’s Batum back to starting lineup that’s it. They got used to Lin would come in to be the saver for them. Nothing will change. From game 4 & 5 can tell… Kemba still ISO no matter what….Just hope Lin gets his min & shots to have big impact for the game.

I also have a feeling NBA WILL NOT ALLOW Lin not playing in this playoff run. Hornets playoff games should have draw a lot of viewer in the Asian which NBA hoping to see all these years.

the guarantee just made GSW play better.

Seeing Steph so happy says it all – he cried not for himself, but for the team.

Hornets have their appointed stars and stars come with some ego, but not to the extent of the likes of what JLin was used to (ie: Melo, Harden, and Kobe), so it’s still manageable. I think JLin makes the extra effort to will more team chemistry. Before the start of the playoffs, he even wrote a little message introducing each of his teammates in his point of view, hoping the team can rally together. He gave lots of praise to Kemba, while also emphasizing that defense starts with Kemba and himself. As long as they’re winning, his teammates will go with the flow.

He has to be smarter for that 15mil per

it’s telling that he said this is his best team since high school.

Harden needs to take more shots next season.

I like that & so happy Hornets beat Heat. Hope end this series on Friday.

https://twitter.com/zukovka/status/725699491177857025

Tragic Goran……

looked like on Heat fan into another, and that separation froze them for that 1 sec.

Playoff 1: injury
Playoff 2: injury/role
Playoff 3: LAL LOL
Playoff 4: Lin was made for this

Enjoy the ride. Post on FB to all your friends to watch this game 6. Hopefully it will ignite casual fans for Round 2, and who knows how Lin and team will do with more trust in the new style of play.

Not only JLin’s No-Look Pass to Marvin Williams received “Assist of the Night”, it was #4 in Top 5 NBA Plays!
https://twitter.com/linfinity88/status/725616822997815296

Wow. Just noticed refs missed another call as the ball touched Richardson before out of bound..SMH.

See the joy in his play, his interactions with teammates and fans. Ignore the rest. Stick around please.

Hawes just solid solid complement to JLIN. Hawes always looking to make the extra pass, using his bbIQ to make good decisions, good D and boards.

Cody always hustling, but wish he could make those point blank shots – regardless his energy makes up for his missed layups.

Just a screen handle from RealGM.

they were struggling with the culture of ISO that comes up from kids playing un-coached bball in the streets. Only, if you look at USA soccer, where all the kids are coached from age 4, USA has less creativity for individual playmaking. So it’s a balance.

yep, that was so obvious, no ball squirts out like that unless it’s kicked or off the leg (a bone at that, it doesn’t go that fast with just thigh muscle contact).

first, wade said the same thing, so im pretty sure this is something that the coaching staff taught the team in their game plan, that lin mostly goes right. in other words, its not Tragic’s original idea.

second, what is really ironic here is that Tragic is the one-sided player: he can only go left, and if he goes right, he does not drive all the way but stops and shoots or stops and passes.

harden was so mad at lin that he had to be restrained? i never heard of that. some reporter said that? or what?

These commentators are slower than the sloth on zootopia, but better late than never

Notice Lin Fans! Guys/gals. Bustin’ Loose, Radio show, Frank Garcia & Mark Yarbro, are on Live now. http://wfnz.com/audio-on-demand/

Listen to see if these guys reveal some more clues…

Yesterday, Frank Garcia revealed the behind the scenes of Cliff’s reactions/treatment of Lin on the sideline in live game observation in their show Hour 2 and Hour 3. But the 4/27/2016 podcast links of Hour 2 and Hour 3 have been dubbed over w/ Prime Time show now. Just saw on the side bar of the screen: Bustin’ Loose show is a Flagship of the Charlotte Hornets. NO Wonder…

Chuck captured the essence of Harden’s self-serving statement:
“We got to upgrade OUR roster? … I’m not sure I want to play WITH him
Because it’s not fun… When you play with the GSW, you feel like part of a team, everyone is moving (thinking) like I’m going to get the ball
Same thing with San Antonio. Two of the best teams. OKC can be like that if they trust each other more
But James Harden is not fun to play with. I’m not sure I want to go to practice watching him go dribble-dribble-dribble, come to the basket or shoot 3s. What am I standing here for?
Trevor Ariza used to be the best 3p shooter but now he’s one of the worst. I don’t believe that
He can never get in rhythm so he’s surprised when he gets the ball
James Harden needs to look in the mirror and said, ‘How can I get better?’ …”

LOL. khuang with the ‘dictionary time’.

yes, Hawes is the best PnR big in the Hornets due to his ability to pass and high BB IQ.
He lacks athleticism like Ed Davis to finish strong but he finds other ways to score with runner, 3pt shots and some post-moves

He’s been huge in this series despite being quiet in points

last one on the Rockets but this is pretty good. commentator says start over. get rid of everyone… https://twitter.com/monkeyes2/status/725723042475814912

lol, self-awareness.

Holy crap! Bev is due 6 million next year?? And the fans in Houston were complaining about JLin????

Hahaha… It’s the hard truth about playmaking of course but we’re also being truthful and kind when we say the big W happened with team effort.

Lee’s offensive rebound and making 3 off Lin’s assist; Kemba block on Dragic; Batum’s 3 off Lin’s assist. We’re getting a strong pattern that Lin just made his teammates go.

Bless Kemba’s heart and Batum’s but they tried his best but they’re not as good as JLin in playmaking; perhaps scoring. I can’t remember seeing them make no-look passes or quarterback passes that rallied the team.

It’s pretty scary to think Lin being a part-time playmaker can help the Hornets take 3-2 lead against a formidable Heat team with trapping defense and athletic big man that’s supposedly Lin’s weakness. Phew!

This blogger, A.S. Chin, has been known to be Lin critique or not a Lin fan. He’s now just aware of Lin’s FF video? FWIW, better late than never…
https://twitter.com/BaselineBuzz/status/725716261221466112
https://twitter.com/BaselineBuzz/status/725715762128687104

That is why Houston deserves to lose. They just can not see the talent. Their eyes are unbelievable biased.

This is what most Charlotte bloggers/ media think Lin will re-sign w/ them if $$$ offer is close. And this guy, A.S. Chin said Cliff had put Lin a position to succeed is so far from the truth!!! God please help Lin to make the right decision for upcoming FA.
https://twitter.com/BaselineBuzz/status/725718957966036992

…not until he’s desperate need then Cliff put him the position to succeed.

BTW, I think it’s Lin put Cliff to look as a good coach in public eyes this season.

Only the guys in the locker room know it.

YA! That’s why when reporters asked Frank how Kemba saved the game in game 4… Frank directly talked about Lin instead.

I just email the show asking to correct the links. Maybe you should too. Saw on the side of the screen that WFNZ is a flagship of Charlotte Hornets. No wonder they might not want the public, especially Lin/Lin fans to be aware Cliff’s treatment of Lin bc they have hope to re-sign him for cheap again, IMO….

Hornets fans simply do not understand that $$ is not important for JLin.
JLin wants to start, not for his ego but to be trusted as a playmaker with regular min because that’s who he is.

Staying for 6th Man will not fulfill JLin’s potential to be a great PG and his desire is to be the best that he can be. If Isiah Thomas, Kenny Smith can see JLin’s strength, perhaps more NBA fans would be able to see JLin as a brilliant playmaker that he is.

If Lin is inconsistent and inefficient, then what about Kemba the Walker and Nick Batum. They are at least equally or even more inconsistent and inefficient.

@disqus_dVLDET9zJ7:disqus , I love your latest chart on Games 1-5 ON/Off Court Net ratings
Lin and Hawes are definitely killing it.

https://twitter.com/monkeyes2/status/725702164237017088

Improve the team?? Tough to do since no one wants to play with him LOL

Still one game to win. Hornets was lucky to win game 5. KW/Batum almost let Heat steal this game. But hey, it is a gutty win by the team, a total team effort that everyone contributes in different way. A rare credit goes to Cliff that he benched KW for a short period time when KW went solo mode. Cliff really wants to win this.

Still can’t let down. One game to close it. Hope they move the ball more in game 6, not reverting to game 1 and 2.

Is this what he means?

Agreed. Hornets end up to be the best choice for JLin. So happy for him.

They don’t understand or don’t want to admit Lin’s true worth. Even though Cliff has tied Lin’s hands almost the entire season, Lin still found ways to succeed. Lin even garnered teammates trust as time went on. Remember in the beginning of the season, the bigs didn’t even pass to him. Now we see the bigs like playing w/him. Notice almost any players playing w/Lin eventually end up w/ big $, or get famous!

JLin is a backup PG by definition during this season on the Hornets. They refer to it probably as respect to the Hornets and Kemba. If he gets a starting job for next season, the backup term goes away.

I thought it was a good play by Lee (intentionally I am not sure) to try to score with more than 24 secs left in the game, so Hornets would get the ball back for one last shot.

I only look at the 3 games that Hornets won. Each of them Lin seemed to play more than 30 minutes.

More PT but a lot more hate on Lin also.

Killer bod – LOL

hahaha, you have great sense of humor! Yep, Lin is resting in corner 3 for the KW show that have not materialized in wins since he’s been there, until a ‘hero’ comes a long…(know that song?) To be continued…

Agreed. Lin has been able to go left in the very early stage of his career. Lin actually said it himself that his % going left is higher compare to the % going to the right.

🙂

God is tough to rhyme with… 😛

Ya! I saw Lin point at someone… I thought Lin means KW?

https://twitter.com/hornets/status/725739434474352642

Really? where??

So it is 8 pm EST.

Yup. Lin was pointing at MW’s direction.

Ya! But not sure it’s TNT or NBA TV?

I wonder if Lin’s competitiveness reminds Chuck of his old teammate Kevin Johnson.

Mod.

Thank you, Game clock is updated now
It’s 1 day 6 hours from now

It’s Playoffs. Not appropriate to discuss this with Hornets fans.
The Nets fans want Conley and KD, which is unrealistic.

thanks! 🙂

HAHA!

Truth, peace out, unless Clutch is your mod?

Great post from realgm.

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Re: Not In The Face – The Jeremy Lin Thread 3 + 1

Post#42 » by Flip Murray » Today 4:37 am

I have to say i’ve become a big fan of this guy. He’s a top class teammate and underrated player. He’s just a really good player plain and simple, and a consummate professional that any team would be lucky to have. Honestly what is there not to like about Jeremy Lin?

I really hope he stays. I’ve seen that many on Lin forums want him gone which I understand. He’s underpaid pretty severely and they want him to be the man.

I just think he’s found a good situation. The Kemba-Lin backcourt is awesome to watch. Plus with another year of them learning to play off of each other they will be that much better in tandem. Remember, Lebron and Wade didn’t mesh instantly either, it takes time to have two guys gel when they both need the ball.

We need to be prepared with a solid offer this summer to get him to stay. If he walks, then so be it but he definitely won me over as a fan either way.

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Since, they are winning, I doubt that Cliff or MJ is going rock to rock the boat and start JLin. Lin will get over 30 minutes per game, but not starting.

Don’t worry heart – Kenny Atkinson knows Lin’s true value. With the way he’s been playing in the playoffs no one in the media will be surprised when he gets his next gig as a starting point guard and then they’ll start backpedaling on their opinions of Jeremy just like they’re doing now

I agree. Lin is too good just been a backup or 6th man.

Can’t agree more w Robin.

https://twitter.com/robinlundberg/status/725744456356515841

that was Dell

the Heat RealGM board is still obsessed about the officiating. Eg., they posted this cherrypicked screenshot that suggests that Lin didn’t deserve the foul call on his drive. so the miami media seems to be perpetuating this story too.

hence, whenever lin got a call, the miami crowd would go crazy like some conspiracy was foisted on them.

https://twitter.com/DukieLang/status/725499216932552705/

It is just human nature…

When you win, everything is fair, hence the opposite.

Lin rises while all of his ex-teammates in his glorious days sinks.
What does this tell you?
Linsanity is no fluke.

Let Heat live in the past.

Correct call.

They can’t be serious about this, it’s such an old trick for players to stick their hands in such a position that makes it look like the other guy is hooking your arm instead. If the refs caught this good for them.

Dragic is clearly holding onto Lin’s elbow, trying to slow him down after getting beat off the dribble. Instead of criticizing the refs, why not criticize their own Heat team for not being able to stay in front of their man. Even Rockets fans don’t blame the refs every time a player drives past Har_en’s “Defense”.

Mostly positive comments from ESPN First Take.
Skip Bayless: Hornets coaching staff gets a little driven crazy by Jeremy Lin. (at 8:00)
https://youtu.be/c-EKCb_V1a0

Have to apologize, Stephen A. gave fair props to Lin here.

I don’t think Step A even watch the series to know what he’s talking about.

maybe, but the way he said it to me was just a guy in a no win situation saying he had to try. So, I don’t fault him at all for his announcement – it goes without saying that they have to try and he was just saying that in a different way. People I think misunderstood his tone of acceptance and yet, willingness to try.

he only watched second half of the game

he did but always had to lump JLin with Kemba

JLin was attacking and then passing: https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/725749183836246016

So no more Skip in First Take? Well, I think Skip still loves Lin. SAS gets better w Lin now. But in love w KW. Good go ahead. LOL!

SAS calling out dragic for not being to go right or shoot right. LOL, I love it.

many miami fans have roasted dragic for his high paying contract. i guess its also bc chalmers has performed better on that team, and in the playoffs in the past.

Agreed. Shocked to hear good thing from him about Lin.

Dragic has no D compare to Chalmers, I really think Chalmers is better fit than Dragic for Heat team. Don’t get why they traded him?

the dragic acquisition only makes sense as a preparation for when wade retires. but with wade, dragic is a bad fit.

and in general, dragic can only put up consistent stats if gets to run in transition. but any PG worth his salt can put up pts if he gets to run a lot. hes not a half court player.

d wade should be suspended for bumping the ref at the end. did anyone see that.

No, when you win from 0-2, that’s everybody remembers.

At the mean time, what did Cliff tell team for game tomorrow?

KJ, maybe the fierce on-court persona. Chuck probably likes more meanness in KJ than the Nash-like calm demeanor seen in Lin. But if JLin can keep dishing and scoring, I’m sure Chuck would say as it is.

Meanwhile KJ off-court stories has been horrible with those harassment, ya know :[

When nobody expected you to make the playoffs, and then you come back and beat the Miami Heat after being down 0-2, everyone remembers that.

yes, and if CHA resets, they will win Friday. Home fans, more busta-moves from Lin, and hopefully fair calls.

SAS: “Give some love to Jeremy Lin who was on attack mode all night long” [mark 0:33]

Kudos to SAS recognition of JLin’s playmaking!

Yeah but at least he showed desperate to insert Lin in at 7 min mark yesterday game.

still crying

https://twitter.com/EthanJSkolnick/status/725759134616969220

He can keep doing this the whole summer…LOL!

have not seen it.

yup

Interesting 🙂 Did Whiteside just willingly declare himself as a “Man-Child”?

haha, good catch.

wu kong, you’re scaring me

JLin on the pulse ESPN 730 audio link will be available later for replay here: http://espn730.com/common/page.php?pt=thepulse&id=66

@disqus_dVLDET9zJ7:disqus , 22 cents mentioned a great quote by someone in this forum (BTW who?)
“These superstars make themselves superstar but @JLin7 makes everybody around him a superstar.…”

Is it easy to do ON-OFF Rating for each of his teammate to see if each performs better with JLin on-court? I think it would provide validation that JLin helps his teammates play better with him on-court

https://twitter.com/JLinPortal/status/725733767805947904

https://twitter.com/ESPN730/status/725762144206200834

https://twitter.com/ESPN730/status/725762516865945601

SAS: Lin is a “spark plug.” “He (Lin) is no star.” “Kemba is no joke”??? Don’t care for SAS commentaries. He is a JOKE and a JOKER! Don’t be calling my name ,’heart’, all the time in your commentaries, lol! What you have said about Lin have come back and bite you. Don’t be changing your tune to make yourself look good! Actually what you said in today’s clip revealed your heart that you do NOT want Lin to be a star! That’s what I sense! And my sense is usually correct!

https://twitter.com/ESPN730/status/725764032695787520

A little. But it will works again the smaller team I think.

Perfect line up even those 100% it will not happen now nor in the future.

Lin, Lee, Batum, MW, Cody or AL.

how about kemba lin batum MW and Cody..?

Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Doris Burke to handle Friday’s 8 p.m. Heat-Hornets broadcast for ESPN.

These are super stat padders, not super stars.

Closing out a playoff series won’t be easy.
This would be the 1st chance JLin gets to be mentally and physically ready to close out a playoff opponent.

Heat will give it everything they got. The Hornets need to remind themselves not to take it lightly. They have to show up and play all out.
Batum and Lee (and Al?) would be able to share their playoff experience

Zach Lowe is not a JLin fan but gave him props here : http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15419858/the-heat-handle-hornets-bag-tricks

yes i agree with you..for lin starting should be with kemba and batum because coach would not bench kemba and batum…

he will be suspended for the summer after Friday lol.

it’s do or die for the Heats. so expect a rough and physical game esp from Hassan “Crybaby” Whiteside

I don’t know if anybody posted this but on first take they talked about Jeremy Lin today.

I hope Lamb, Danniels, Gutierrez, Tyler, Harrison will play 5 min each tomorrow.

Don’t think so. Tomorrow sure will be a very tense game. Cliff will use his normal 8 men rotation only again.

JLin, KW – attack the paint and get Dragic, HW into foul trouble. Wade is too smart.

he also called him a spark plug but not a star. Idc cause that was his opinion during Linsanity. That Lin is no star.

sorry. the preferential star treatment makes me batty.

next game is the biggest game! They need to win it so they don’t have to fly to Miami for game 7

aw, 2 richly paid guys thanking each other for bringing big money. Sorry, I’m a guy who really lost faith in media commentators and reporters. I yearn for the day where our opinions are not swayed by people paid to do either point-counterpoint or biased reporting. That is, I wish media has a revenue model to support proper editorial staff to do their jobs.

one of the biggest in the playoffs this season.

Ankle looks okay ^^ yes!

Lin has Master Lo to fix his ankle

Yes, and SAS didn’t not the vitriol he had against JLin during and after Linsanity. He was there to make money for himself and ESPN. It was the opposite of love for sports, the way Roone Arledge built up ABC Sports (The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat).

I like the Shaq, real JET, Charles, and forgot the other guy. That show is more balanced and they chide each other, but not the players as much as SAS does.

What an incredible game! My notes about Game 5:

1. As Zach Lowe wrote, the Hornets defense only allowed 89 OffRtg (points per 100 possessions) to the Heat in Games 3-5. That was really the biggest difference. MIA OffRtg in each game: 147, 127, 88, 95, 92.

2. Although Lin’s point total was modest in Game 5, Lin had just as much impact as Game 3-4. In Games 3-4, Lin’s penetrations wrecked the Heat, and they were determined to protect the paint (which they didn’t actually accomplish). In their attempt to protect the paint, they gave Hornets 3 ptrs finally.

3. This was the most effective I’ve ever seen Lin defeat double teams and traps. He saw the traps coming and passed the ball to the cutters (credit to the teammates for making the cuts too). That is the key to being an elite level player, when even the double teams are ineffective against you.

4. Oh, and Lin had the 2nd most minutes on the team. Not bad for the 11th highest paid player on the team. =)

This is the kind of basketball that we were all hoping would happen when Lin signed with the Hornets. To do this on the playoffs stage is better than regular season. Hearing national television analysts recognizing Lin’s impact is just awesome.

This series is far from over though, let’s go Hornets and close it out in Game 6!

Noooooo! Hawes is out with a knee sprain… He has really contributed with his size, defense, and rebounding. Nooooo!

no need to apologize, SA Smith talks garbage, controversy, or whatever gets views

Do It for Mod?
or Get a Killer Mod?

Yes, it’s the little things like this that shows team chemistry.
The whole team fought together and managed to get an unforgettable win on the road by stepping up in the 4th quarter.

For me, it’s also a validation of answered prayers since JLin asked for health, great individual/team performance.

My heart skipped a beat when Lin hurt his ankle but was relieved when he can play.

Thanks. Great technical breakdown and recognition by Lowe of JLin’s contribution.

Firing seems very unlikely. But at least need to tone her bias comments down.

Lin is always classy to take the high road with Whiteside’s comment.
That’s why he keeps making more friends around the league.

@jlai4747: Lin declines comment on Whiteside flopping comment, instead praises Whiteside’s accomplishments since they were D-league teammates #Class

https://twitter.com/jlai4747/status/725779218336899073

Classy

No one else is concerned that Hawes is injured? Probably out for the next game with a sprained knee!!!

Only a little. Hawks has been playing well and so chemistry. But I Al is more important in the Hornets vs Heat series.

hawes had the team high plus/minus.

I didn’t know, really? that’s a lot of injured or semi-injured players: Batum, Hawes, Zeller, Lin.

Yeah, Lin’s Reno Bighorns team was quite an accomplished team: Lin, Danny Green, Donald Sloan, Whiteside.

and Steve Novak

In G3 or 4, Lin had a baseline drive that forced a foul from the HEAT defender, Ms Ready blamed Lin for missing the wide-open AL… I have no doubt of her basketball credential, but a 2 free throw in this situation is not a bad option, since a baseline pass or maybe bounce-pass to big Al may lead to TO in that narrow space.

I have no problem with the play-by-play Eric. He is all good with due excitement and mostly even fairness, sounds like a avid basketball fan in general. Ms Ready’s judgemental and reluctance to give Jlin due respect and fairness may reflect an overall bias existing among certain basketball coaches, as they have seen many players going through, but Jlin as a rare breed.

Clifford basically said he knows the starting lineup will be down but then he looks at all 48 minutes and the subs will pick things up. He says the bench is winning the games for them. From the practice interview today.

That was the second foul that put Dwyane Wade on the bench early on. JLintel mentioned it was the turning point of the game.

Glad to see this from Hornets fan….

https://twitter.com/HornetsSwarm/status/725533319161614336

They named JLin and KW Slash Brother.

I like it!

It’s the first time his team goes this deep in the playoffs.

Kemba: I love playing with Jeremy, we feed off of each other, he’s just a great playmaker, a great playmaker, he plays hard, great competitor, he’s willing to do whatever it takes for the team to win. Everybody’s getting a chance to witness that in these playoffs. I’m happy for him.

from today’s practice interview

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15stmo_rockets-gm-lin-is-explosive_news

Lin is a most explosive player

He drives explosive players away from exposing his fool’s gold.

Great to hear that.
If they keep winning like this, perhaps Kemba would demand JLin to start next to him next season in hopes JLin will stay 😀

I’m a little concerned about Hawes’s injury. He has good chemistry with Jlin. sure he’s bad at finishing around the rim, but he can knock down the 3 and set good screens for JL. Also he and Lin are notorious for the give and go pass. No one else is willing to give and go as Hawes is with Lin

Kemba’s redemption LOL!

I agree he is a Lin hater even though he gave Lin props today. And I do think he is biased toward black basketball players too. But to be fair I don’t really watch first take a lot or listen to his radio show enough to know. Btw I am mixed black.

Where is Lin’s gray hair? haven’t seen it yet.

Only Hawes is close enough to as JLin Hair Stylist to see it 🙂
http://www.interbasket.net/news/wp-content/uploads/Jeremy-Lin-with-the-mini-ponytail.jpg

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/725801032744329216

Was listening to last nights game on NBA radio and it was a Heat broadcast.
They had nasty things to say about Lin.
Like he has getting all the ref calls once he drives get into the paint
How good of an actor he was for drawing fouls. etc
What a competitor Lin is!

If they can beat Heat then I think they will vs Cav in ECF.

It’s Heat Feet of course they wanted to spread the bad news on Lin…

This may be a good thing for Lin. People think twice about breathing on harden as much because he’s untouchable. Maybe lin can reap those benefits as well.

Well, just listen to Cliff’s interview today. When asked about to resign Lin this summer… He said I hope so… sounds no hope to me. LOL! But I like what he said about how good Lin can be 1 & 2 in O & D. Sounds like he still wants to use him more for SG bc Kemba’s PG position is untouchable.

Haha, maybe Gabrielle Union should complain some more? LOL

I feel like she was very high on lin early in the season but I think she was told to be negative on lin because…. You guys can fill it in because it would all just be speculation

There will be no makeup call in game 6 now.

There was no mistake but one which is in favour of the Heat.

bahahahah!

Lee got wade’s arm there in his final shot attempt, not Zeller. But NBA report does not address that.

Flop.

wait, they don’t? Did you see the second page?

“Lee (CHA) makes contact with the ball during Wade’s (MIA) upward shooting motion, which makes his subsequent, minor arm contact with Wade incidental. Lee then makes contact with Wade’s arm again at about 00:04.9, however, Wade has already lost possession of the ball.”

thanks, I did not scroll down for the second page… you are as good as a professional

Da Silver is doing some cool stuff to the league. I love it!!! Good material for education purpose, for fans and public alike

I posted two quotes above so other Lin fans can see, in case they miss it. It’s useful to see the official report about those fouls.

Hopefully. Slash Brother!

I like the different angles. He did lose the ball already after the first motion.

he has serious anger management issues… https://youtu.be/AHTgHNzwZ40

She blamed lin for not passing but the foul made such a huge impact on the game for putting dwade on the bench. I think the second commentator mentioned that and realized what a better play that was than to get an assist.

Slash what? Lin, Lee, lamp, batum, we have tsunami 4 here!

Put Tyler in notice.

Ooops sorry I reposted this, listen to the part at 16:00 and you’ll hear a snippet about the mindset of KW.

Courtney got all ball. Too bad we can’t get the multi-angle, ultra-slo-mo shots of the flagrant fouls against Jeremy.

bad news, hope he recovers soon.

olynk too

Can’t wait to get out of Rox…

https://twitter.com/AndyKHLiu/status/725559703783116800

Whitesides has many of these terrible anger management issue tantrums.

Harden always disappeared when lose the game. Now he even didn’t take the team bus to the game….Why Alex allowed him to behave like this?!

Kemba, please take note on Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless: Goran Dragic has no right hand. He cannot go right to save his life!

I would like to watch that Turner sports video about JLin above, but when I click on it, it just turns black. Anybody know why it does that or what I can do about it?

Harden is Alex’s boss….:(

https://twitter.com/KelliBartik/status/725760321714003968

In other words, Mr. Wade flopped! and Mrs Wade barking up the wrong tree…damn!

Hope he gets mad Friday v not Lin.

Had that disgusting look like Kobe after fouling JLin

Great reply….over to you Spo!

from the horse’s mouth….bids getting higher..

Did Jeremy reject an offer from Brooklyn last summer before he accepted the Hornets’ offer? If so, does anyone recall the details?

Harden running what’s left of the Rockets team into the ground like Melo on the NY Knicks.

Did they say if Hawes was injured in practice, or last night’s game ?

I agree none of these hosts sound really know Lin that much or passion like Robin. They talked about him more on marketing point of view… not BB skill. Well, it’s good to get any PR chance…

Yeah, I did a double-take when I heard that. I’d like to read the whole article that guy wrote. I also don’t know anything about the reporter and have no idea what kind of reputation he has. Regardless what Kemba may have said about shooting percentage, the fact is he has improved.

and Frank.

Curry had the same injury, and he’s expected to be out for a minimum 2 weeks. Hopefully it’s not serious, Hornets need Hawes, their best passing big man.