JLin had a great first half Saturday night against the Timberwolves in Minnesota (15 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 4 assists) featuring golden boy point guard Ricky Rubio, but Jeremy had his first sub-par half as a starter when he shot 1-for-12 from the field for 5 points, and had 4 turnovers). Maybe all these minutes Lin has been logging the past 5 games over the past week finally caught up with him.

But Lin was still a hero when he drove hard to the hoop with a few seconds left in a 98-98 ball game, was fouled, and went to the line to hit 1-of-2 free throws. That ended up being the game winner. So even with a bad second half, he still willed his team to a win.

Lin is now 4-0 as a starter, but don’t forget he scored 25 points off the bench (vs. New Jersey on Feb. 4th) in the game before he became a starter.

ESPN had an interesting stat after this game. JLin has scored more points (109) in his first four starts than any player since 1976-77 (the year of the ABA-NBA merger). Behind him are the following (unbelievable some of the names on this list)!:

Allen Iverson – 101
Shaquille O’Neal – 100
Michael Jordan – 99
Bill Ray Bates – 99

Click here for more photos of Jeremy from the game.

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