Published on Feb 13, 2013 8asians.com: Houston Rockets' Jeremy Lin Post-Game Q & A (2/12/13) at Golden State Warriors' Asian Heritage Night.Game where the Houston Rockets defeated the Golden State Warriors, 116-to-107, with Lin playing a total of 29 minutes, scoring 14 points with 2 rebounds.
Notebook: Rockets 116, Warriors 107
THE FACTS: The Houston Rockets proved they could beat the Golden State Warriors just as easily without a torrent of 3-point shots. A week after tying the NBA's all-time record for 3-pointers in a game while blowing out the Warriors, Houston went more conventional Tuesday, using precise ball movement and baseline cuts to slice open Golden State during a 116-107 victory.
NOTABLE: Harden's status should be considered questionable for the Rockets' game Wednesday against the Clippers in Los Angeles. "I could barely walk," Harden said of the ankle. "I'm still limping." . . . Bogut's 12 rebounds were a season-high, his first double-digit performance since joining the Warriors. . . . Golden State forward David Lee upped his league-leading double-double count to 33 thanks to 12 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out with 1:43 remaining. . . . Houston center Omer Asik countered with 13 points and 15 boards. . . . All five Rockets starters reached double digits in scoring, as well as two of Houston's four reserves who played. . . . Harden and Lin combined to go 19-for-19 from the free-throw line. The rest of the Rockets were 1-for-6.
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Warm homecoming for Jeremy Lin at San Francisco Bay
By Braden Reddall; OAKLAND, California |
(Reuters) - Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin returned to the San Francisco Bay area for a warm welcome and a 116-107 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
Lin had 14 points and 10 assists on the Asian Heritage Night just across the bay from his home town of Palo Alto in his first Oakland appearance since triggering a mass hysteria last year.
The "Linsanity" may have faded since his knee injury last year and a move from New York Knicks to Houston, but the humble Taiwanese-American was happy to be back in the Bay Area to celebrate Chinese New Year.
The 24-year-old said he could accept all that hype from the media but had different rules for friends and family.
"If anyone calls me any Lin puns," he said in a post-match interview, "we're not going to be friends or family anymore."
The victory over his former team on Tuesday came a week after the Rockets trounced the Warriors 140-109 in Houston.
Golden State did not miss the opportunity to celebrate Lin's ethnicity in a region known for its Asian diaspora.
On the Asian Heritage Night, the U.S. national anthem was played by an orchestra of traditional Chinese instruments, and the game was broadcast live in China. Dragons danced at half-time and the cheerleaders wore Asian silk-themed outfits.
Lin seemed to have embraced his role model status as well.
Two weeks ago, after attending a premiere of the donation-funded "Linsanity" documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, he met Wat Misaka, the first Asian-American to play in the NBA.
"He's kind of following in my footsteps and improving on them," Japanese-American Misaka told the Houston Chronicle. "I wrote him a note of encouragement when he was with (Golden State) back in the dark days when things didn't look too good for him. He didn't have all these fans at that time.
"I think he's in a lot better place now."
(Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
林書豪感歎"衣錦還鄉"讓人敬畏 大讚哈登為戰神
網易體育張強2月13日美國前方報道：
當他站在罰球線上，命中罰球時，甲骨文球館內的球迷反應很糾結，有人噓聲，也有人歡呼。這就是“衣錦還鄉”的林書豪，這是他在“林瘋狂”後第一次回到故鄉打球，他的火箭也擊敗勇士。賽後，林書豪在客隊更衣室裏感歎回家的經曆讓人敬畏，他也大讚哈登為戰神。
這不是林書豪第一次回家，但卻是他真正意義上的衣錦還鄉。2011年12月28日，他代表尼克斯來過灣區打比賽，但是隻是在最後輸球的垃圾時間裏上場1分27秒，1投0中，別無其他任何數據。但而今，他已經是聯盟人盡皆知的林書豪，火箭的正牌控衛。
“回家的經曆讓人感覺敬畏。我看到了每一個人，包括我的家人，朋友。這也是我第一次在回家的比賽中在非垃圾時間中比賽。我很享受。”賽後，林書豪一頭是汗，但臉上是幸福的笑容。
他的表現也足夠拿出手，雖然命中率不高，11投3中，但是8罰8中，砍下14分，還有10次助攻，他的表現證明自己足夠是一名NBA球員。 不過，林書豪更欣喜球隊拿到勝利，“能夠在這裏擊敗一支主場表現非常出色的球隊，我們感覺太好了。落後的時候，教練告訴我們不要慌，按照自己的節奏打，落 後不要緊，堅持自己的風格。這樣說之後，我們的比賽變得容易起來。”
在林書豪的心目中，之前扭傷左膝、本場再度傷了右腳踝的哈登就是永不言棄的戰神。“我希望他傷得不要太重，這場比賽，他在腳踝扭傷後回來了。他簡直就是太頑強的戰士了，今天晚上，他奉獻了自己的一切，他左膝那裏戴著護膝，傷了腳踝後還在戰鬥。”林書豪感慨說。
現在，他希望球隊好好打明天背靠背客場對快船的比賽，然後好好休息，“我們要利用好全明星的空隙，抓緊調整。”
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中新社舊金山2月12電 (記者 劉丹)當地時間2月12日，中國農曆蛇年初三，美國國家職業籃球協會NBA在加州奧克蘭甲骨文體育館繼續賽季比賽，並推出最大規模中國新年慶祝活動。
由林書豪、哈登領銜的休斯頓火箭隊客場挑戰金州勇士隊，並借同時舉行的中國新年主題慶祝活動與球迷同樂。NBA發布的官方新聞稿稱，從2月7日至14日的中國2013農曆新年慶祝活動之際舉辦曆史上最大規模的國際獻禮活動，以此向中國球迷致敬。
當晚比賽盡顯中華元素。球場上方巨大的記分牌顯示慶祝中國新年的字樣，並一一打出球員的中文名字。球員賽前穿上特地為中國蛇年設計的火紅T恤，上麵印有 NBA字樣和一條舞動的青蛇。勇士隊的啦啦隊少女著超短小旗袍表演熱辣舞蹈，就連活力四射的少男組合舞蹈隊也一本正經地穿上中式衣褲玩高空拋人。
多個華裔後代組成的文藝團體在當晚比賽中表演。火鳳青年國樂團演奏美國國歌，舊金山西門藝術團表演了富有民族傳統的舞龍舞獅。
火鳳青年國樂團創辦人謝坦告訴中新社記者，這是NBA賽事中首次邀請少數族裔樂團用民族樂器演奏美國國歌。13年來在美國紮根社區，竭力推廣中國民樂並多次獲得政府嘉獎的謝坦和民樂隊小樂手對參與當晚的慶祝活動深感欣慰。
在舊金山灣區出生長大的林書豪重回故裏，吸引眾多華裔粉絲為他喝彩，有人稱當晚到場助陣的還有他的父母家人以及高中球隊老友。盡管對手是他入選NBA的第 一個東家金州勇士隊，更有勇士的球迷呐喊攪局，並不妨礙林書豪與大胡子哈登等隊友密切合作，出色發揮，從首發上陣笑到最後，以116比107小勝結束戰 事。
金州勇士隊主席瑞克・威爾茲在記者會上表示，20年前，NBA隻有寥寥幾個外國球員麵孔，如今外籍球員多達40多人。中國是NBA賽事在美國之外最大的市場，隨著姚明等中國球員加盟，NBA在中國擁有越來越多球迷。
威爾茲同時宣布，金州勇士隊將從奧克蘭移居至華裔人口占三分之一的舊金山，沿著海灣大橋橋畔新建的體育館將於2017-2018賽季前完工。
NBA去年首次舉辦中國新年慶祝活動，龍年賽季共有21場賽事。進入蛇年迎來創紀錄的23場比賽賽季，並在中國內地、香港和台灣連續8天直播。其中5支球 隊在主場比賽時舉辦中國新年慶祝活動，包括華盛頓奇才隊、芝加哥公牛隊、金州勇士隊、邁阿密熱火隊和多倫多猛龍隊。另外，波士頓凱爾特人對和洛杉磯快船隊 在比賽時用標語顯示慶祝。
NBA中國首席執行官大衛・休梅克表示，“中國農曆新年是中國球迷最重要的節日，我們很高興與球迷和他們的家庭共度佳節。”
