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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lin

New York Knicks

On December 12, 2011, Lin was claimed off waivers by the Houston Rockets.[73] The Rockets also had Kyle Lowry and Goran Dragić as point guards. On December 24 before the start of the season, the Rockets waived Lin to clear payroll to sign center Samuel Dalembert.[42][74] The New York Knicks claimed Lin off waivers on December 27 to be a backup behind Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby after an injury to guard Iman Shumpert.[42][70][75] Lin said he was "competing for a backup spot, and people see me as the 12th to 15th guy on the roster. It's a numbers game."[32] The Knicks' third-string point guard, he made his season debut on the road against the Warriors, where he was warmly cheered in his return to Oracle Arena.[76] On January 17, 2012, Lin was assigned to the Erie BayHawks of the D-League.[77] On January 20, he had a triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists in the BayHawks' 122–113 victory over the Maine Red Claws.[78] Lin was recalled by the Knicks three days later.[79]

On February 4, 2012, Lin had 25 points, five rebounds, and seven assists—all career-highs—in a 99–92 Knicks victory over the New Jersey Nets. After the game, Knick coach Mike D'Antoni said Lin has a point-guard mentality and "a rhyme and a reason for what he is doing out there."[80] In the subsequent game against the Utah Jazz, Lin made his first career start. He had 28 points and eight assists.[81] In a game against the Washington Wizards, Lin had 23 points and career-high 10 assists. It was his first double-double.[82] On February 10, 2012, Lin scored a new career-high 38 points and had seven assists, leading the Knicks in their victory over the Los Angeles Lakers with a score of 92–85.[83] On February 11, Lin scored 20 points and had 8 assists in a narrow 100-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.[84] This win extended the Knick's win streak to 5 games, and at 13-15, put the team into contention for the 8th playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Lin scored 109 points in his first four career starts, the most by any player since the merger between the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA in 1976–77.[85] The Associated Press called Lin "the most surprising story in the NBA."[86] Bloomberg News wrote that Lin "has already become the most famous [Asian American NBA player]." Knicks fans developed nicknames for him along with a new lexicon inspired by his name, Lin.[87][88] Time.com ran an article titled, "It's Official: Linsanity Is for Real".[89] Hall of Fame player Magic Johnson said, "The excitement [Lin] has caused in [Madison Square] Garden, man, I hadn't seen that in a long time."[90]