I think he had about 10-11 turnovers, too. That may be because he drives almost all the way to the hoop before dishing the ball off, so teammates are already looking to play a possible rebound instead of anticipating the assist. Once they get used to his style that stat should improve.
Given the opportunity, he has not forgotten who has blessed him with the tools and the work ethic to succeed.
So, when will the Linsanity will end?
I’m not sure if I can answer the question. If the meaning of the question is -— When will normality return
to the Garden, I can’t answer that. Lin has single handedly causes the stock of Madison Square garden to shoot up 15%.
If on the other hand you are asking me for my (not-so-expert) basketball analysis as to when I think the Knicks
will end their winning streak, here’s my opinion as an avid basketball observer.
If the basketball scouts are doing their jobs ( and I believe they are), they should see by now that he mostly
drives from the RIGHT side of the court.
The opposing teams are studying him even as we speak and if they made a plot of the points he mostly scores (marking them with X’s), I bet you they will notice that most of them come from the RIGHT HALF of the basket. This is very different from the likes of say, Kobe Bryant or Derek Rose, who score from everywhere around the basket.
Toronto and Minnesota seems to have seen this and have adjusted to this accordingly, but not enough. Notice how successful they have been in causing him to turnover because of this ( he is TURNOVER PRONE ).
Lin’s pick and roll with Tyson Chandler seems to work better than with Amare and that’s another area where they have to practice ( since Amare has been out for over a week ).
As for shooting, his trainer tells us that THAT is one area he’s trying to be good at. Like the legendary Korean superstar, Shin Dong Pa before him, he’s practicing shooting everyday ( 1000 shots a session ). He can only get better.
He better be because those FOUL SHOTS are going to be very critical as he tends to draw the foul a lot with his drives.
Also, Lin needs to bulk up because they are going to beat him up by swarming all over him a lot. he’s going to have a HUGE mismatch trying to guard the likes of Dwayne Wade or Lebron James. Against Toronto, Lin really couldn’t stop the Spanish shooter, Jose Calderon. The game turned around when the defensive specialist, Iman Shumpert was asked to stop Jose Calderon instead ( and he was VERY successful at it, shutting him down and making the key steal).
Thus far, the Knicks have not played the best defensive teams with Jeremy on the point yet.
I believe the Linsanity will end when the Knicks meet the best defensive teams in the league -— DALLAS, CHICAGO, BOSTON and MIAMI.