Linfographic: The Journey Of Jeremy Lin

DESIGNED BY INFO GRAPHIC www.InfographicWorld.com WLIRLD LINFOGRAPHIC THE JOURNEY OF JEREMY LIN Jeremy Lin has played in only a handful of games for the New York Knicks this season, but his impact has been absolutely stunning, as the 6-foot-3 point guard has led the Knicks to six straight victories and into playoff contention. The undrafted player out of Harvard has Madison Square Garden rocking every night and NBA fans everywhere talking about LINSANITY. Best Week Ever SAT MON WED FRI SAT 8. 10 11 Vs Vs VS 107 93 de In Good Company 25 PTS. 7 AST. 5 REB. 28 PTS. 8 AST. 2 STL. 23 PTS. 10 AST. 20PTS. 8AST. 6REB. 38 PTS. 66 88 100 98 99 92 AST. 85 LiERS 4 REB. 92 NETS Players with 20+ points, 6+ assists and 50%+ shooting in four or more straight games. GAMES NBA E FAME MICHAEL JORDAN BASTERN HALL OF FAME CHARLES BARKLEY HALL ISIAH THOMAS OF FAME DWYANE WADE LARRY BIRD OP FAME NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD HALL MAGIC JOHNSON OF FAME LEBRON JAMES OF FAME SCOTTIE PIPPEN HALL CLYDE DREXLER OF FAME HALL SEQUEL? JEREMY LIN To follow up his big week, Lin knocked in a 3-pointer with less than a second to go on Valentine's Day at Toronto to lead the Knicks to a comeback victory against the Raptors. KEVIN GARNETT HALL JOHN STOCKTON OF FAME Alone at the Top Lin has 136 points through his first five NBA starts; that's the most ever for any player since the ABA-NBA merger in 1976. Most points in first five NBA starts since ABA-NBA merger JERRY DOMINIQUE WILKINS STACKHOUSE 76ERS 1995-96 HAWKS 1982-83 124 124 136 JEREMY LIN KNICKS 2011-12 SHAQUILLE lo'NEAL MAGIC 1992-93 129 Making Knicks History Most consecutive games with 20+ pts., 7+ ast. in team history JEREMY LIN 2011-12 MICHEAL RAY RICHARDSSON 1980-81 WALT FRAZIER 1969-70 WALT FRAZIERO 1968-69 Social Media Bounce Lin's Facebook page has swelled to more than FEB. 14: 450,000 251,250 likes. FEB. 5: That's 1,781 new Twitter9,000 followers for each point scored during that time period. Hi Sina Weibo, Chinese-language microblogging service 1 Lin's fans on Sina Weibo as of Feb. 13 884,365 Microblog hashtag using Lin's Chinese #LIN SHUHAO CRAZE CONTINUES ( name has generated 73,500 messages. NEW YORR Great Debuts 17 Hooks Wiltse holds baseball's record for consecutive games won by a starting pitcher. He won 12 straight games in 1904 for the New York Giants. start a career A's reliever Joe Pate won all nine of his relief outings as a rookie in 1926. Cam Newton averaged 346.5 yards passing in his first four games this past season for the Carolina Panthers. Only ane game was a victory. NHL Goalkeeper Grant Fuhr had the longest undefeated streak in a first NHL season with 23 games in 1981-82 for the Edmonton Oilers. Patrick Lalime won his first 16 starts as an NHL goalie playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1996-97. Crimson-Knicks connection The last Harvard graduate to reach the NBA was Ed Smith, who made 11 appearances for the Knicks in 1953-54. Travelin' Man Places Lin has been over his basketball career, from high school to college to three NBA teams and two D-League teams. BOSTON 4 RENO 7 ERIE 3 OAKLAND 6 NEW YORK 8 BACK TO NEW YORK 1 PALO ALTO 5 HOUSTON Asian-American Effect Lin is the first U.S.-born player of Taiwanese or Chinese descent to join the league. However, several other Asian-Americans have made an impact on the league. WATARU MISAKA, a Japanese- American, played for the Knicks during the 1947-48 season. ERIK SPOELSTRA is a Filipino-Dutch-Irish who became the youngest coach ever in NBA history. He is currently the head coach of the Miami Heat. RAYMOND TOWNSEND played for Golden State and Indiana from 1978 to 1982. Current Kansas Jayhawks coach Kurtis Townsend is Raymond Townsend's brother. The Townsends' mother was born in the Philippines. ARRIDA COREY GAINES, whose mother is half Japanese, played five NBA seasons for four teams. He currently is the head coach of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. REX WALTERS played from 1993 to 2000 with the Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. Walters, a Japanese- American, is the head coach for the University of San Francisco men's basketball team. KANSAS Good for Business Filling the Seats Lin's jersey has quickly become the best-selling NBA jersey online, and the Knicks are the NBA's top merchandise-selling team. GPURE VS VS TOP 44 12 so .50 SELLER THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN VCOMPANY Raptors ticket price for Knicks' Feb. 14 visit Raptors ticket price for same seat for Spurs' visit the following night 12 Increase in stock price for Madison Square Garden Co., which owns the Knicks, since Feb. 3, before Lin's amazing streak began 27% Increase in Knicks' average ticket price since Lin's 25-point game against the Nets CAREER TIMELINE 1988 AUGUST 23 1989 JEREMY SHU-HOW LIN is born in Los Angeles to Gie-Ming and Shirley, who emigrated from Taiwan in the l1970s. The Lins have two other children, Joseph and Josh. LIN graduates from California's Palo Alto High School, where he helped lead his school to a state championship. LIN wasn't recruited by any major schools or offered a scholarship to play basketball anywhere, despite being a nearly consensus choice for California Player of the Year at publications around the state. 2006 Though Harvard University, as an Ivy League school, didn't offer an athletic scholarship, it did guarantee LIN a spot on the basketball team. 12.6 Starting for the Crimson as a sophomore, LIN averages 12.6 points per game and is named to the All-Ivy League second team. (2008 2009 LIN'S junior season proves to be a breakout success, as he's a consensus All-Ivy League first-teamer. NCAA He also makes headlines as the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player to be among the top 10 in his conference for scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocked shots, field goal percentage, free throw percentage and 3-point percentage. LIN finishes his college career as the first player in Ivy League history to record For his senior season, LIN averages 16.4 points per game and again is a consensus All-Ivy first-teamer. 1,483 487 points rebounds BOB COUSY AWARD He's one of l1 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the top point guard in men's college basketball. 2010 406 225 assists steals He graduates from Harvard with a degree in economics. LIN goes unselected in the NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden in New York. JUNE NBA 24 NBASUMMER LIN joins the Dallas Mavericks for a minicamp LEAGUE and the NBA's Summer League. He plays in five Summer League games, averaging 9.8 points per game and leading the team in field goal percentage. His hometown team, the Golden State Warriors, eventually extends a contract offer. He receives offers to sign with a handful of NBA teams, including the Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. LIN makes the opening-day roster for the 2010-11 season, but he's placed on the inactive list for the opener. LIN signs a two-year deal with the Warriors. He JULY 21 quickly becomes a crowd favorite, particularly among Golden State has two other Asian-American fans. dominant guards ahead of LIN: Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis. LOS ANGELES IPPERS OCT. 27 Los ANGELES LAKERS LIN sees his first official playing time in the NBA, a three-minute outing in a win against the Los Angeles Clippers; he doesn't score but does record a steal. OCT. 29 Two days later, he plays 16 minutes in a Golden State loss to the Lakers. A visit to the Toronto Raptors coincides with Asian Heritage Night at Air Canada Centre. He scores two points, has four steals and dishes out three assists. NOV. More than 20 members of Toronto's He also commits five personal fouls. Chinese media cover the game. He plays 15 minutes and scores three points. NOV. The Warriors play the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. 10 ESPN.com editor Matt Wong reports that Lin entered the game to wide applause, presumably from the Asian-Americans in the crowd. IN had scored a Three times during the season, LIN is sent to play in the NBA's Developmental League with the Reno Bighorns. total of five points the entire season. 2011 2.6 Each time, he's called back up by the Warriors. LIN finishes his rookie season averaging 2.6 points per game on 38.9 percent shooting. JAN. LIN competes in the NBA D-League Showcase, leading the Bighorns to a 2-0 record while averaging 21.5 points per game, six rebounds per game and 5.5 assists per game. 24 27 MARCH LIN posts a season-high 27 points for Reno. 18 JULY It lasts 161 days and forces the league to shorten the season from 82 games to 66. The NBA lockout begins. DEC. The Warriors waive LIN on the first day of training camp after the lockout ends. LIN is picked up off waivers by the Houston Rockets. He's third behind two other point guards. DEC. 12 Just before the start of the season, the Rockets release DEC. | LIN to clear salary space for center Samuel Dalembert. 24 The Knicks pick up LIN off waivers, intending for | him to be a backup to Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby. DEC. 27 LIN makes his debut for the Knicks against | his former team, the Golden State Warriors. DEC. 28 He is cheered in his return to Oracle Arena but plays only one minute and doesn't score a point. 2012 The Knicks send LIN to the D-League Erie BayHawks. The Knicks recal JAN. him from Erie. 28 17 LIN scores a triple-double (28 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists) in a BayHawks' win over the Maine Red Claws. JAN. 20 JAN. LIN plays 20 minutes in a loss at Houston. He scores 9 points and has six assists. 23 28 JAN. LIN makes his first career start, scoring 28 points to help lead the Knicks past the Jazz. 28 23 FEB. LIN has his first NBA double-double in a victory at Washington, scoring 23 points and dishing 10 assists. 4 FEB. NETS FEB. LIN has 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists - all FEB. career highs - off the bench in a win FEB. 38 against the Nets. 12 LIN drops 38 points on the visiting Lakers to lead the Knicks to their fourth straight victory. 25 LIN, making his fourth start, scores 20 points and has eight assists, as the Knicks escape with a narrow victory at Minnesota. His fifth straight start is the Knicks' sixth straight win, as Lin leads New York to a comeback victory in Toronto. FEB. 14 To cap the Knicks' double-digit rally in the fourth quarter, LIN knocked down a 3-pointer, giving the Knicks the lead and the win. 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