Lin Leads Hornets in Playoff Win

Author: NBA.com

April 24, 2016 at 16:49

With Hornets head coach Steve Clifford electing to go big in his starting lineup by using veteran Al Jefferson and rookie Frank Kaminsky, much of C-harlotte’s scoring in the second unit fell on the shoulders of Lin and the Harvard graduate did not disappoint, finishing with a team-high 18 points, four rebounds and four assists in 26 minutes off the bench.

It’s not easy filling in for the team’s second-leading scorer, particularly during an essential do-or-die playoff game for the hometown Hornets. In what continues to be a pleasant, yet sometimes under appreciated and often unrecognized trend, Jeremy Lin stepped up for the injured Nicolas Batum and helped lead the Hornets to a 96-80 win over the Heat in Game 3, their first playoff victory in 14 years. With Hornets head coach Steve Clifford electing to go big in his starting lineup by using veteran Al Jefferson and rookie Frank Kaminsky, much of C-harlotte’s scoring in the second unit fell on the shoulders of Lin and the Harvard graduate did not disappoint, finishing with a team-high 18 points, ...