Jeremy Lin leads Rockets past Warriors with career high five 3 pointers

A few days ago marked the one year anniversary of Linsanity. With the documentary Linsanity about to make the festival circuit, Jeremy Lin marked the milestone by shooting out the lights against his former team the Golden State Warriors. He scored a game high 28 points and dished out 9 assists to drop the Warriors in Houston. He hand the hot hands making 10 of 16 shots and 5 of 8 from three point land. His five 3-pointers was a career high. He wasn’t the only Houston Rocket draining threes. Fellow teammates Chandler Parsons and James Harden each hit four 3 pointers. In the end, the Rockets matched an NBA record with 23 3-pointers (57.5% shooting) in the 140-109 win over the Warriors. The Rockets set season highs for first-quarter and first-half points.

After the game Lin was asked about his recent hot shooting from beyond the arc, he stated, “I’ve been feeling a lot better. I got off to a really slow start and it was frustrating because I’d been working on it all summer but hopefully I’ll be able to turn the corner and shoot the way that I’m capable of shooting it.” On the rest of the Rockets team’s three point performance, Lin said “Sometimes that’s the way it goes. Thankfully we were able to get a bunch of open looks and knock them down tonight and that’s just the way it is sometimes. We are comfortable playing at home.”

Looks like Jeremy Lin and the Rockets are gelling more together at the midpoint of the season. With a performances like last night, you see the Houston Rockets climbing up the West Conference of the NBA.

Also of note Yao Ming in attendance during the Rockets vs Warriors game. You won’t have to wait long for a rematch. The two teams play again next week in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Golden State Warriors vs Rockets Game Highlights

Houston Rockets three point shoot out (all 23 three point shots)

Jeremy Lin post game interview

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