Jeremy Lin blasted 43+8: the second highest record in the King's career and led the team to win the league by 32 points
On January 20, Beijing time, the 35-year-old Jeremy Lin ushered in another big outburst when he led the Kings to a 114-82 home victory over the league's No. 1 Dreamers. Jeremy Lin played 37 minutes and 09 seconds, he made 10 of 12 two-pointers, 4 of 6 three-pointers, plus 11 of 14 free throws, and contributed 43 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, setting the second-highest score record in a single game after joining the Kings, only 1 point away from the highest score of the King's career, and the third highest scoring record in a single game in the P League.
Jeremy Lin switched to the New Taipei Kings this season, teamed up with his younger brother Jeremy Lin, and joined the P-League runner-up team last season, which naturally made Jeremy Lin more hopeful to hit the championship. Jeremy Lin led the Kings to both the P-League and the Eastern Super League, and he has led the Kings to four consecutive wins in the Eastern Super League, especially on January 10 when they narrowly defeated Japan's Ryukyu Golden Kings 67-63 at home, thus securing a place in the semifinals of the Eastern Super League in advance.
It's just that Jeremy Lin's Kings failed to continue their performance at the beginning of the season in the P League, and they have lost five games in a row, and they were also overtaken by the Dreamers and fell to second place in the league.
Jeremy Lin has scored less than 20 points in consecutive games, and the last time he scored more than 20 points in a single game in the P League was back on December 23, 2023, against the defending champion Warriors, he blasted 44 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 9 three-pointers.
Prior to this game, the Dreamers were in first place in the league with 10 wins and 3 losses, while the Kings were second in the league with 9 wins and 5 losses. In the first quarter when the Kings trailed the Dreamers by 2 points 19-21, Jeremy Lin led the team to play a crazy 38-10 offensive in the second quarter to win by 28 points, and the first half has surpassed the Dreamers by 26 points at 57-31, and Jeremy Lin scored 30 points in the first half to become the team's offensive arrow.
Although the Kings were chased back by 10 points at 25-35 in the third quarter, Jeremy Lin scored another 10 points in the third quarter, and he had played 29 minutes and 21 seconds in the first three quarters, making 9 of 11 of two points, 4 of 6 three-pointers, plus 10 of 12 free throws, and blasting 40 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, leading the team to a 16-point lead in the first three quarters.
Jeremy Lin continued to appear in the final quarter, leading the team to open a 25+ lead again to lay the victory, and Jeremy Lin scored another 3 points in the final quarter. Jeremy Lin clocked out early with 3:37 left in the final quarter, and he was only one point away from the highest single-game score of 44 points in the King's career, and unfortunately missed the record again, but it was quite good to lead the team to a big win over the league leaders.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)