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If Ricky Rubio and Jeremy Lin were in the same conference, a nice rivalry could be brewing between two of the NBA's more promising international players. Saturday night's game at Target Center was a one-time showing for the Timberwolves and New York Knicks in this lockout-shortened season, and barring realignment of the Eastern and Western conferences, the teams will meet only twice per season in the future. For the moment, Lin is one up on Rubio after the Knicks held on for a 100-98 victory in front of a charged-up crowd of 20,232 - the largest audience for a Wolves home game in eight years and fourth-largest in Target Center history.
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