Associated Press
This hadn’t been Lin’s easiest night on this historic run. These Toronto Raptors had gone to great pains to throw defender upon defender on him. Moments earlier, Lin had gone to the rim, absorbed a hard foul, made the free throw and delivered himself one more platform, one more stage, to do it again. All night, the Raptors hit Lin on his way to the basket and then hit him again on his tumble to the floor. Only, Lin kept getting up, kept coming, and now the face of his defender was flushed with fear. Jose Calderon gave Lin a few feet of space. As the clock ticked to the end, Lin knew it was too late to get to the rim, knew the Raptors were pushing him to his left, to the middle.
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