Jeremy Lin with career-high 13 assists in win over Sacramento Kings

NEW YORK – With a huge assist from point guard Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks’ emergent star, a playoff atmosphere has returned to Madison Square Garden. And it’s only mid-February.

Lin, whose scoring had ignited the Knicks’ winning streak, did it with passing this time, handing out a career-high 13 assists in a 100-85 victory Wednesday against the Sacramento Kings.

The NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent drove the lane and dished so effectively — in 26 minutes he had two fewer assists than all the Kings — that the Knicks (15-15) rolled to their seventh consecutive victory and returned to .500 for the first time since early January.

“As a point guard, my field goal attempts have been really high. I don’t think that’s necessarily good,” said Lin, who averaged 26.8 points in his previous six games. “My job is to distribute and…

via Jeremy Lin, Knicks drub Kings to run win streak to seven – USATODAY.com.

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