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Sunday night was Jeremy Lin's first ever NBA playoff game in his four-year career, a monumental moment in any basketball career. The stakes were never higher, the pressure was never greater and the spotlight had rarely ever been brighter, except after the first two weeks of "Linsanity" that swept the world last year.
Two of the most exciting teams in the NBA meet one last time this season in a match-up with huge playoff implications as James Harden, Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets (45-36) take on Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and the L.A. Lakers (44-37) Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
For some, it's hard to believe, considering how his stint in Houston started, but in the last month of his 2012-13 NBA season, Jeremy Lin has finally seemed to get it right.
Whenever star scorers like James Harden go down, a team can struggle looking to adjust on offense.
After sitting out two games with a sore right foot, All-Star James Harden is back.
Aristotle said once that nature abhors a vacuum.
The term "riding the hot hand" has been one that has been thrown about widely in sports, but not without warrant.
He was on fire, that much was for sure.
After dropping all three games to the San Antonio Spurs (53-16) this season, the Houston Rockets (37-31) look to finally take a game for themselves, while the Spurs aim to make it a clean sweep on the Rockets Sunday.
He hasn't looked this good in quite some time, but it looks like Jeremy Lin finally found this mojo just in time to help the Houston Rockets push for higher standing in the 2013 NBA playoffs this week.
There is nothing quite like catching momentum at the right time-something that Jeremy Lin knows better than just about anybody.
Even in the thick of a tight playoff race, Harvard alum Jeremy Lin isn't immune to March Madness.
James Harden, Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets (37-31) find themselves in a major push for positioning in the NBA Playoffs.
This season has marked a huge turnaround in Houston Rockets basketball, with the fruits of the Rockets' shrewd offseason moves paying huge dividends in making the Rockets respectable again.
It's been a busy week for Jeremy Lin as he and the Houston Rockets try and climb higher in the race to the NBA playoffs.
