Basketball: Warm homecoming for Jeremy Lin at San Francisco Bay
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Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin (centre) tries to dribble past Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry during the first half of a basketball game in Oakland, California on Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013. Lin returned to the San Francisco Bay area for a warm welcome and a 116-107 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: AP
OAKLAND, California (REUTERS) - Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin returned to the San Francisco Bay area for a warm welcome and a 116-107 victory over the Golden State Warriors in the National Basketball Association on Tuesday.
Lin had 14 points and 10 assists on the Asian Heritage Night just across the bay from his home town of Palo Alto in his first Oakland appearance since triggering a mass hysteria last year.
The "Linsanity" may have faded since his knee injury last year and a move from New York Knicks to Houston, but the humble Taiwanese-American was happy to be back in the Bay Area to celebrate Chinese New Year.
The 24-year-old said he could accept all that hype from the media but had different rules for friends and family.
