Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin looks to drive past San Antonio Spurs’ Kawhi Leonard (right) during the second half of their NBA game at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte Nike Air VaporMax Womens , North Carolina, on Monday. The Hornets won 91-88. — Reuters JEREMY Lin inspired a stunning fightback as the Charlotte Hornets rallied from a 23-point deficit to upset the San Antonio Spurs 91-88 on Monday.
Lin drained 29 points, including four 3-pointers, as the Hornets shocked the in-form Spurs, who were brought crashing back down to earth two days after beating the all-conquering Golden State Warriors.
Lin’s points haul included a superb fall-away jump shot with 48.4 seconds left which gave the Hornets the lead at 89-88 before adding two free throws with 18.3 seconds on the clock to complete the scoring.
“He’s a very committed player,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. “He comes in and he works so hard. You’re going to get his best effort every night.”
The victory saw the Hornets improve to 40-30 Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Womens , easing the sting of a disappointing home defeat to the Denver Nuggets at the weekend.
“We just turned it up,” Lin said. “I can’t even think, man. We just played hard. I’m just thankful to God. I’ve been struggling so much and we lost one the other night that we felt we shouldn’t have lost, so to come out here and get this win is a huge boost for us.”
The Spurs looked to be racing away to a blowout win after leading 28-7 after the first quarter. But Lin added 12 points in the second to chip away at the Spurs’ lead. Charlotte then took the lead for the first time at 75-74 with 9:10 left after a Lin 3.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich blamed the defeat for a sloppy second quarter when the bench failed to ram home the advantage built up in the first quarter.
“In the second quarter, I thought our second team was basically out to lunch,” Popovich said. “It was one-on-one Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Moc Womens , turnovers, gave up 29 points in the quarter. That sealed the fate right there.”
China's Wang Bingyu (C) casts stone during an Olympic Qualification match of curling for 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang between women's teams from China and Latvia in Pilsen, the Czech Republic Nike Air VaporMax Moc 2 Womens , on Dec. 6, 2017. China won 11-5. (XinhuaShan Yuqi) China's Ma Jingyi casts stone during an Olympic Qualification match of curling for 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang between women's teams from China and Latvia in Pilsen, the Czech Republic, on Dec. 6, 2017. China won 11-5. (XinhuaShan Yuqi) China's Zhou Yan casts stone during an Olympic Qualification match of curling for 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang between