Jeremy Lin and brother Joseph clinch win for New Taipei Kings in first professional basketball game as teammates
- Former NBA sensation and younger brother help lead Taiwanese side to victory in East Asian Super League season opener
- More than 4,400 fans crammed into arena in New Taipei City to watch win over Seoul SK Knights, where Jeremy Lin flirted with a triple-double
Playing their first professional basketball game as teammates, former NBA sensation Jeremy Lin and younger brother Joseph helped lead the New Taipei Kings to victory in their season opener for the East Asian Super League.
More than 4,400 fans crowded into the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City on Wednesday to watch the game against Seoul SK Knights, where Jeremy Lin flirted with a triple-double.
But it was his younger sibling who took control, accounting for 19 points in the second half to guide the team to a 90-72 victory.
“I just told [Joseph] to go for it and don’t think about helping me,” Jeremy Lin, 35, said. “He wanted to help me but I just couldn’t get it going.
“So I said what we needed was for him to go for it himself, that’s why we are such a threat because you cannot just focus on one player.”
Shaking off a two-point performance in the first half, Joseph Lin helped put the hosts in the lead after starting the third quarter tied at 43-43.
