http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1995.html

In the 1994-1995, we had 6 players average double figures, with a 7th (Anthony Mason) averaging 9.9. We also had 6 players in 1995-1996.
I'd imagine we had a lot of games with 4+ players in double figures.

The best way to look at it is was pre-Linsanity era vs Linsanity era. One thing that's kind of fascinating is that in the Lin era, he has led the team in scoring almost every time.

Panos wrote:Interesting. No one finds this remarkable?
Even in the good ol' 90's we weren't doing this. It was Ewing for 25, Starks (or Wilkins, or...) for 12, and then a bunch of guys for 6 pts each.

franco12 wrote:The biggest factor with Lin is, I think, his leadership & his will to win - its infective, and for the first time all year, has guys trying hard and giving maximum effort.

This was something I felt MDA should have been able to do a better job of.

Agree....but to add something else. Lin coming in was perceived to be a good unselfish kid. So eventhough he's putting up more shots than Melo, the team still plays hard.

When Melo (a perceived selfish gunner) was running the show, the team didn't give as much effort. But instead just stood around and watched. I've been on teams with players like Melo, and I loose most of the time.

Teams that has a perceived good unselfish kid like Lin, usually has a team giving more effort on both ends....I think it's officially Lins team now, and Melo or Baron doesn't want to be the guy that disrupts the legend of Linsanity....