Jeremy Lin, whose meteoric rise from obscurity to dazzling court general for the New York Knicks has become a global story, had a rare favor to ask of the massive media turnout for his team’s 104-97 victory over the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
The NBA’s first Taiwanese-American player, after scoring a team-high 28 points and doling out 14 assists, appealed for consideration for members of his family in Taiwan.
“I love my family, I love my relatives,” he said, when asked about his grandmother in Taiwan, who has become something of a celebrity, according to a question asked by a Chinese television reporter.
“One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can’t even go to work without being bombarded and people following them,” he said.
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