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BY BRIAN BONDUS

ANCHOR CHRISTINA HARTMAN

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You can only makes a first impression once and New York’s point guard Jeremy Lin made the most of his.  He made his first NBA start Monday night against the Utah Jazz and did not waste time making ESPN Sportscenter’s Top 10.

"Knicks Jazz. Jeremy Lin ahead to Iman Shumpert. Here comes Lin, and one. Career high 28 points in his first career start. Trending on Twitter, they love the kid from Harvard."

Those are the best numbers for a point guard in his first start since Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas. Lin was not highly recruited by colleges and went undrafted. Two teams had previously cut Lin this season.  CBS News is drawing slight comparisons to an NFL underdog story.

 “Lin's out-of-nowhere performance, as well as his devout faith, already have some outlets calling him basketball's Tim Tebow. It may be a little early for that comparison, but Lin's unusual path to NBA stardom is its own underdog story.”

Lin came off the bench Saturday night and stopped New York’s two-game losing streak with 25 points against the New Jersey Nets. Being the first Taiwanese-American player ever in the NBA, Lin is getting some international attention. A Taiwanese animation company, Next Media Animation, made a video of Lin with this question.

“With Yao Ming’s departure from the league, can Jeremy Lin rise to be the prominent Asian — better yet, Taiwanese American — force in the NBA?”

To make Lin’s performance even more impressive, he did it without New York’s two superstars.

“New York played without Amare Stoudemire — who left the team to join his family in Florida after his older brother was killed in a car crash earlier Monday. And just six minutes into the game, All-Star pick Carmelo Anthony left the game with a strained groin.” (Washinton Post)

New York’s next game is against Washington where Lin will most likely be matched up with former number one overall pick John Wall.