Linsanity Page #4

from tip-off.

[ mouthing words ]

Stephens:
I think a lot

of people just assumed

That getting to

the state championship game,

Palo alto would be

satisfied with.

Jeremy Lin would be

satisfied with it.

And it was just much more

of a formality

When they played

mater Dei high school.

Southern California schools

dominate the rankings.

They're the powers

that be.

Palo alto, out in the

suburbs, not so much.

Announcer:
Everybody said

mater Dei was the team,

Mater Dei is the big dog.

Mater Dei,

number 11 in the country.

Diepenbrock:
The whole

week leading up to the game,

It was just like, "how

we gonna get a rebound?

How we gonna

be able to play?"

Jeremy:
I remember walking

around campus,

And there are

all these reporters.

And they'd be like, "oh,

you think you can win?"

Like, "how you

gonna beat 'em?"

And everyone's asking me,

my friends were asking me.

By the end, they're like,

"you think you can beat 'em?"

I was like, "man, just come

to the game and watch. "

Along with Mater Dei's

Decorated history

and dominant reputation,

This varsity team

had 8 players over 6'6".

Gary McKnight:
I was kind of relieved

that we were playing Palo alto,

But the more I watched them

on tape, I just had a feeling.

You know what?

These guys are better

than I thought.

You know, you don't get to the

state finals by not being good.

Announcer:
Here's lin.

Needs something good,

and he finally got it.

Diepenbrock:
We were

not intimidated at all

And really came out

playing our game.

Announcer:
Here's lin. Oh,

there's that quick first step

That they talked about.

Palo alto on a 9-2 run,

and that's over.

That kid can throw

the triple.

Everybody on paper

would say the size,

The athleticism, the quickness

is with the monarchs,

But it's the heart

that is with the Vikings,

And their heart has been

on display so far tonight.

McKnight:

At the end of the game,

He hit the big shots

at the big moments.

Announcer:
Here's lin.

Without that 7-footer,

he can go to the rack!

McKnight:
When the game was on

the line, yeah, he took over.

Announcer:
Four seconds

on the shot clock,

And Lin is gonna

have to launch a 25-footer.

Oh, it went in!

Did he call that?

I think he called that.

[ horn sounds ]

It happened.

No one gave them

a prayer to be on the floor

With the athletes

and the thoroughbreds

That the monarchs have.

Jeremy:
It's the best

feeling to go out on top.

I mean, it is

a dream come true.

Announcer:
It's why we love

high school basketball

Because of faces like that.

Diepenbrock:
When I

really looked at everything,

Everything

a basketball player

Could do for himself

individually

And for a team,

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