Lin scored 130 points in his first five career starts and made a disappointing 2011-2012 campaign more bearable before the eventual-champion Heat dispatched the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs. With the encouragement of his assistant coaches, Kenny Atkinson and Dan D’Antoni, his brother, Mike D’Antoni, decided to give Lin a shot. “He came in, and we opened things up, and that was it. I mean, it exploded. He was unbelievable,” D’Antoni said. “We went on to win like eight in a row, and he made a couple of game-winning shots. The camaraderie, the chemistry of the team, was off the charts. And it was fun. It was a great ride.”