 On February 19 in a 104 – 97 win against the Mavericks , Lin scored 28 points and tallied career highs with 14 assists and five steals . USA Today wrote , " No matter what Dallas threw at Lin – double @-@ teams , traps , blitzes , tall defenders ... smaller defenders ... stocky , thin – Lin found a way ... to a victory against the defending NBA champions . " By February 23 LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat argued over who would guard Lin . He did not do as well against the Heat , going one for 11 from the field and committing eight turnovers . The eventual NBA champions focused their entire defense on Lin , an experience he described as " flattering — and terrifying ... I felt like they were all like hawks circling me and staring . " 
