Lin feels good, but doubts return for 1st round

April 8, 2012 at 3:56 p.m.

by The Associated Press

New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin, left, Jared Jeffries, center, and Landry Fields, right, watch from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New York. The Knicks won 91-75. Lin will miss the rest of the regular season because he needs knee surgery that will sideline him six weeks and could leave the Knicks without their star point guard in the playoffs _ if they make it that far.
New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin, left, Jared Jeffries, center, and Landry Fields, right, watch from the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Saturday, March 31, 2012, in New York. The Knicks won 91-75. Lin will miss the rest of the regular season because he needs knee surgery that will sideline him six weeks and could leave the Knicks without their star point guard in the playoffs _ if they make it that far.

NEW YORK — Knicks guard Jeremy Lin said Sunday he feels "pretty good" after knee surgery but doesn't think he could make it back for the first round of the playoffs.

"I think unless something goes really well, I wouldn't get there," Lin said before the Knicks played the Chicago Bulls.

Lin had surgery Monday to repair torn cartilage in his left knee. The Knicks have said the expected recovery time is about six weeks.

The playoffs begin April 28. The Knicks, also playing without the injured Amare Stoudemire, went into Sunday's game holding the eighth and final spot in the Eastern Conference. Lin won't rule out a return if the Knicks can advance in the postseason.

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