. >>> the spurs continue their street, magic shoot past the sixers, rockets slip by the thunder. >>> we know he can score but he can dish out the assists as well. first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look" i'm lynn berry. >>> in sports when you think the lin street could be over, jeremy lin showcases a new part of his game. here is fred rogan. >> with all eyes on jeremy lin it's easy to overlook the knicks are winning. early lead, didn't let up. lin scored 10 points but dished out career high 13 assists. knicks had everything going for them, hottest team in the league, jeremy lin is the talk of the nation. they won 100-85. >>> nets were hoping to win over knicks fans, they need to win games first. mike conley off the backboard to rudy gay. tony allen picked off the pass went untouched coast-to-coast for the bucket. grizzlies won it 105-100. nets dropped seven in a row. >>> you have the spurs, san antonio they are flying under the radar. parker scored 34, 14 assists against the raptors. >>> magic and sixers, orlando

>>> coming up, the spurs continue their streak, the magic shoot past the sixers and the rockets slip by the thunder. >>> plus, we knew he could score, but now he's shown that he can dish out the assists as well. your early-morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, it's an umbrella day for many of us on the east coast, and then a quiet thursday. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." and in sports, just when you think the lin streak could be over, the knicks' jeremy lin showcases a different part of his newfound game. here's nbc's fred roggin with an "early" look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. with all eyes on the sensational jeremy lin, and it's easy to overlook that the knicks are doing something they haven't done all year, winning! today when the knicks made it seven in a row, jumped out to an early lead. lin scored just 10 points but dished out a career-high 13 assists. the knicks had everything going for them. they're the hottest team in the league and jeremy

>>> coming up, the spurs continue their streak, the magic shoot past the sixers and the rockets slip by the thunder. >>> plus, we knew he could score, but now he's shown that he can dish out the assists as well. your early-morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather, it's an umbrella day for many of us on the east coast, and then a quiet thursday. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." at lysol, we discovered a problem. the more products we touch around the sink, the more dirt can spread around the kitchen, and the more germs we can spread on our hands. that's why we created the lysol no-touch kitchen system. one no-touch solution for sparkling dishes, plus clean surfaces, plus healthy hands. because our mission is a healthy home made simple. lysol. mission for health. achoo! [ male announcer ] but when she used tissues, she went crazy wild. tissue after tissue, she always took a ton. until mom explained with puffs ultra soft & strong, you only need one. two times stronger than the leading value brand, they always win this test. soft non-lotion pil

the sixers stole the spotlight. game tied at 98. the sixers go onto win. >> antny gets in on the playing. anthony would not return. but it was a big night here and driving off the class, flips it up and in. three of its career-high 28 points. they played last season was was raved after the lork out. >> yeah, but we dn get to goe. >> but did you hear, david? he used to with with the warriors. we gave up on him. >> thanks for rubbing it in. >> we'll be right back. >>> all right, temperatures are going to drop tomorrow morning. >> yeah. from about 4:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, we are expecting that rain to intensify. you can see we're taching that stormt across from berk del yirks. rain drops continuing to enter the blas nieps, 40 miles abhour at a house than anymore br bag ya in the morning. p you shall push >> announcer: it's "the tonight

gary comes off the bench in score 18 points adds as -- as the spurs beat the sixers.ootball news, it's been reported that university of maryland quarterback danny plans to leave college park for another school but hold on. on his twitter account today he says contrary to rumor, i'm still a turp, end quote. that's something he shared on social media. one report said he met with the coach and informed him he will transfer. that's what we know for now. >> okay. >> that will be a blow. thank you, mark. coming up, a rhino on the run. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 650 people got to the top of the empire state building. they took part in the building run up going up 86 flights of stairs. this was also the first time the race was run at night. someone from germany reach the finish line first in a time of 10 minutes and 28 seconds. >> a rhino is on the loose at a tokyo zoo. it's made of paper mache and they had two zoo employees inside the life size costume. this was part of a safety drill in case a real rhino went for a run. they even shot a tranquilizing shot into the beas

the sixers the surprise team of the season doing everything right against the bulls.lly knocks off the best team in the east. the pacers another team that is on the rise. danny granger was a man among boys in minnesota scoring 29 of his 36 in the second half and gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy win their third straight 109-99. or on the other end of the spectrum you got the magic playing some of the worst basketball of the season. but there is one sure shot way to fix that. play the lowly wizards. anderson and howard both had 23 points. orlando end their misery of a losing streak with a win. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> there may be a review into the investigation of amy winehouse's death. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> coming up, we will show you jimmy flying high above one of the biggest stages of all. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this groundhog day. lots of clouds out throughout much of

leaped over shaquille o'neal on the all-time scoring list but even that wasn't enough to knock off the sixers. kobe started the game just 24 points behind the big diesel, only fitting to reach the mark in his hometown of philadelphia. the black ma ma comes out firing. 14 points in the first quarter. then in the second, kobe makes history, drains a jumper to move past shaq and into fifth place on the all-time scoring list. he finished with 28. however, lou williams spoils kobe's big night and scoring 14 of his 24 down the stretch. the 76ers take the lead and beat the lakers 95-90. chris paul in orlando showing everyone why he is an all-star. 29 points and seven dimes. this one goes to overtime and when cp-iii ends the magic show and stops and pops for two. clippers rally from 15 down to win in o. . the knicks without amar'e stoudemi stoudemire. who would pick up the slack against the jazz? how about jeremy lynn? that is right paep the second-year player out of harvard had a career high 28 points in his first-ever start. knicks pull out all of the stops and win 99-88. the nation's still buzzesi

under 2:00 left in the game, sixers up three. williams. he was everywhere he needed to be.e six irrs win this one, 95-90. >>> knicks hosting the jazz. there's jeremy lin. we'll tell you about him in a moment. carmelo anthony, on the floor, five minutes in. he would leave the game with a groin injury. check out espn.com for the latest on melo. back to lin. drive to the lane, part of his big-time evening. we go in the fourth. more lin. how about i give this one back to you? that's the definition of friends helping friends. after lin hit his shots from there free-throw line. guess who? as time winds away, it's lin. a career high for him. knicks win, 99-88. >>> don't forget, for the latest on the sports scene, tune in to the highlight express. >> thank you, cole. >>> now a snowmobile run that nearly ended in disaster. the beautiful pictures on a snowy mountain on the border between idaho and wyoming. he reached the up to and the mountain gave way under him. he was able to ease his way off the snowmobile and pull it back to solid ground. lucky dude the say the least. >> some sno

if many the meantime they will be scoring 28.s against the sixers. sha shack daddy with fifth on all list. they have less than seconds left from the career. raiders have hired stanford as their new defensive coordinator. ken season with the 49ers. things might have played out differently. but they would have made that catch. he certainly has the right to her been. but that is the super model. >> yes. really shot it from on out there. >> that's how you would like to see the teams. >> right. ,,,,

over shaquille o'neal on the all-time scoring list, but even that wasn't enough to knock off the sixers. kobe started the game just 24 points behind the big diesel, only fitting to reach the mark in his hometown of philadelphia. the black ma baa comes out firing. 14 points in the first quarter. in the second, kobe makes history. drains a jumper to move past shaq and into fifth place ones all-time scoring list. he finished. 28. however, lou williams spoils ko kobe's big night. the 76ers take the lead and beat the lakers 95-90. l.a.'s other team fared much better. this one goes to overtime. that's when cp3 ends the magic show. stops and pops for two. clippers rally to win in o.t. >>> the knicks were already without amar'e stoudemire last night. then they lost carmelo anthony. he left in the first quart we are a groin pull. he's day to day. so who would pick up the slack against the jazz? how about jeremy lynn? that's right, the second year player out of harvard had his first ever start. knicks win 99-88. >>> the nation's still buzzing over the giants come-from-behind win in super bowl xlv

the sixers have been the surprise team of the season doing everything right against the bulls.is for real. they knock off the best team in the east, 98-82. the pacers are another team on the rise. danny granger scored 29 of his 36 in the second half. even gets into it with kevin love, a little pushing and shoving but nothing more than that. indy wins their third straight, 109-99. on the other end of the spectrum, you have the magic, playing some of the worst basketball of the season. there's one sure shot way to fix that, play the lowly wizards, ryan anderson and dwight howard had 23 points. orlando end the misery of a four-game losing streak with a win. >>> that's your "first look" at sports. i'm mario solis. >>> here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. he has the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. >> we said groundhog will not see his shadow, four weeks until spring. >> way to reveal the secret. aren't we waiting until 7:30. >> if he seeses had shadow and it's cloudy, i completely lose all faith. >>> d.c. through maryland, off the virginia coastline, dry everyw

the sixers take down the lakers, 95-90. >>> and in england some fur was flying during a soccer game,legged kind, that is. a cat ran out on the field and delayed the match for a couple of minutes. eventually it was picked up by a steward and it didn't take long before the feline intruder had several twitter ages, one with over 14,000 followers. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, and parent outrage at a los angeles elementary school where the entire staff will be replaced amid a teacher abuse investigation. vestigation. maybe you can be there; maybe you can't. when you have migraines with fifteen or more headache days a month, you miss out on your life. you may have chronic migraine. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. being blonde is nothing new but blonde roast is something new. something subtle. something soft. something with 40 years of roasting experience on its side. introducing delicious new starbuc

sixers beat the lakers, number one, cut by the warriors in december, jeremy scored 25 last night, you know what he did? a career high 28 points. it is so big, that fans shouting mvp at the garden. >> in bed by 10:30. >> everybody is. >> the only place you can get the standings, i know that for a fact. >> that's right. you win there you get a bowl of soup after the match. >> really? >> yeah. with the bread. yeah. >> see. >> what was with the goale? >> 94th minute he fell down. it was a great

leaped over shaquille o'neal on the all-time scoring list but even that wasn't enough to knock off the sixers started the game just 24 points behind the big diesel, only fitting to reach the mark in his hometown of philadelphia. the black ma ma comes out firing. 14 points in the first quarter. then in the second, kobe makes history, drains a jumper to move past shaq and into fifth place on the all-time scoring list. he finished with 28. however, lou williams spoils kobe's big night and scoring 14 of his 24 down the stretch. the 76ers take the lead and beat the lakers 95-90. chris paul in orlando showing everyone why he is an all-star. 29 points and seven dimes. this one goes to overtime and when cp-iii ends the magic show and stops and pops for two. clippers rally from 15 down to win in ot. the knicks without amar'e stoudemire. who would pick up the slack against the jazz? how about jeremy lynn? that is right. the second-year player out of harvard had a career high 28 points in his first-ever start. knicks pull out all of the stops and win 99-88. the nation's still buzzing over the giants com

sixers beat the lakers, number one, cut by the warriors in december, jeremy scored 25 last night, youe did? a career high 28 points. it is so big, that fans shouting mvp at the garden. >> in bed by 10:30. >> everybody is. >> the only place you can get the standings, i know that for a fact. >> that's right. you win there you get a bowl of soup after the match. >> really? >> yeah. with the bread. yeah. >> see. >> what was with the goale? >> 94th minute he fell down. it was a great shot though. we go international on the top five. >> will be right back. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step forward and chase what matters. . >> eli will be on david. >> top five with eli. >> he is he now better than peyton. >> sure. he has won two. >> that's the debate. >> tough for

sixers spoil kobe's night. 95-90. >>> tom brady's wife says her husband can't throw the ball and catch too. over the last several weeks, eli manning looked good enough to do whatever he came upon. he was down there where all dreams come true. tomorrow it'll be the ticker road parade in new york city. today taking a deep breath and maybe a ride on space mountain or something. >> i'm going to enjoy this victory with my teammates, with my coaches, looking forward to tkpwáeting back to new york. we'll get to enjoy being world champions for six months. then we have another season, we're going to have to try to compete, get better, improve on some things. >> so there's the new york giants and everyone else. if you saw raider football over the final weeks of the regular season you know how badly they needed defensive tune up and the man who will try to pull it off, northern oregon native tarver. he spent last season with -- and spent some time with the raiders organization. >>> a much quieter offseason for the giants as you might imagine. when they won the world series like in 2001. you play

sixers spoil kobe's night. 95-90. >>> tom brady's wife says her husband can't throw the ball and catchoo. over the last several weeks, eli manning looked good enough to do whatever he came upon. he was down there where all dreams come true. tomorrow it'll be the ticker road parade in new york city. today taking a deep breath and maybe a ride on space mountain or something. >> i'm going to enjoy this victory with my teammates, with my coaches, looking forward to tkpwáeting back to new york. we'll get to enjoy being world champions for six months. then we have another season, we're going to have to try to compete, get better, improve on some things. >> so there's the new york giants and everyone else. if you saw raider football over the final weeks of the regular season you know how badly they needed defensive tune up and the man who will try to pull it off, northern oregon native tarver. he spent last season with -- and spent some time with the raiders organization. >>> a much quieter offseason for the giants as you might imagine. when they won the world series like in 2001. you play a