<p> <a href="/topics/Spike_Lee">Spike Lee</a> donned <a href="/topics/Jeremy_Lin">Jeremy Lin</a>'s <a href="/topics/Palo_Alto">Palo Alto</a> High School jersey Friday night as he cheered on the <a href="/topics/New_York_Knicks">Knicks</a> against the <a href="/topics/New_Orleans_Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>. Peter Diepenbrock, Lin's coach at <a href="/topics/Palo_Alto">Palo Alto</a>, cooked up the idea to get the game jersey to filmmaker <a href="/topics/Lee_%28designer%29">Lee</a>, a die-hard <a href="/topics/New_York_Knicks">Knicks</a> fan.</p>

Spike Lee donned Jeremy Lin's Palo Alto High School jersey Friday night as he cheered on the Knicks against the New Orleans Hornets. Peter Diepenbrock, Lin's coach at Palo Alto, cooked up the idea to get the game jersey to filmmaker Lee, a die-hard Knicks fan.

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