Knicks star Jeremy Lin recovering after knee surgery

Jeremy Lin was in good spirits following surgery to repair a damaged left knee, joking with his followers and posting photos of himself in his hospital bed as he recovered on Monday. The New York Knicks point guard tweeted that the minor surgery performed by team orthopedist Answorth Allen was a success. The operation was to repair a small tear in the meniscus of the left knee. Lin tweeted: "Praise God for a successful surgery...road to recovery! Lets goo. Much love to the fans for your support and kind words." Lin also thanked the doctors and nurses and joked about connecting with his fan base via his social networking Facebook page. "Be on the lookout...gonna have a random Q&A with the fans tonight on http://facebook.com/jeremylin7 when the painkiller drugs wear off lol." Lin is expected to miss about six weeks while he recovers. That would have him likely missing the rest of the NBA regular season, which ends on April 26. Lin, who was born in California to parents from Taiwan, became an international sensation as the first American of Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. He said last week that he'd felt pain in his knee after the Knicks played a stretch of four games in five nights and had missed three games before Saturday's announcement. Lin, who graduated from academically oriented Harvard University, rather than one of America's college basketball powerhouses, was cut by two NBA clubs before getting his chance with the Knicks. He produced the most points and assists of any NBA player in their first 10 starts since 1976. His high-scoring games, last-second heroics and precise passing helped the Knicks win seven games in a row upon his arrival, sparking the phenomenon dubbed "Lin-sanity."