the No. 1 fact that brought in all the changes
is Lin's personal growth - the Rox team pushed him very hard in different ways and he responded very well. For example, defense and cutting without a ball in hand were Lin's huge shortcoming but now he almost worked out these issues. in other words, he is a much better or much more qualified player now. we must agree that it is the Rox team which he earned these skills from. any questions about this?
of course, there are something else happened parallelly such as the improvement of Harden's team work manner, which also helped the situation turn out.