Jeremy Lin acknowledges frusration with recent demotion

Jeremy Lin sat out Friday’s loss in San Antonio, the first game he missed because of a coach’s decision since days before “Linsanity” broke out in New York three years ago.

Lin’s recent demotion bugged him so much that he talked with coach Byron Scott on Sunday morning, a conversation Lin said contained “good dialogue and going back and forth in terms of what he wants.”

“I’m human. I got emotions,” Lin said before the Lakers lost the Houston Rockets 99-87 on Sunday at Staples Center. “I show up and do my best to play and work hard. But it definitely hurts. It’s discouraging sometimes and disappointing."