Jeremy Lin's up-and-down season is over due to a sore left knee, which means the Los Angeles Lakers' Linsanity experiment ended on a sour note.

The Harvard alum's MRI results revealed that he's suffering from cartilage abnormality, which isn't expected to affect his career going forward.

Byron Scott made the announcement with the Los Angeles Lakers playing only three games before the regular season concludes.

"I was optimistic this morning, seeing him shoot," the coach told the publication Sunday. "I got the news that he's not going to play tonight, and he's not going to play for the rest of the season."

Although Jeremy Lin is expected to take his Linsanity talents elsewhere next season, the Los Angeles Lakers coach was all praises for the Taiwanese point guard.

"I think he's obviously gotten better. When he first got here, his mind of what a point guard is was totally different than mine. As we went along, he started to understand what I wanted on a day-to-day basis," Byron Scott, who played with Magic Johnson during the Lakers Showtime era, said.

The coach also said that for all the hype surrounding Linsanity, Jeremy Lin can take criticism well.

"He takes them with a grain of salt and tries to get better. That's the one thing I do love about him. He doesn't pout about it, doesn't cry. He just goes out there and tries to implement the things that you give him, and tries to be a better basketball player," the coach added.

Jeremy Lin talked to Pablo S. Torre for ESPN and admitted that he struggled to regain his Linsanity form after leaving the New York Knicks.

"I've always wanted to be great. And for three straight years, I've put in a lot of work, but I haven't seen the results on the court. I mean, that's a long time, right? The average NBA career is five years. It's not like I'm an accountant and I can be an accountant 'til I'm 67 years old," he said.