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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Knicks were playing without Amare
Stoudemire and lost Carmelo Anthony to an injury early in the game, but Jeremy
Lin had 28 points and eight assists in his first career start to lift New York
over the Utah Jazz, 97-88, on Monday.
Stoudemire was not with the team because of the death of his brother in a car
accident in Florida and will be out for an unspecified amount of time, and
Anthony suffered a strained right groin near the midpoint of the first quarter
and did not return.
But Steve Novak totaled 19 points in a reserve role, Jared Jeffries added 13
points, Bill Walker had 11 and Tyson Chandler contributed 10 in the Knicks'
second straight win.
Al Jefferson paced the Jazz with 22 points as Utah dropped its third game in
four tries.
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