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Jim Mone / Associated Press

Minnesota's Ricky Rubio (left) puts pressure on New York's Jeremy Lin, who had 20 points.

Jeremy Lin did it again, hitting a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the visiting New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

Steve Novak scored 15 points, including the game-tying three-pointer with 36 seconds to play, and Lin used his quickness to draw a foul and get to the line in the closing seconds.

He finished with 20 points, eight assists and six rebounds. Lin had just five points on 1-for-13 shooting and four of his six turnovers in the second half.

"It was an ugly one, it was a gutsy one, it was a road win, everybody was tired," Lin said. "That's the beauty of basketball. That's the beauty of our time. We never gave up."

Kevin Love had 32 points and 21 rebounds for the Wolves, who missed two chances to win the game in the final five seconds.

The Knicks trailed by seven with 6:41 to play and it looked as if a week of Tebow-like hype was finally catching up to Lin. But the Wolves only scored one field goal the rest of the way.

With New York playing again without injured Carmelo Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire, who is mourning the death of his brother, ex-Stanford player Landry Fields scored 19 on 8-for-10 shooting, and Iman Shumpert had 20 points.

Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and host Dallas held on for a double-overtime victory. ... Former Dallas-area high school star LaMarcus Aldridge had 33 points, 15 during a fourth-quarter rally, and Jamal Crawford contributed 19 points for Portland. ... Brendan Haywood's tip-in with 45 seconds remaining in the second overtime gave Dallas a 95-93 edge. Crawford missed from 15 feet, and Nowitzki swished a 15-foot fadeaway with 16.9 seconds left for a 97-93 lead. Wes Matthews made one of two free throws with 11.4 seconds remaining, Portland got the rebound of the second miss, but Crawford's desperation 26-footer failed to hit the rim as final buzzer sounded.

Jared Dudley had 20 points and 10 rebounds for visiting Phoenix, which never trailed in winning its fourth in five games. ... DeMarcus Cousins had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Marcus Thornton made four three-pointers and had 21 points for the Kings.

Jason Richardson scored 28 of his season-high 31 points in the second half and made nine three-pointers to lead visiting Orlando. ... The Bucks limited Dwight Howard to 11 points and 14 rebounds, but had no defense for Richardson. ... Drew Gooden scored 21 points for Milwaukee.

Gary Neal scored 18 points, and Tim Duncan recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds as visiting San Antonio won its seventh in a row. ... The Spurs were bolstered by the return of sixth man Manu Ginobili, who had not played in 22 games after suffering a fractured metacarpal in the Spurs' 106-96 loss in Minnesota on Jan. 2. Ginobili, who spelled Danny Green, scored eight points and had four assists in 17 minutes. ... Deron Williams scored 27 for New Jersey.

Jrue Holiday scored 20 points to lead six Philadelphia players in double figures at short-handed Cleveland, which played without two of its three leading scorers. ... The team announced before the game that center Anderson Varejao will be sidelined indefinitely because of a broken right wrist sustained Friday. Rookie point guard Kyrie Irving missed his third straight game with a concussion. ... Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 20 points, while Ramon Sessions - starting in place of Irving - scored 19 points and had eight assists.

Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan all had double-doubles after three quarters as Los Angeles cruised. ... Paul toyed with host Charlotte, finishing with 18 points and 14 assists in only 28 minutes. ... Griffin had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jordan had 11 points, 12 rebounds. ... Kemba Walker had 19 points for the Bobcats, who've lost a franchise-record 14 straight.

Ty Lawson scored 27 points as visiting Denver snapped a five-game losing streak. ... Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers, who have lost four of five.

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