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

"The level he is playing at right now, I have never seen it," Knicks forward Jared Jeffries said.

Before Friday night's big game between the L.A. Lakers and the New York Knicks, Kobe Bryant told reporters he didn't know the Knicks hot new point guard Jeremy Lin.

From the Warriors, where he was considered a novelty, a vanity project of the impetuous new owner, to a brush with the Houston Rockets to, finally, the New York Knicks.

Those who blinked probably missed Jeremy Lin's tenure with the Rockets, and now he's outperforming Kobe Bryant and leading the Knicks to wins.

"Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's longest-running show, is celebrating its 10,000th performance.

For the first time this season, the Rockets came back from a fourth-quarter deficit, down 76-74 entering the period.

This is one exhilarating stretch for Harvard basketball. Jeremy Lin is an overnight sensation in the NBA, and Corbin Miller and company are working on an undefeated Ivy League schedule.

Lin had the most astounding performance of his remarkable week, scoring a career-high 38 points and outdueling Bryant as the New York Knicks held off the Los Angeles Lakers 92-85. Buried deep on the bench a little more than a week ago, Lin led the Knicks to their fourth straight win, tying their longest streak of the season.

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, putting in more than his share of poetry-in-motion moments during a second-quarter run, and the Miami Heat topped the Washington Wizards 106-89 Friday night.

His university classmates may be thriving in law school, at brokerage houses and on the early rungs up the corporate ladder, but Jeremy Lin is blazing a trail as the sudden savior of the New York Knicks.

Timberwolves forward Kevin Love is returning from his two-game suspension and ready to get Minnesota back on the winning track.

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He has flair, he's a rising star, he's the talk of the NBA and, yes, he was a Warrior.

Jeremy Lin has reason to celebrate after putting up superb numbers in his first two starts with the Knicks.

Tyreke Evans scored 22 points, DeMarcus Cousins had 19 points and nine rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rallied to beat Oklahoma City 106-101 on Thursday night, dropping the Thunder to second overall in the NBA.

First lady Michelle Obama dances with Iowa school kids while celebrating the second anniversary of the "Let's Move" campaign.

Point guard Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks has played in 12 games this season and only started two but he is turning heads with his surprising play.

JANUARY 31: Jeremy Lin #17 of the New York Knicks drives past Detroit Pistons Walker Russell #23 of the Detroit Pistons at Madison Square Garden on January 31, 2012 in New York City.