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February 22 --- Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony will have a couple more games to work on adapting their styles to each other before the NBA All-Star Game break, which offers the New York Knicks some vital practice time. The Knicks had won eight of nine games since “Lin-sanity” began but Anthony returned from a groin strain on Monday and the New Jersey Nets beat New York 100-92, with new Asian-American star Lin and Anthony struggling together.

New York will play host to Atlanta on Wednesday and visit NBA overall leader Miami on Thursday before reaching the annual mid-season pause. Amare Stoudemire is back after the death of his brother. Anthony is back after missing seven games while hurt. Baron Davis is back at point guard after being hurt all season. Shooting guard J.R. Smith has just signed after playing in China.

“It’s a little tough right now with no practice time,” Lin said. “We’re not happy with how it went but sometimes when you go through these type of times you become a better team. We need to find a good balance.
“We need to figure out what our identity is going to be.”

“I want Jeremy to have the ball, hands down. I want him to create for me. I want him to create for Amare. I want him to create for everybody and still be aggressive as he has been in the past two weeks.”

Source: inquirer.net