NEW YORK Jeremy Lin had an easy night ahead of his toughest opponent yet, and the New York Knicks tuned up for their trip to Miami by beating the Atlanta Hawks 99-82.

Lin had 17 points and nine assists, sitting out most of the fourth quarter in a rare game during his remarkable run that the Knicks needed little from him.

Carmelo Anthony scored 15 points in his second game back from injury for the Knicks, who led the depleted Hawks by 25 points at halftime. New York bounced back from a loss to New Jersey on Monday and won for the ninth time in 11 games since Lin joined the rotation.

Bulls 110, Bucks 91: Carlos Boozer scored 20 points, Derrick Rose and Luol Deng each added 16, and Chicago beat Milwaukee for the seventh straight time.

Joakim Noah had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for the first triple-double by a Chicago center in roughly 35 years. Not since Artis Gilmore had 35 points, 15 rebounds and 11 blocks against Atlanta on Dec. 20, 1977, had a Bulls center accomplished the feat.

Thunder 119, Celtics 104: Russell Westbrook scored 31 points, Kevin Durant added 28 and Oklahoma City beat Boston for its 11th straight win at home.

Kevin Garnett's return after a two-game absence wasn't enough to lift the Celtics, who were still without point guard Rajon Rondo as he served the second of a two-game suspension.

Magic 108, Nets 91: Dwight Howard had 20 points and 17 rebounds to help visiting Orlando roll to victory against New Jersey.

Glen Davis, who hit his first seven shots, added 16 points for Orlando, which won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Rockets 93, 76ers 87: Luis Scola had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Kyle Lowry added 13 points and two crucial three-point plays down the stretch to lead Houston over Philadelphia.

Kevin Martin scored 16 points and reserve Patrick Patterson added 12 for the Rockets, who've won three in a row and snapped a four-game home-court losing streak to Philadelphia.

Raptors 103, Pistons 93: DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Aaron Gray set season highs with 12 points and 12 rebounds and Toronto beat Detroit to snap a three-game losing streak.

Leandro Barbosa scored 17 points, James Johnson had 15 and Amir Johnson added 11 for the Raptors, who had lost seven of eight coming in. Ed Davis scored 10 points and Jose Calderon added 15 assists as Toronto snapped a three-game losing streak against Detroit.

Timberwolves 100, Jazz 98: Luke Ridnour hit a floater in the lane at the buzzer, capping Minnesota's comeback from 16 points down in the fourth quarter to beat visiting Utah.

Utah's Al Jefferson sank a jumper with Kevin Love in his face to tie the score 98-all with 7 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Ridnour took a pass from J.J. Barea, drove the lane, and sank a shot over Jefferson as the buzzer sounded.

Hornets 89, Cavaliers 84: Chris Kaman scored 21 points, Marco Belinelli added 19 and visiting New Orleans held off a late rally to beat Cleveland.

Rookie point guard Kyrie Irving, who made several clutch plays in Cleveland's back-to-back one-point wins over Sacramento and Detroit, was held to six points.

Kings 115, Wizards 107: Marcus Thornton scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half, and rookie Isaiah Thomas had 16 of his 18 after halftime to lead visiting Sacramento past Washington.