NEW YORK – Jeremy Lin put aside his record-setting scoring to hand out a career-best 13 assists, and the New York Knicks got back to .500 with their seventh straight victory, 100-85 over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night.

Lin added 10 points, focusing more on his role as a distributor while others torched the Kings for 51 percent shooting. Landry Fields had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Bill Walker and Steve Novak each chipped in 14 points.

Lin scored 136 points in his first five starts, most by any NBA player since the NBA merged with the ABA in 1976. His three-pointer with 0.5 second left Tuesday allowed the Knicks to pull out a 90-87 victory in a game they trailed nearly the whole way.

The Knicks (15-15) led this one almost throughout, evening their record for the first time since they were 6-6 after a loss to Oklahoma City on Jan. 14. They host hapless New Orleans on Friday, hoping All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony will return from a strained right groin.

The way Lin’s Knicks are playing, they can wait for him.

The reigning Eastern Conference player of the week played 26 minutes, grabbing a seat next to Anthony – and sharing a few laughs with the star forward – after checking out for good late in the third quarter.

Tyreke Evans scored 19 points for the Kings, who had won four in a row in New York. DeMarcus Cousins added 15 but shot only 7 of 18 and grabbed just four rebounds.

Fans, quite a few wearing Lin’s jerseys or holding masks of his face, chanted “MVP! MVP!” as he was interviewed on the court after the game and held up signs such as “Lin Your Face,” “Linderella,” and – of course – “Marry Me Jeremy.”

“It’s crazy. Thank you for the energy as always,” he said to the crowd.

GRIZZLIES 105, NETS 100: In Newark, N.J., Rudy Gay scored 25 points and Tony Allen matched his season high with 21 to help Memphis hand error-prone New Jersey its season-high seventh consecutive defeat.

Marreese Speights added a season-high 20 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, and the Grizzlies won for the fourth time in their last five games.

SPURS 113, RAPTORS 106: In Toronto, Tony Parker had 34 points and 14 assists, and San Antonio extended its season-best winning streak to nine.

PISTONS 98, CELTICS 88: In Boston, Rodney Stuckey scored 25 points and Ben Gordon hit three three-pointers in the opening 4:09 of the fourth quarter during a game-breaking spree that carried Detroit over Boston.

Greg Monroe had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Gordon finished with 22 points for the Pistons, who won for the fifth time in their last seven games.

MAVERICKS 102, NUGGETS 84: In Dallas, Shawn Marion had 16 points and 10 rebounds, leading six Dallas players scoring in double figures as the Mavericks stretched their winning streak to five in a row with a victory over Denver.

MAGIC 103, 76ERS 87: In Orlando, Fla., Ryan Anderson had seven three-pointers and 27 points, Dwight Howard added 17 points and 14 rebounds and Orlando shot its way past Philadelphia.

Orlando made 15 of 25 attempts from three-point range and had all five starters reach double figures.

HORNETS 92, BUCKS 89: In Milwaukee, Marco Belinelli made a career-high six three-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points to lead short-handed New Orleans past Milwaukee.

Chris Kaman added 18 points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans.

ROCKETS 96, THUNDER 95: In Houston, Kevin Martin tied a season high with 32 points, including the winning free throws with 23.6 seconds remaining, to lead Houston past Oklahoma City.

TIMBERWOLVES 102, BOBCATS 90: In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 30 points and 18 rebounds to help Minnesota hand Charlotte its 16th loss in a row.