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Lin gets 13 assists; Knicks defeat Kings to reach .500

PASS HIS PRIME: Jeremy Lin (17) watches as Landry Fields powers down a dunk off a Lin alley-oop pass during last night’s 100-85 Knicks win over the Kings. (Getty Images)

Jeremy Lin, who wants to be a minister when this is all over, raised the Knicks to Seventh Heaven and the .500 mark Wednesday night.

No miracles or scoring heroics needed, just solid point-guard play Mike D’Antoni will take every game.

Before a celebrity-studded Madison Square Garden crowd that included Mike Tyson and Harvard graduate Al Gore, Linderella energized the team and crowd early with his penetrations and lobs at the rim, and the fans serenaded him with “MVP!’’ chants during his postgame oncourt interview.

Lin’s 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and career-high 13 assists were enough to rout the awful Kings, 100-85, as the Knicks’ Linning streak reached seven and their record moved to 15-15.

Now Carmelo Anthony is set to come back, with fans dreading this kismet will be disrupted.

“We put everything aside,’’ Lin said of the Knicks’ stunning resurgence he’s led. “We were losing games and we could’ve started pointing fingers and said it was the coach’s fault, which it was not. The camaraderie on the team is ridiculous.’’

It was the first time during the streak Lin didn’t hit 20 points, but his passing was perfect in his 26 fluid minutes.

“I just tried to move the ball and play faster today than [Tuesday] night,’’ Lin said. “I put the ball by the rim and those guys made me look pretty good.’’

Lin was driving to the basket and floating lobs all first quarter, with Tyson Chandler (nine points on 4-of-6 shooting) and Landry Fields (15 points on 6-of-8 shooting, 10 rebounds, five assists) recipients of Lin’s alley-oop show.

“We’ve come a long way,’’ Chandler said. “This was a team everybody was kind of giving up on.’’

The Knicks are no longer only New York’s team, but the nation’s as a media contingent of playoff proportions was on hand. A dozen Taiwanese media outlets also were covering Linsanity. That’s what occurs when President Obama’s press secretary is praising the Knicks starting point guard following his miracle 3-point shot in Toronto on Tuesday.

Asked about the Obama comment, Lin said, “Very honored, very humbled. Wow. The President. Nothing better than that.’’

Did Lin watch his miracle 3-pointer on highlights?

“I watched it when we landed, and then I was done with it because we had a game today,” he said.

Tomorrow’s game against the Hornets probably will hail the return of Anthony from a groin strain. Either the beat goes on beautifully or the perfect chemistry will be ruined by his ball-stopping, isolation methods. Anthony said yesterday he’s bothered by the perception that his return he could hurt the club.

When Lin came out of the game for good with 2:57 left in the third quarter, Lin sat next to Anthony and they laughed and talked.

“Having fun and talking about how we’re both excited when he comes back,’’ Lin said. “He’s a lethal scorer. We should be more dangerous offensively.’’

D’Antoni said the club is playing exactly like a coach wants — unselfishly.

“Everybody knows how you are supposed to act,’’ D’Antoni said. “Nobody should look at stats.’’

Amar’e Stoudemire’s return has been fine. He scored 11 points in the flow of the game.

“This has definitely been a climb for us to get back here,’’ Stoudemire said. “We’re back at ground zero and have to continue to build something special.’’

For the first time in his NBA career, Lin was lifted and pinned to the bench during garbage time, letting the end-of-the-bench guys play out the last quarter. The Knicks’ lead grew to 28 points and the fans still wanted more, chanting “We want Lin’’ with 9:40 left.

Lin showed no expression on the bench, but he broke into laughter when interviewed after the game on the court when the fans chanted “MVP’’ so loud, his voice was drowned out.

D’Antoni was asked if this 12-day spurt means the Knicks have found their point guard for the future.

“It changes everything,’’ D’Antoni said. “We’ll keep building the team, but the only reason why we’re [7-0] is we found a way to shore up that spot.’’

Lin was wheeling and dealing from the tip.

“We played great that first quarter, the ball was moving,’’ D’Antoni said. “Everytime I drew up a play, they ran it perfectly.’’

marc.berman@nypost.com