Jeremy Lin zipped through the New Jersey Nets’ defense all night before he was finally surrounded.

As teammates hugged him at center court while Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy” blasted through Madison Square Garden, it was clear the New York Knicks had finally found a spark. Lin scored a career-high 25 points as the Knicks defeated the Nets 99-92 on Saturday night.

And even the Harvard-educated Lin, who starred for Palo Alto High and spent last season with the Warriors, struggled to explain how it ended up being him.

“This night, it just hasn’t really sunk in yet to be honest,” said Lin, who had scored 32 points in nine games all season and whose previous career high was 13 last season. “It’s like I’m still kind of in shock about everything that happened, but I’m just trying to soak it all in right now.”

Lin came in to control a sluggish offense, adding a career-best seven assists while outplaying Nets All-Star point guard Deron Williams.

“Jeremy came out and gave us a great spark off the bench, and that was phenomenal for us tonight,” forward Amare Stoudemire said.

Cavaliers 91, Mavericks 88: One spectacular late-game layup in a week wasn’t enough for rookie Kyrie Irving. So, the cool-as-ice kid dropped in another. Irving made a driving layup in traffic with 15.8 seconds left — one similar to the shot he made last Sunday in Boston — to give Cleveland a win over visiting Dallas.

“Big players make big plays,” Mavericks guard Delonte West said. “Irving made some big plays down the stretch.”

Irving, who has shown a knack for last-second drama in his first season, finished with 20 points, 7 assists and just one turnover in 36 minutes.

Spurs 107, Thunder 96: Tony Parker scored 42 points and broke San Antonio’s franchise record for career assists, leading the Spurs to a win over NBA-best Oklahoma City. All-Star Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Parker scored a season high and had nine assists.

The record-breaker was a dish to Tim Duncan in the third quarter that put him past Avery Johnson for the all-time franchise mark. Parker, who’s spent his entire 11-year career with the Spurs, has 4,477 assists.

Jazz 96, Lakers 87: Al Jefferson scored 18 points and Earl Watson keyed a game-clinching 14-0 fourth quarter run to help Utah beat visiting Los Angeles. Watson scored eight points and had six assists in the fourth quarter as the Jazz beat the Lakers for the first time in three tries this season.

76ers 98, Hawks 87: Rookie Nikola Vucevic set a career high with 15 points to lead six Philadelphia scorers in double figures as the Sixers dodged back-to-back losses once again by beating host Atlanta.

Magic 85, Pacers 81: Dwight Howard had 27 points and eight rebounds to lead Orlando to a win over Indiana. The Pacers have lost two of three to the Magic in less than two weeks.

Bulls 113, Bucks 90: Derrick Rose scored 21 points and had 13 assists, and Luol Deng added 21 points in his return after missing seven games due to injury as Chicago easily beat Milwaukee.

Clippers 107, Wizards 81: Blake Griffin had 21 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Los Angeles.