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Anthony back for Knicks against Nuggets

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CHARLOTTE, NC - DECEMBER 05: Carmelo Anthony #7 of the New York Knicks reacts after making a basket during their game against the Charlotte Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena on December 5, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

(Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

NEW YORK (AP) Carmelo Anthony is back in the starting lineup after a two-game absence, starting for the New York Knicks against his former team, the Denver Nuggets.

Anthony needed stitches for a cut on the middle finger of his left hand Wednesday in a victory at Charlotte, then sat out a victory at Miami the next night and a loss to Chicago on Saturday.

Anthony is third in the NBA with 26.4 points per game. He spent the first 7 1/2 seasons of his career in Denver before telling the Nuggets he wanted out, and they dealt him to the Knicks in February 2011.

Updated December 9, 2012

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