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DENVER -- Carmelo Anthonys bid for a triumphant return to Denver fell short. Anthony missed a contested, 14-foot jumper at the buzzer as the Nuggets hung on for a 97-95 victory over their former star player and his struggling New York Knicks on Friday night. "I didnt get it done, thats it," Anthony said. "My teammates did a great job of getting us in that position, putting us in that position, giving me the chance of tying the game or going for the win. I didnt come through. Ill take that." Ty Lawson scored 22 points for the Nuggets, who sent the Knicks to their eighth consecutive loss. Randy Foye added 17 points and provided the defence on Anthonys last shot, timing his jump so that the All-Star forward had to shoot over his outstretched hand. "At the end of the game, Im trying to win, just like him," Foye said. "I knew he wanted that. You could tell. Hes the All-Star. Hes a leading scorer. Hes supposed to take that shot. I just buckled down. I take pride in my defence." Anthony, who finished with 27 points, starred for the Nuggets for 7 1/2 seasons. He was back in Denver for the second time since he asked for and received a trade to New York in February 2011. Just as he was in his initial return to Denver last March, when a knee injury knocked him out of the game early, the former fan favourite was booed practically every time he touched the ball. The last few minutes were especially rough on Anthony, who also missed a jumper that could have tied it with under 4 minutes left and turned the ball over on a travelling call with just under 3 minutes to go. But Anthony said the reception he got from the crowd didnt affect him. "Hell no, that dont concern me," he said. "Im past those stages." Andrea Bargnani added 22 points for New York. J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert had 11 apiece. Denver power forward Kenneth Faried left midway through the third quarter to have his bruised right quadriceps treated. Anthony converted a three-point play that pulled the Knicks to 75-67 heading into the fourth. Tim Hardaway Jr. hit his second 3-pointer in the fourth, igniting a 6-0 burst that got the Knicks to 81-78 with 7:32 left. New York fought back to 85-83 on a pair of free throws, but Wilson Chandler, who came to Denver from the Knicks as part of the Anthony trade, drained a 3 to give the Nuggets a five-point lead. The Knicks cut it to 96-93 when Raymond Felton hit a 3 with 31 seconds left. A turnover by Chandler led to a driving layup by Shumpert to get the Knicks within a point. After Lawson made one of two free throws with 19 seconds left, the Knicks got the ball to Anthony, who backed in against Foye and pulled up for a turnaround jumper that Foye managed to get a hand on, leaving the shot well short. "Hes strong. Hes bulldog strong," Lawson said of Foye. "Hes definitely a good post player and we rely on him down the stretch. Ive seen Melo make a lot of tough shots and he played him perfectly, made him shoot over him and put a hand up and Melo didnt really expect it." Lawson had 14 points in the first half, helping the Nuggets take a 51-45 lead. The Nuggets led by as many as 13 points earlier, going in front 42-29 on a driving dunk by J.J. Hickson with 5:37 left in the second. New York closed the gap by putting together an 8-0 run, pulling within five points on Feltons floater in the lane with 3:01 to play in the period. NOTES: Lawson has scored 10 or more points in all 15 of his games. ... Anthony is the only player in the NBA who has led his team in scoring in every game this season. ... The Knicks skid is their longest since also losing eight in a row in February 2010. ... The Nuggets have gone 9-3 since an 0-3 start. Justin Reid Texans Jersey . Colton Sissons also scored for Milwaukee (19-12-8), which went ahead with a two-goal third period. Wade MacLeod and Greg McKegg replied for Toronto (23-12-4). 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Patrick Kane, Brandon Saad, Jonathan Toews and Ben Smith also scored for Chicago (15-4-4), who have won all three of their games against the Jets this season. Patrick Sharp had an empty netter to end the game. Andrew Ladd, Keaton Ellerby and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Jets (10-11-3). The first period was all Blackhawks, who seldom let the Jets have the puck. Jets fans picked Chicagos Kane as a target for their boos but he responded with a power-play goal late in the period, thanks to a tripping penalty awarded to Winnipegs Evander Kane. After stopping a lot of pucks, Ondrej Pavelec didnt get much of a look at the shot through heavy traffic in front of the Winnipeg net. The Jets were outshot 12-2 in the period. Saads one-timer from the slot made it 2-0 just over three minutes into the second. But then the game took sharp left turn for the Hawks, as the Jets scored two goals in 29 seconds to tie it up. Bryan Little fed Ladd, whose wrist shot beat Corey Crawfords glove hand at 3:22, and Ellerby used Winnipegs first power play of the game to score his first as a Jet from the point at 3:51. Toews put the Blackhawks back in the lead with a 4-on-4 goal just past the 11-minute mark, beating out defenceman Toby Enstrom and slipping the puck past Pavelec from the side of the crease. But the Hawks then served up a 5-on-3 opportunity that Byyfuglien cashed in at 13:30, with Winnipegs third shot on Crawford within seconds, to even it up again.dddddddddddd The shots told the story in the second, with the Jets ahead 14-8. Hossa, who was sidelined for a few games with an injury, put the Blackhawks ahead at 3:11 of the third when he outplayed Ellerby while swinging past the Jets net, slipping the puck through a very small hole left by Pavelec as he moved to cover. Smith raced in to bang in a rebound for some insurance at 5:22 to make it 5-3. A Winnipeg radio station had been urging fans to wear helmets to the game in response to a Chicago fan who stole Adam Pardys after the Jets defenceman was checked through the glass at the United Center on Nov. 6. But the Jets didnt like the idea and told fans they wouldnt get in if their showed up with helmets on Thursday night. There was a heavy police presence at the game but it wasnt because of the rivalry between the two Central Division teams. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in attendance. Notes: The Jets and Blackhawks play once more, Jan. 26 in Chicago...Its a small league: Andrew Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien played for the Blackhawks an