NEW YORK (AP) Shandon Anderson's streak of missed games grew to two Saturday night as he left Madison Square Garden because of a migraine headache 90 minutes before tipoff of the Knicks' game against Miami.

Anderson's consecutive games streak ended at 543 Friday night in Atlanta when New York coach Lenny Wilkens left him on the bench for all 48 minutes of a 96-94 victory over the Hawks.

It was the first game Anderson missed since Jan. 28, 1997.

Antawn Jamison of Dallas now has the NBA's longest consecutive games streak _ 289 games.

``I didn't think there was a need,'' Wilkens said Saturday. ``We sat down (Wednesday) and talked, and he said 'Hey, don't worry about it. If it comes down to the game's on the line, then let's win the game.'''

Anderson did not speak at length with reporters in Atlanta but made it clear he was unhappy. He was sent home by Knicks trainer Mike Saunders, who said Anderson had had migraine headaches in the past.

``If I thought he was upset by it I'd certainly talk to him,'' said Wilkens, who had relegated Anderson to a reduced role since taking over for Don Chaney a week and a half ago.

Anderson, who had been the primary backup to small forward Keith Van Horn and shooting guard Allan Houston, lost that job to Penny Hardaway.

Anderson is under contract for three more seasons at $23.7 million, a long-term deal which has made him virtually untradable since the Knicks acquired him in August 2001.

Anderson was averaging only 7.7 points and 2.6 rebounds, with his best game of the season coming Nov. 24 at Boston when he scored 28 points as Houston and Van Horn sat out with injuries.

The seven-year veteran played under Jerry Sloan in Utah, Rudy Tomjanovich in Houston and Jeff Van Gundy and Chaney in New York.

Sloan held Anderson out of two games for non-injury related reasons during his rookie season of 1996-97, and Wilkens _ the NBA's career leader in coaching victories _ gave Anderson his third career DNP-CD (did not play-coach's decision).

``It's hard to play 12 people. It's really difficult,'' Wilkens said. ``There are a lot of things that go into making decisions.''

Anderson's agent, Dan Fegan, did not immediately return a phone call. Knicks president Isiah Thomas was not made available to reporters.