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A new TV commercial for Nike’s Air Jordan mixes fact with fiction as it shows locked-out Knicks superstar Carmelo Anthony hooping it up with hipsters in Williamsburg, fist-bumping a rabbi at the Jewish Under 40 League, and draining threes at Five Star Basketball Camp.

The two-minute spot, called “Love the Game,” also stars Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade and New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul playing in similar non-pro settings, presumably showing that dedicated cagers will find a way to shoot the rock — NBA lockout be damned.

“The spot as a whole was to celebrate the game we all love, real or not,” said Nike spokesman Josh Benedek, who said the ad features “a complete mix of authentic teams and fake.”

The Jewish Under 40 League is based on the Jewish Basketball Association, a now-defunct Monsey, NY-based group founded in 1996 by Reuven Feldman, 51. The league lives on in an offshoot, the Rockland Jewish Basketball League.

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