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Melo-less Knicks ease by Heat behind Felton

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Raymond Felton scored a season-high 27 points, and the New York Knicks connected on 18 3-pointers to more than offset the absence of Carmelo Anthony while topping the Miami Heat 112-92 on Thursday night.

nydailynews.com

It is one thing to bully the likes of the Wizards, Suns and Hornets, and quite another to push LeBron James around and render Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh useless. The Knicks, in every sense of the word, are legit.

CNNSI.com

Playing without Carmelo Anthony and despite a near triple-double from LeBron James, the Knicks hit eight three-pointers in the third quarter and cruised past the Heat 112-92 in Miami.

Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com

MIAMI -- Nearly an hour after the Miami Heat had taken a second early-season beating from the New York Knicks, LeBron James walked into an empty locke...

CNNSI.com

Carmelo Anthony was key in Knicks' November win over the Heat, but is not in the lineup because of stitches on his hand. Miami looks to rebound from a loss to Washington. Follow here.

Anthony Sits One Out

Dec 6, 2012

Nate Taylor, nytimes.com

After getting stitches for a cut finger, Carmelo Anthony was told by Coach Mike Woodson to sit out Thursday's game against the Miami Heat.

nba.com

Carmelo Anthony will not play in the New York Knicks' game against the Miami Heat on Thursday night, one day after getting five stitches in the middle finger of his left hand.

Jared Zwerling, ESPN.com

Carmelo Anthony did not play in the New York Knicks' game against the Miami Heat on Thursday night, one day after getting five stitches in the middle finger of his left hand.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Carmelo Anthony's hand might not have been feeling 100 percent following his New York Knicks' too-close-for-comfort road win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday night. But he was still feeling up to making jokes, which is about all you can ask for, …

ESPN.com, ESPN.com

Roundtable: We discuss the battle in Miami between Eastern leaders

nydailynews.com

Victor Cruz was watching the Knicks game on Wednesday night and "almost jumped off the couch" when he saw his old friend, J.R. Smith, hit a game-winning jump shot at the buzzer. Then it got even better.

nydailynews.com

Carmelo Anthony remains a game time decision against the Heat on Thursday, one day after suffering what the Knicks All-Star forward described as a "deep cut" to his left middle finger.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith is a handful, the sort of player who can make eight 3-pointers in a game and then immediately come back the next week and miss all but one of his shots, make ill-advised decisions in big moments, and get in a screaming m…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

They said they were going to stop the game in New Orleans once Kobe Bryant hit 30,000 career points. He did that just before the end of the first half, going off the dribble and hitting a running floater over Robin Lopez. But the game never ceased, and …

Nate Taylor, nytimes.com

Raymond Felton, who sustained a bruised left thumb in a victory against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, decided not to skip Wednesday's game, playing with bandages taped on his hand for part of the game.