So despite lacking a Miami Heat-like team, which often dictates the game on both ends of the floor, Atlantic teams often place a higher priority on one particular thing.
Relying entirely on jumpers, Anthony tied his career high with 50 points and the Knicks won their ninth straight game, topping the injury-depleted Miami Heat 102-90 on Wednesday night.
Beyond that, the Knicks, a half-game behind the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat after Monday's 99-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons, continue to outperform expectations and sit at 31-15.
Jimmy Butler added 22 points, Luol Deng scored 16, and the Bulls busted a long run for the second time in about a two-week span, ending the Miami Heat's 27-game streak the second-longest in NBA history on March 27.
Jimmy Butler added 22 points, Luol Deng scored 16, and the Bulls busted a long streak for the second time in about a two-week span, ending the Miami Heat's 27-game run the second-longest in NBA history on March 27.
Oddsmaker Bovada installed the Miami Heat (11-5) and Lakers (5-2) as the preseason favorites to win the 2013 NBA crown.
FORBES: The Lakers' $130 Million Nightmare Season Comes To An End
The Warriors were clobbered by the Miami Heat, 92-75, on Wednesday and LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 20, 000 career points with 25 and 10 assists.
The fourth second round match-up is the juiciest of all with the new look Miami Heat and its three All-Stars squaring off against the Boston Celtics.
James had 16 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for his 35th career triple-double and the Miami Heat cruised to their 10th straight win, 114-90 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.
LeBron James is in the hunt for a second straight NBA championship after leading the Miami Heat to an NBA-best 66 wins during the regular season.
James made the comments to reporters huddled around his locker in Chicago not long after he and the Miami Heat had their 27-game winning streak snapped, with the Bulls prevailing 101-97.
Throw in the Miami Heat's 27-game winning streak, six shy of tying the NBA record set by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, and hoops is the hottest thing going in Florida.
This sequence, as much as any other (and there were so many others similar to this one), typified the Miami Heat's 91-85 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
The Blazers' video scoreboard turned to the final seconds of Chicago's 101-97 victory over Miami, which snapped the Heat's 27-game winning streak.
Yeah, the defending-champ Miami Heat are the runaway Eastern Conference favorites, and LeBron James and company looked ridiculous during that winning streak.
Now the Bulls move on to face the top-seeded Miami Heat in the second round, while the Nets players begin thinking about next season.
It doesn't get any easier for the Hawks, who visit the Eastern Conference-leading Miami Heat on Tuesday before hosting the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
Commissioner David Stern will have his high profile New York Knicks, Boston Celtics and LeBron James-led Miami Heat to kick things off on Christmas day.
For the actively inclined, try the Ferrari driving school, the Ralph Lauren weekend in Paris, the bike ride with Lance Armstrong, the lunch with Martha Stewart, the Lebron James-hosted Miami Heat game, the cooking class with Jacques Pepin or the Julien Schnabel studio tour.
FORBES: Ten Grand Gets You Access to Anna Wintour - Or a Polo Match With Nacho Figueras
With all due respect to the Cleveland haters, the Miami Heat did win something in 2010-11.
FORBES: Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki To Reap Financial Windfall from NBA Championship
MIAMI When speaking about his oft-criticized star, LeBron James, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has a line: You can't win unless you win.
For the game, Oklahoma City outscored Miami 24-4 on fast-break opportunities a symptom, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said, of lackluster defense.
WSJ: Oklahoma City Thurder Strike First Vs. Miami Heat in NBA Finals Game 1
The commercial will air tomorrow night on TNT when the NBA kicks off the season with a hugely anticipated match-up between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics.
Plays like this have become routine in Thompson's season: In a recent home game against the Miami Heat, with his team leading 44-33 in the second quarter, Thompson caught a pass on the lane's left side, about 12 feet away from the basket.
WSJ: One NBA Player's Life of Constant Rejection: Tristan Thompson
If Brooklyn advances past the first round, they will likely face the top-seeded and defending champion Miami Heat and James.
He was followed closely by the Miami Heat's LeBron James, the three-time NBA MVP who chipped in with 18 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.
They lost 104-98, their third-straight loss against the Miami Heat.
CNN: Miami Heat close in on NBA title with third-straight win
It's not that the Magic have lost two NBA Finals, or that they're currently struggling through an 18-46 season in which the most recent highlight was a one-point loss to the Miami Heat last week.
WSJ: Dwight Howard Returns to Orlando��The Curse of Shaq��Kevin Clark
That's a tall task, since the Knicks' likeliest first-round opponents are the elite Miami Heat or Chicago Bulls.
WSJ: New York Knicks Jeremy Lin Needs Knee Surgery, Likely Done for Season
Had this zesty intrasquad drama been playing out, on, say, the Miami Heat, ESPN would have gone into a five-alarm frenzy.
WSJ: Tour de France: The Brits Rule World of Wheels - Bradley Wiggins
应用推荐