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

Steve Novak scored 18 points, J.R. Smith added 13 and Tyson Chandler scored 13 for the Knicks, who won their fifth straight and moved 1½ games clear of Miami for the best record in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks made eight 3-pointers in the third quarter, the most by any NBA team in any quarter this season.

Anthony sat out, one night after needing five stitches to close a cut on the middle finger of his left hand.