Warriors' Curry moves up in third All-Star vote returns

Stephen Curry takes over second place in the Western Conference backcourt voting.

NEW YORK -- LeBron James of the Miami Heat and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder lead their respective conferences, and are separated by only 21,854 votes, after the third returns of NBA All-Star Balloting 2014 presented by Sprint. James, the top overall vote-getter with 1,076,063 votes, is followed in the Eastern Conference by the Indiana Pacers' Paul George. Durant (1,054,209) is followed in the Western Conference by the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant.

Notebook: Knicks 102, Heat 92

92

102

FINAL

MIA
NYK

27	21	23	21	92
21	22	32	27	102

THE FACT: The Knicks beat the Heat for the fourth time in five regular-season meetings.

THE LEAD: Carmelo Anthony poured in 29 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Raymond Feltonnotched a double-double of 13 points and 14 assists as the Knicks beat the two-time defending NBA champion, 102-92, at Madison Square Garden.

With J.R. Smith benched in the wake of the shoelace incident for which he was fined $50,000 by the NBA,Andrea Bargnani added 19 points for the Knicks and Amar'e Stoudemire chipped in with 14 points and 11 rebounds off the bench.