After the Knicks' latest defeat—a game in Miami that started out close, then turned into a beatdown in the latter stages of the third quarter—Carmelo Anthony took yet another question about how often he feels like he has to put the Knicks on his back. And again, he was candid in his response.

"A lot. It's a lot," said Anthony, who has averaged 39 points a game in his last five games while playing an NBA-high 39 minutes per contest this season. "But that's my mindset. In a game like this, or any game, where we're...