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Anthony says Knicks ‘still a confident team’ facing Heat in Game 2

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MIAMI — It’s playoff déjà-boo-hoo for the Knicks, destroyed again by illnesses, injuries, bad luck and bad shooting in the first round.

With Tyson Chandler still ravaged by the flu and missing yesterday’s practice, Iman Shumpert’s devastating knee injury and Baron Davis’ bad back, the Knicks appear on the cusp of history, staring down the barrel of another first-round sweep. It may only get worse as the Knicks face the Miami Dream Team in Game 2 tonight at AmericanAirlines Arena.

This has the trappings of an encore to The Boston Massacre of 2011, when the Knicks got smacked by the Celtics amid injuries to Chauncey Billups’ knee and Amar’e Stoudemire’s back.

A Knicks loss tonight will tie them with the Grizzlies for the NBA’s all-time playoff futility record of 12 straight postseason defeats — poetically right in Heat president Pat Riley’s abode. They haven’t won a playoff game since 2001.

But amid the rubble of Saturday’s 100-67 disaster, Carmelo Anthony gave a call to arms to his troops that a 1-0 series deficit is not a death sentence.

“We’re definitely not at a low,’’ said Anthony, who shot 3-of-15, scored 11 points, turned it over four times and got outclassed by LeBron James. “We’re definitely still a confident team. We felt we didn’t play our game [Saturday] and we want to correct that. [Today’s] a new day. [Today’s] Game 2 and Round 2.

According to a source, co-captains Anthony and Stoudemire arranged an evening workout session at a private Miami gym last night with several teammates.

All logic suggests the Knicks will get knocked out again after their embarrassing performance in Game 1. Chandler remains questionable for tonight after staying back at the hotel yesterday, with Mike Woodson saying Chandler is “barely hanging in there.’’

Shumpert (torn ACL, meniscus), meanwhile, is questionable for training camp in October as he awaits knee surgery in New York. Davis is a game-time decision after his back stiffened up in Game 1, though he claims he will play. Even Jeremy Lin’s confirmation he is aiming to come back in this series isn’t enough to lift the clouds and rain that has drenched South Beach since Friday.

And King James is not shedding any tears. Anthony responded with a 42-point outing last April in Game 2 in Boston when the Knicks were without Billups and Stoudemire got hurt in the first half. Does he feel the pressure to duplicate that feat tonight?

“I try not to play with pressure,’’ Melo said. “ I go out and play ball. As far as thinking about anything and playing with pressure, I don’t put that pressure on myself. Everybody has off shooting days. It just so happened mine came [Saturday.] Now it’s time for me to go out and play basketball and try to put the pressure back on Miami.’’

Anthony, in fact, said he doesn’t need a 40-point game to win. The Heat defense won’t allow it as it fronted Anthony, doubling and denying him.

“We’re all going to have to do it,’’ Anthony said. “Everyone’s going to have to do a lot more due to the lack of players we’re going to have. We don’t know who is going to play. Everyone’s going to have to do a little more than what they’re doing right now.’’

If the Knicks lose the series, Anthony will have been bounced in Round 1 in eight of his nine seasons. According to statistics furnished by the Heat’s P.R. staff, Anthony has shot under 30 percent in four of his last seven postseason games and has shot less than 50 percent in 38 of 50 career postseason games.

Asked if this reminded him of Boston all over again, Anthony said, “I try not to think about that. We had guys out [at practice]. We’ll see who comes in and laces up and plays [today].

“We’re facing those challenges of having some guys out, some guy limited and don’t know who’s going to be out on the court with you,’’ Melo added. “It’s always a tough situation to be facing. There’s no time to cry about that.’’

In missing his first seven shots, Anthony clanged jumpers off the back iron, even tossed an airball on a runner against Mike Miller. This after raging through April in winning Player of the Month.

“It was a combination of both,’’ James said when asked if the Heat defense caused Anthony’s poor shooting. “With a great player, they’re going to get the shots they want. You’ve just got to make it tough on him and hopefully he’ll miss some. If we play the defense we’re capable of playing and he makes them, we can be satisfied.’’

Anthony said the club benefitted from a long film session.

“It’s something I have to figure out,’’ Anthony said. “I have to pick my spots. We put some stuffs in today. They got in the lane and packed it up. We got some offensive fouls. They played their game, played the way they wanted to play. We allowed them. It’s for us to make our adjustments.’’

marc.berman@nypost.com