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Felton hits six of Knicks’ 18 treys in statement victory vs. Heat

RAY SHINES BRIGHT: Raymond Fleton, who scored a season-high 27 points, goes up for a shot over LeBron James.

RAY SHINES BRIGHT: Raymond Fleton, who scored a season-high 27 points, goes up for a shot over LeBron James. (Getty)

MIAMI — No Melo. No problem. No mercy.

Carmelo Anthony chose to sit out with a cut middle left finger and the Knicks chose to step up in sensational fashion, blowing the defending-champion Heat into the ocean in a stunning 112-92 trouncing at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Point guard Raymond Felton, in particular, rose up, despite having his own bad hand. He played with a bone bruise in his left thumb and played spectacularly in lighting up all of South Beach with an aerial show that became contagious.

Felton finished with a season-high 27 points, seven assists and a career-high six 3-pointers, and Steve Novak joined the 3-point assault, finishing with 18 points in this gargantuan victory.

The Knicks are now 2-0 against the Miami Dream Team — two 20-point wins — and nobody can blame this Heat loss to the Knicks on Hurricane Sandy.

“I think they’re thinking about us and everybody in the league is thinking about us,’’ said Felton, who reinjured his hand in an entanglement with LeBron James in the third quarter but stayed in the game. “We’re a legitimate team. At the same time, this ain’t the playoffs.’’

The Knicks, who knocked off the Heat by 20 points at the Garden on Nov. 2, are an Eastern Conference-best 14-4. Miami president Pat Riley’s hair had to turn all white in watching the Knicks drain 18 3-pointers.

“It’s the second time we’ve played Miami now, so it’s a good gauge where we’re at,’’ said Novak, who hit four 3-pointers and made 7 of 13 shots. “They’re going to get better, but we like where we are right now. We’re at the top of the league right now.’’

LeBron James had a terrific first half, but the Knicks rattled him in the final two quarters and he had no help. James finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, but Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh combined to shoot 6-of-25. James was hounded by Ronnie Brewer, who blocked him at the rim in the third quarter, and rarely used James White.

James was so frustrated he worked out in the weight room for an hour after the game before talking to the media.

“I thought our offensive flow was great tonight and our defense was solid in the third and fourth quarters,’’ coach Mike Woodson said.

Anthony, sitting out with five stitches in his middle left finger despite warming up before the game, watched the action in a European black suit from the bench. Anthony said he was comfortable missing the game because he’ll see the Heat two more times. Actually there could be a lot more meetings with these two teams seemingly headed for an Eastern Conference finals showdown.

“We need [Anthony] on the floor,’’ said Tyson Chandler (13 points, nine rebounds). “But it says a lot for this team when you can have a guy of that caliber out and still be able to get a win on the road on a back-to-back. It says a lot about other guys in this locker room. We feel like we’re a good team and can beat anybody.’’

With most of the Heat fans having headed to the exits in the final minutes, a “Let’s Go New York’’ chant rained down in Miami. James, at the final buzzer, came over to congratulate the Knicks players.

After the first half ended tied, the Knicks bolted out of the second-half gate with a 3-point barrage that knocked out the Heat. Felton led the surge as the Knicks hit 8 of 13 3-pointers in the quarter, scored 37 points and built an 18-point bulge. Even little-used White drained a corner 3-pointer during the spree after a whip pass from Felton.

Felton ditched a padded wrap around his left hand and it cost him when he banged into James.

“I wasn’t going to leave that game,’’ Felton said. “It hurt. I got smacked on it a couple more times after that.’’

“He is a tough kid,’’ Woodson said. “It is going to take a lot to sit him down. I thought he was hurt but he refused to come out. He stayed in there, stuck it out and brought it home.’’

Novak, too, was huge. When the Heat got up six in the second quarter, Novak hit back-to-back bombs to pull the Knicks even. Then he went off in the third quarter.

“Whenever you leave Novak wide open, you can count that,’’ J.R. Smith said.

Chandler sat in this same locker room in late April, crushed after the Heat knocked out the Knicks in the first round, 4-1. He vowed the club’s core had to improve. Eight months later, Chandler said last night, “This says we got better. We got better since last year. The biggest thing we learned tonight is we’re a deep team. It’s what we struggled with last year. Teams wore us down in the fourth quarter even when everyone was healthy.’’

Last night, there was no Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert, even Marcus Camby. Scary.

marc.berman@nypost.com