Melo's average drops as Nuggets win again

By Chris Sheridan EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Another 2.5 points dropped off Carmelo Anthony’s scoring average Wednesday night, but if you think he cared much about it, you don’t understand the new Carmelo Anthony. Anthony made his first shot, missed his next 12, made six of his next eight and then finished his night with two airballs in the early part of the fourth quarter after the Nuggets had broken open what was a tight game at halftime and rolled over the hapless and winless New Jersey Nets 122-94. Anthony shot just 8-for-24 and tallied 22 points as his average dropped from a league-leading 34.5 to 32.0, and by the time he left the locker room afterward there was not yet a final tally on Kobe Bryant’s points in the Lakers’ game at Houston -- and thus no way to know whether Anthony would remain the NBA’s scoring leader for another day. “C’mon, Chris. I don’t care about that. It’s a long, long season,” Anthony said upon...