Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony had a talk about how to coexist more productively, and they agreed neither has to take a back seat to the other. They both can excel.

“We have been talking, talked a little bit [Sunday] night, talked more this morning about how we both can dominate the game on both ends of the court,’’ Stoudemire said. “Carmelo’s a phenomenal player. He wants to win. It definitely will get better as a unit and as a team for sure.’’

Stoudemire told Anthony he has to be himself, and yesterday Anthony discounted the notion he has to be more deferential.

“We talked, and we’re good,’’ Anthony said. “I got to play basketball. I can’t worry about what somebody else is thinking about me. That was the other day. There was a lot going on. We had lost six games. Maybe I was over-thinking a bit. Today’s a new day.’’