The New York Knicks have won two straight games for the first time since Nov. 2, but they still have the NBA's worst record.

Carmelo Anthony is opposed to tanking the season for a higher draft pick.

"I don't know how to have that mindset," Anthony said Wednesday night after the Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-91 to improve to 7-36. "Having that mindset as a basketball player, as a competitor, it's just hard to do unless you don't care about the game, what happens and your performance. To say that we're going to go out there and we want to lose a basketball game, I think that's a bad mentality to have."

Anthony has been playing this season with knee soreness that will likely eventually require surgery.

"I think the most important thing is just a matter of how much work I've been able to put in with my overall body these two weeks," Anthony said before the game. "So that's kind of what's getting me through right now, not having to compensate my knee, and everything else is feeling good."