For there to be such a small gap between the teams is unusual for the Atlantic Division.

WSJ: Can the New York Knicks Win the Atlantic Division?

And the achievement gap between white students and African-Americans has widened a very small amount.

NPR: Fact-Checking the State of the Union Speech

One small step in the right direction would be to adopt a supplementary MDG commitment to halve by 2015 the gap between poor and rich when it comes child survival and school attendance.

UNESCO: Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Responses