^UPDATE: Source: Half of Amare's hand 'hanging off'

[Reg]

Originally Posted by mrtxstar

These excuses why the Knicks won't win an NBA title are getting old. The truth is, even at their healthiest, they weren't going to win the title anyway, they aren't good enough. But now they get to use excuses to explain away their inferiority. Reminds me of the Celtics excuses. "We would have won but..." But you didn't!! STFU

I don't accept excuses for not winning, regardless of who makes them or why. I don't buy injuries or barely-missed shots or stupid shit. I don't make excuses when my teams fail. ie if the MIGHTIES' shitty bench or Metta World Peace being an utter moron or Mamba shooting too much or if Bynumite's knees collapse prevents a title...too bad, so sad for them & me. Great teams that ball the greatest in the playoffs win rings. Excuses are for the shitty-mediocre-just good teams aka the ones without rings cuz they weren't good enough.

[G-men]

Originally Posted by mrtxstar

These excuses why the Knicks won't win an NBA title are getting old. The truth is, even at their healthiest, they weren't going to win the title anyway, they aren't good enough. But now they get to use excuses to explain away their inferiority. Reminds me of the Celtics excuses. "We would have won but..." But you didn't!! STFU

Spurs fans party like it's 1999... when we beat the Knicks!

I guarantee if we went back to last year you used that excuse for the Spurs. You're right, they're not good enough. Who was making the excuses? And congrats on a win over a decade ago. :

[Reg]

By Ian Begley | Special to ESPNNewYork.com

NEW YORK -- A left hand laceration will force Amare Stoudemire to sit out Game 3 of the New York Knicks-Miami Heat first-round playoff series, the team announced Tuesday evening. He is listed as doubtful for Game 4, scheduled for Sunday at Madison Square Garden.

Stoudemire suffered the laceration on the inside of his palm, on the side of his hand closest to the pinkie, after punching a glass case containing a fire extinguisher Monday moments after the Knicks' 104-94 loss to the Heat.

"He didn't haul off and punch the glass; he hit it out of frustration," a person who witnessed Stoudemire hitting the glass surrounding the fire extinguisher told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard. "He kind of slapped it, but with a closed fist. He said he thought it was plastic instead of glass.

"Half of his hand was just hanging off. It was really bad. Blood was just squirting out. That's why they had the paramedics come in, because they thought he might have punctured an artery because of how much blood was coming out."

A second league source said that amid the chaotic scene in the locker room, people could be heard calling for towels to tend to the injured Stoudemire, who already had bled onto the floor.

The Knicks say Stoudemire will be reassessed for the remainder of the series. A team source said there is a possibility that Stoudemire could miss the rest of the series, regardless of how long it goes. The Knicks trail the Heat, 2-0, in the best-of-seven series.

Stoudemire saw a hand specialist at the Hospital of Special Surgery on Tuesday and the surgeon repaired a "small muscle" in his hand, according to the team. According to a source with knowledge of the injury, Stoudemire suffered no ligament or tendon damage. He needed an undisclosed number of stitches on the cut.

[mrtxstar]

Originally Posted by G-men

I guarantee if we went back to last year you used that excuse for the Spurs. You're right, they're not good enough. Who was making the excuses? And congrats on a win over a decade ago.

Don't be lazy... go find that shit and then hit me with it. Until then don't come whining to me with that weak ass excuse and cry for the shity Knicks.

The Spurs weren't good enough last year so what did they do???... they improved their fucking bench. They didn't make excuses... they took it on the chin and got better.

Oh btw... That championship the Spurs won "over a decade ago" was followed up by multiple more... plus the one this year.