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For a franchise that hasn't won a playoff game in 11 years and is exactly two games over .500 over the last two seasons, the New York Knicks certainly make a lot of headlines.
The latest came Monday night, when Amar'e Stoudemire lacerated his left hand punching a glass door to a fire extinguisher in the wake of the Knicks' 104-94 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 2 of their first-round series. A true SMH moment.
It was quite a scene at AmericanAirlines Arena. Paramedics were rushed to the Knicks' locker room with a stretcher in tow. When the room was finally opened to the media, there was blood on the floor and Stoudemire was nowhere to be found. Later, he was seen leaving the building with a bandage around his hand and his arm in a sling.
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