NY Knicks power forward, Amare Stoudemire opened up to new crews recently for the first time to explain exactly how he injured his hand after Game 2 vs the Miami Heat, in Miami. Out of frustration while walking back to the Knicks locker room, Amare swung his hand, banging it against the wall, closed fist, and unfortunately ended up breaking the glass casing surrounding a fire extinguisher. This resulted in a bad gash opening up on the palm side of his hand next to his pinky.
A witness present when Stoudemire got injured, said, "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."
Amare has been receiving negative feedback from Knicks fans and the media for his angry outburst, and now he's spoken up to set the record straight. Here's what he had to say:
"It wasn't like I had a closed fist and just punched through the glass. It was nothing like that. I just walked by, wanted to make some noise, swung my arm, hit the fire extinguisher door and didn't even realize i was cut at all until Josh Harrellson told me I was cut. Then I saw the cut. Unfortunately after games, when it's very passionate, things happen. You don't expect ... to injure yourself, but you've just got to deal with it.
"I was very upset with myself. I was sad at the moment. I was feeling bad for my teammates. And out of all the times after games when you kick over ice, a chair, a cooler, you kick over a chair ... everybody gets upset, you're so passionate for the game, everyone gets upset at times.
"But never in a million years would I think that I actually cut my hand the way I did, so bad timing, but I'll be back. I persevere through a lot of injuries. And I work hard to recover from injuries. So by the hands of the most high hopefully I'll be ready to play for Sunday."
Let's see if Amare can heal fast enough to help his Knicks put up a fight against the Miami Heat.
Source: espn.go.com
