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As the New York Knicks walked off the court after a Game 2 playoff loss to the Miami Heat, Amare Stoudemire let his frustration out by hitting a fire extinguisher case, leaving lacerations on his hand and causing him to miss the next two playoff games.
The guys at FOX Sports Radio Daybreak asked Stoudemire about the incident. (Via CBSSports and Sports Radio Interviews)
“It wasn’t a punch at all actually. It was more like a slap against the wall, but I caught the edge of the fire extinguisher. Some people think I balled my fist up and punched through a glass fire extinguisher, which is totally opposite of the truth. It was more like a smack against the wall, kind of a backhand or a reach back slap across the wall and caught the edge of the fire extinguisher. I think a lot of people confused my passion with frustration. I’m such a passionate player. I want to win so bad to where sometimes I want to win, so I bring my passion and it gets confused with frustration.”
After the slap Stoudemire missed Games 3 and 4. He returned for Game 5 with stitches in his left hand.
Stoudemire was also asked how the Knicks will compete with the Heat this season.
“Well I think we are on the right track now. We are all committed to having a full training camp together. We have our coach for the full season. We have our players for the full season. Everybody is securely sound and then we have a chance to do something special. With Mike Woodson’s defensive methods we are going to be a much better defensive team and offensively we got guys with Carmelo [Anthony] and myself, two of the top scorers in the league, will definitely shine this year, so it’s going to be a big year for us.”
