Knicks" Stoudemire Is Expected to Miss Rest of Heat Series Amar'e Stoudemire does not have significant damage from smashing his left hand into a fire extinguisher's glass case shortly after the Knicks lost Game 2 in Miami on Monday night, but he will miss the remainder of the series against the Heat, according to a person with direct knowledge of Stoudemire's status. Stoudemire did not sustain any broken bones or tendon, ligament or nerve damage, the person said. The Knicks, who are already battered with injuries and staring at a 2-0 deficit, are expected to issue a formal statement Tuesday afternoon. Stoudemire injured his hand in the visiting locker room, and a bizarre scene ensued at the American Airlines Center. Reporters were prevented from entering the locker room for some time and blood was spotted on the carpet. So far the only person to speak on the subject has been Stoudemire, through Twitter. "I am so mad at myself right now," he wrote. I want to apologize to the fans and my team, not proud of my actions, headed home for a new start. He later added: "We all have done thing out of anger that we regret. That makes us human. Bad timing on my part. Sorry guys. This to shall pass. Normally amiable off the court, Stoudemire does pick up frequent technical fouls for expressing displeasure with the officials. During this shortened N.B.A. season, he finished tied for ninth with Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant with nine technicals, doing so while missing 19 games. In 2010-11, he finished third, behind Howard and Bryant, with 15 technical fouls. Aside from 2005-6, Stoudemire finished in the top 15 in technical fouls in each season from 2004 to 2012. A hand laceration would not be the first strange injury of Stoudemire's career. He hurt his back during warm-ups before Game 2 of the Knicks" first-round series against the Celtics last year, missing the final two games. In 2009 he was poked in the eye, sustaining a partially detached retina, and now wears goggles as a result. Stoudemire has battled chronic knee problems in his career, which included having microfracture surgery in 2005. With Stoudemire injured, Carmelo Anthony will probably slide over to power forward as part of a formation that had been extremely successful with Stoudemire injured late in the season. But much of that lineup's success was because of the stout perimeter defense of the rookie Iman Shumpert, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the Knicks" Game 1 loss to the Heat.