Amare Stoudemire out indefinitely

In what most New Yorkers must be referring to by now as ""deja vu all over again"  Amare Stoudemire will miss tonight's home game against the Milwaukee Bucks with a bulging disc in his back.  He is traveling to Miami for a second opinion and will be out indefinitely.  This has certainly been an up and down season for Knicks fans, but this can't bode well at all with the playoffs potentially looming in just over a month.  Tonight is a key game as well, as the Milwaukee Bucks come to the Garden trailing the Knicks by a mere half game for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East.  Jeremy Lin (knee) is expected to miss tonight's game as well.  Now is the time for Carmelo Anthony to prove his worth to New York fans.  Afterall, they did pretty much give up an entire starting five for him last season.