Pacers poke fun at Knicks' Stoudemire - FOXSports.com

Updated May 3, 2012 4:14 PM ET

The Indiana Pacers' training staff did not want to take any chances when it came to the Amway Center's fire extinguishers.

The Pacers' fire extinguisher outside their locker room.

Austin Croshere

With Indiana playing Game 3 of their opening-round series in Orlando on Wednesday night, team staffers put masking tape and a "Please do not hit" tag on the fire extinguisher near the team's locker room.

The joke came one day after Knicks forward Amar'e Stoudemire hit a fire extinguisher after a loss in Miami, suffering a severe hand laceration that required surgery to repair a muscle.

He is out for Game 3 Thursday night and could miss the rest of the series.

Former Pacers forward and current Fox Sports Indiana analyst Austin Croshere took a photo of it and posted it on his Twitter account.

"The Pacers training staff is taking injury prevention to a whole new level!" he wrote.

There was no need to worry about frustration though, as the Pacers won Game 3 against the Magic to take a 2-1 series lead.