MIAMI (Ticker) -- Miami Heat guard Tim Hardaway was bothered for a majority of the season by a bad right knee, which turns out to be his good knee. Hardaway, who was second in scoring on the Heat during the regular season, today will undergo surgery on his left knee to repair mild cartilage damage. The injury to Hardaway's left knee was discovered during a standard postseason MRI done on all players. Despite the surgery, the diminutive point guard is expected to be available for the Americas tournament July 14-25, a qualifier for the 2000 Olympics. Hardaway hyperextended his right knee on February 26 against Detroit when he collided with Pistons forward Grant Hill. Despite being slowed for the remainder of the campaign, he averaged 17.4 points and 7.3 assists. Forced to wear a brace at times during Miami's first-round series against New York, Hardaway was awful, tallying just 9.0 points per game while shooting 27 percent from the field and 20 percent from 3-point range. With their second-leading scorer from the regular season a non-factor, the top-seeded Heat were eliminated in the first round in five games by the Knicks for the second straight season. Hardaway's turnover in the final seconds of Game Five led to Allan Houston's series-winning shot with eight-tenths of a second left in the decisive game.  