In our new state of self-induced, natural NBA bliss, we’d totally overlooked the fact that Ben Wallace was making his controversial return to Detroit yesterday with the Bulls.
Of course, this was to be the first time he was back since leaving as a free agent, and everything went just as planned – he returrned.
In the build-up, Wallace made no secret of the fact that he hoped to be booed, and booed he was. It was somewhat surprising, but Ben loved getting barely any cheers just the same.
“That was just what I expected,” Wallace said. “Ain’t nothing like a good cheer or a good boo. Either way.”
Several times, Wallace waved at the crowd as if to incite it. “Yeah, I wanted them to get a little louder. … I played here for six years. I know how loud this place can be.”
We’re of the opinion the boos were actually cheers, by the way. See if you can follow us.
Since DET fans are like of the Bad Boys ilk, and since Ben said he wanted to be booed, the crowd paid him his respect and thanks by doing what he wanted – showing that Piston attitude and booing him.
Shoot – that was supposed to come out much funnier and far, far, far more confusing. Oh yeah – the Bulls lost on a Max Veeber tip-in late. You know, cause Max can’t play anymore.
(DetroitBadBoys and Need4Sheed have yet to weigh in, but be sure to go shoot over there sometime today to get their interpretations of events about and surrounding boo sounds.)
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Max Veeber had just enough juice left in those knees to push off and get the tip in with 2.2 seconds to go… GO PISTONS!
Tough loss by the boys in Orange last night… with the loss of Dwyane Wade, and the 3 after 3 after 3 after 3 of Jason Kapono, I’m surprised that Boobie didn’t take over the game..
Also, who else is tired of seeing LeBron and Ben Gordon drive the lane and carry the basketball like it’s a football? I’d hack them both every time if they did that shit and I was going for a steal.
Nice poster style dunk at the end of the game though by LeBron. If they put that on a FatHead, I’ll buy it so I can say “yeah, that picture came from when the beasts of the east lost to the Heat minus D-Wade).
i really loved the constant converage of ben wallace and his hair. you know what was hilarious? when they asked him what his top five favorite hairdos in NBA history were. I almost fell off my seat. and I like how they spent the entire fourth quarter with the camera fixed on his face and showed no part of the game whatsoever (okay i made that part up)
ben wallace! hair! woohooo!
On a different note, Big Ben seems to have lost his hands.
Big Ben has got to feel awful.
Outplayed by Tyson Chandler, who he replaced, and outplayed by Chris Webber, who replaced him.
Then again, he can’t feel that bad. He’s getting paid way more than he deserves.
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