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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Rasheed Wallace thinks he's the NBA's reigning bad
boy since Indiana's Ron Artest was suspended for the season.
Wallace was thrown out of Detroit's 91-89 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats on
Tuesday night for picking up two technicals.
The first was for throwing his headband into the stands in disgust after a
fourth quarter turnover. The second technical was for arguing that he did
nothing wrong.
``Now I know with Artest out, I know I'm back on that blacklist,'' Wallace
said. ``I've got that target on my back.''
Wallace said the second technical came when he was arguing that throwing
something into the stands is not a foul.
``I knew it wasn't the case for the simple fact that I did it a couple of
times this year and Ben (Wallace) did it,'' he said. ``That's crazy. I
guess
it's just a fallout from the other night. People think that sometimes it's
me complaining, but it's not ... I got something for it, though. I'm going
to have the last laugh in June.''
``We made the statement before that we're not just an expansion team, but
it
means more if we win,'' Okafor said. ``It just kind of shows that we're
legit, and `expansion' is just a label.''
``We're good, but we ain't the Champs no more,'' said Billups, who was
suspended for Sunday's game but came back to lead Detroit with 24 points.
``That's over with. They kicked our butts.''
There was one light moment when, after a timeout, Okafor tossed a cup of
water toward a garbage can. It missed, and slightly splashed along the
scorer's table.
``Sorry! My bad!'' he quickly apologized, with a smile.
And the only thing that went into the stands was Rasheed Wallace's
headband.
Gar Heard, filling in for Pistons coach Larry Brown, argued with the
technical and was thrown out of the game moments before Wallace was.
``I might say something that costs me some money,'' Heard said in
declining
to speak to the media.
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