Post by Lucas Lutkus on May 14, 2012 19:27:24 GMT
Weird, weird night: In a very tough game, the Bobcats suffer their first loss, to the 76ers in Philadelphia.
Coming of a great win against the Bulls, the Bobcats went to Philly to play against the 76ers.
But the whole game was, well, a little weird.
We had Dennis Rodman in a dress, Bismack Biyombo playing 46 minutes, a LOOOOT of one-shot only free throws and two Bobcats players getting ejected.
In the 1st corner, Philly got out on front and at 6min mark the score was 14-4, but Bobcats rallied back to make 22-22, great performance by Kemba Walker, closing the quarter with 10 points and 3 asts.
The 2nd corner was a domination of Philly and Rodman lost his manners, fighting with the 76ers mascot during a timeout. Rodman and the mascot argued because Rodman didn't wanted anyone having more attention than him. After that, the 76ers continued doing good and closed the 1st half ahead by 5, 51-46. Best in the game was Elton Brand with 11 points and 10 rebs.
In the halftime, Rodman gave another one of his emotional speeches and said that his dress was starting to get uncomfortable and when his dress is uncomfortable, something isn't good.
The Bobcats came back and with a great performance from Byron Mullens, they turned the game around and in one moment they're ahead by 11 points, 71-60, but then Corey Maggette suffered a blocking foul that would be an and-one and the refs didn't saw it, they saw a charging and Maggette lost his mind, pushing a ref and calling him a 'SMF'. Maggette was ejected and the 76ers scored 7 straight points at the end of the quarter. Bobcats still ahead 71-67.
And then... The 4th quarter.
Biyombo was dying in exhaustion, he had already played 34 minutes in the game and Rodman started mocking him saying that only pussies can't play an entire game, Biyombo then made a bet with Rodman, if he stays on the game for the last 12 minutes, he would had the opportunity to choose Rodman's clothes for next game. 'CHALLENGE ACCEPTED' answered Rodman.
Biyombo played the last 12 minutes.
Talking about the game, a complete disorder for the Bobcats, they lost the lead in the start of the quarter and never saw it again. With 2:49 left, Mullens got ejected after commiting his 6th foul. With a final lineup of Andersen-Biyombo-Young-Walker-Miller, the Bobcats ended up losing by 4. 93-89 in a very defensive game.
The Best of the Bobcats:
Byron Mullens - 20 pts, 15 rebs
Bismack Biyombo - 8 pts, 18 rebs, 5 blks
Kemba Walker - 24 pts, 7 asts
What clothes will Biyombo choose for Rodman?
After winning an in-game challenge, Biyombo now has the rights to choose Dennis Rodman next outfit for the game against the Celtics.
Biyombo is not know for being an flamboyant guy like Rodman, so we don't know what Biyombo have in mind.
What do you think that Rodman is going to show up wearing in his next game?
Bobcats going to debut in Charlotte tomorrow
After a 2 game road trip, the Bobcats are ready to debut in Charlotte. Their opponents? The Boston Celtics, who's also 1-1 in this season start. Who's going to win? The Garnett-Pierce-Allen-Rondo squad or the Mullens-Biyombo-Magette-Walker dudes?