Ben Wallace Boggles in Red Goggles

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Why in the world was Ben Wallace wearing red protective goggles Wednesday night?

"They bring me a lot of energy," was all Wallace said after his five-point, 17-rebound, five-block performance against Sacramento.

Wallace wore his trademark Afro for the first time this season, but he also donned funky red goggles that made him look a bit odd, to say the least.

"He looked like Blankman," Chauncey Billups said. "I don't know what that was."

Nether did coach Flip Saunders, who said Wallace also told him the specs bring him energy.

The new look seemed to work, but it lasted only 4:37 of the first quarter. Wallace left the game briefly with a jammed thumb. When he returned a few minutes later, the goggles were gone.

Ben's discontent: Wallace has been frustrated with his play recently, but that might not be a bad thing.

"When you're 15-3 and he's upset, that's a good sign," Saunders said before Wednesday night's victory. "That shows that, one, he's got more in mind than just going out and going through the season. He knows the importance of every game."

After Friday's victory over Golden State, Wallace said he wasn't happy with the way he'd been playing and was unsure of his role. Wallace and Saunders have since spoken, and Wallace's disappointment about his play apparently has more to do with the team's recent performances.

Recently, Saunders said, the Pistons have been a bit disorganized, with too much one-on-one play. The fact the Pistons aren't using much time on the shot clock also takes away from Wallace's touches.

"It's just one of those things where we've got to do a better job of moving the ball around, getting everybody involved," Wallace said. "I find it's a lot easier for us when we go out there and play five against five instead of four against five."

Saunders said all the big men need to get more touches, but that they have to run more and get down the floor faster.

"As I told Ben, I don't have an agenda when we run an offense," Saunders said. "I don't know how many points Rip (Hamilton) scores, I don't know how many points Ben has, I don't know how many points Rasheed (Wallace) has, I don't know how many points Chauncey has. But what we can do, when we run our quick attack, which is our break, we can learn to get the ball into the post more and play off him a little bit."</div>

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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I don't know what that was -- he looked like Blankman."
-- Chauncey Billups, referring to Damon Wayans' dorky superhero character whom a begoggled Ben Wallace resembled. </div>

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