Blazers Sonics

I was assigned by the Seattle P-I last night to cover the Blazers/Sonics game at the Rose Garden. It was the first preseason game for both teams, but the big story was former Sonics and current Blazers coach Nate McMillan going against his former team. Pretty much my only job was to get a shot of McMillan talking to a Sonics player or coach. Apparently there has been some bad blood between McMillan and Sonics guard Ray Allen over the last few weeks, so no one was sure if they would speak or not. Well, much to my happiness, during a free throw halfway through the first quarter, Allen went to the Blazers bench and talked to McMillan. This photo ran as the lead photo on the sports section in today's P-I. McMillan is know for being a hard nosed, take no crap kind of coach, going so far as to ban headbands during games and cell phones on team buses, Allen has been quoted as saying that things are much better in Seattle now that he is gone. Knowing that background, while sitting courtside about 5 fet from the Sonics bench last night, I could not stop laughing at this exchange between Allen and Darius Miles (who always wore a headband) of the Blazers, yelling at each other across the floor:

Allen: Darius! Hey Darius! Where's your headband?! You can't shoot without a headband!
Miles: You know. (sarcastically)
Allen: I think you should get a headband tattooed on your head!

Allen and Evans said the same thing to every Blazer who used to wear a headband. It was pretty damn funny, but doesn't really come off in type :). Anyway...here is another shot from the game: