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Carlos Boozer’s fist and referee Danny Crawford’s manly region collided Saturday to produce a video clip for the ages.

Boozer was working on Dirk Nowitzki in the paint and spun toward the baseline to attempt a shot during the second quarter of the Chicago Bulls-Dallas Mavericks game. Boozer made the shot despite being fouled by Dirk, and he was so stoked about making the and-1 that he gave a huge fist pump. The only problem is his fist went straight into Crawford’s manly region/leg area, leaving the referee stunned.

Boozer finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 1 celebration fail in the game. The Bulls actually lost to the Mavericks 100-98, leaving Dallas only one game below .500.

LeBron James was called for a flagrant foul Wednesday during the Miami Heat’s 101-97 streak-ending loss to the Chicago Bulls after putting a shoulder and elbow into Carlos Boozer, who was setting a screen on him late in the game.

James’ forceful shoulder into Boozer seemed to be retaliation for getting hit in the head on his team’s previous possession. He was called for a flagrant-1 foul, and Boozer made one of two free throws to put increase the Bulls’ lead to 92-85.

Miami scored on two straight possessions to cut the deficit to five, but an offensive rebound and putback by Carlos Boozer with 57 seconds left made it a three possession game again. Chicago held on for the 101-97 win to end Miami’s 27-game winning streak, which is the second-longest in NBA history.

After the game, James addressed his flagrant foul on Boozer, saying there were many more non-basketball fouls committed by the Bulls against him that were not called flagrants.

“First of all, Kirk Hinrich in the first quarter basically grabbed me with two hands and brought me to the ground. And the last one, Taj Gibson was able to collar me around the shoulder and bring me to the ground. Those are not basketball plays.”

Chicago may have won the game anyway, but they seemed to benefit from the officials on their side.

Video via Beyond the Buzzer

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I really really hope Carlos Boozer was just misquoted here. ESPN Chicago’s Nick Friedell asked the Bulls forward to assess his second season with the team when he offered up this mind-boggling quote:

“I thought I played well, especially with the kind of season it was. We had the best record again in basketball, won our division again, had the top seed again, that’s all that matters, yo.”

Well that, and a little matter about playing well in the postseason and winning NBA titles. Rings are overrated anyhow. Good thing we have Carlos Boozer to confirm it. Apparently misplaced priorities runs in the family. Maybe all that spray paint has messed with Booz’s brain.

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Carlos Boozer threw such a bad pass on Sunday it was comical. The Bulls forward was looking for Kyle Korver during the second quarter of Game 4 against the Sixers, but his ball ended up in the stands. The brutal pass was termed “as bad a pass as you will see by a pro,” by announcer Mike Tirico. We really can’t disagree. That was like watching an infielder sail a throw to first and seeing it land in the stands up the first base line.

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It’s not often that we have to bust out the fashion police here at LBS, but Carlos Boozer’s spray paint job on his head Sunday definitely called for it. We have no idea if he lost a bet or if he thought nobody would notice, but we did. It takes a pretty awful haircut to become a trending topic on Twitter, so congrats on that, Carlos.

For comparison, below is a shot of how Boozer’s hair normally looks.

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Carlos Boozer appeared to have his family in attendance for Sunday’s clash with the Heat, but it doesn’t look like he had their full support. One of his sons chanted along with the Miami crowd “Let’s go Heat” during the latter part of the game. Looks like Boozer has something other than his questionable defense to work on.

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Before the Bulls-Heat Eastern Conference Finals series began, Chicago forward Carlos Boozer reportedly said the Miami Heat only had two great players. Most people perceived the comment as a slight against Chris Bosh who is the third wheel of Miami’s “Big Three.” Boozer didn’t admit to the comment when pressed later on in the series, but the damage had already been done; Chris Bosh was pissed off and used it as motivation. At least that’s what Dwyane Wade says.

When asked if Boozer’s comment motivated Bosh at all, Wade said after Game 3 “He hasn’t brought it up to us but we understand when something is said public about you that way, any great player is going to respond in a way. I was glad he said that about Chris because he came in with a different focus every day,” Wade said. “From practice, shootaround to the games, Chris had that same focus. We saw that [Sunday] morning at shootaround, everything he did tonight he was doing today. We’re glad he got that challenge, he’s responding to it.”

“We’ll see, hopefully at the end of the series maybe they’ll say something different about him. We understand what he means to us and that’s all that matters,” Wade continued.

We always say that players should play their best no matter the situation, but sometimes disparaging comments can serve as motivation. It sure seems like that’s been the case for Chris Bosh, because he’s been playing lights out for Miami. Maybe Boozer has learned his lesson to keep his mouth shut next time, or back up his mouth on the court.

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