(This one appeared in the Weekly’s Buzzer Beater a few days ago but, in the midst of the holiday festivities, I forgot to post it here.)

You can slap a baroquely patterned, festive holiday tie on him, but the tiger that is P.J. Carlesimo ain’t changin’ his stripes. He chews more ear than Mike Tyson. Similarly, you can call him a veteran leader, but like a soused fraternity pledge with a fake i.d. drinking bottom-shelf liquor at Dante’s on a Friday night, Wally Szczerbiak has never met a shot he didn’t like. Herein lies the conflict, which, despite Wally’s prolific 23-points-in-26-minutes performance, was laid bare last night.

Thanks to the alert and skilled video capturing of Jason “Reidster” Reid, you can enjoy the following:

With the Supes up 5, 12 seconds on the shot clock, and 1:05 on game clock, Szczerbiak takes (steals?) a pass that may have been intended for Jeff Green and decides to jack up a three, which he misses. (8 years later and he still thinks he’s at Miami, OH.) This infuriates Carlesimo, who chews out Wally in the huddle, providing a chuckle to Luke Ridnour and a full-on belly laugh to Chris Wilcox. (15 years later and he still thinks he’s at Seton Hall.) Wally then performs some rather comical help-side defense, but is bailed out when Carlos Delfino’s three-pointer is scratched because his foot was on the sideline.

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