Probably the most interesting that happened during last night’s 100-86 Pistons loss to the Mavericks last night didn’t come from The Palace floor.
It came from the Dallas bench.
During the course of the game, Fox Sports Detroit cameras caught two guy sitting on the Dallas bench that clearly didn’t belong. And these weren’t the expensive seats that fans or friends of the team could get where they may sit to the side of the players or right behind the bench, these two guys were RIGHT ON THE BENCH. In fact the two fans implanted themselves to the bench so much they were actually seen sitting right in between Delante West and Vince Carter.
So who were these guys that managed to infiltrate Palace ushers, some 7 1/2 years after the infamous Palace brawl?
It turns out the fans in question are Aaron Cohen, a fashion designer who runs a clothing company called Revive, and a guy who goes by Chris Smokes on Twitter. Cohen is from the Metro Detroit area so it may be safe to assume that the tickets didn’t come from Mavericks owner Mark Cuban.
Cohen has also tweeted pictures of his bench seats and started the clock on his 15 minutes.
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