Baker thinks fouls cooked up (Telegram & Gazette)

["Alessandro Celtics-Fan" <alessan420@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Monday, December 2, 2002
By Bill Doyle
Telegram & Gazette Staff

BOSTON -- Vin Baker has been a human foul machine in his first Celtics 
season, and after getting whistled for five fouls in 11 minutes against New 
Orleans last night, he said he's thinking of calling the league office to 
complain.

"I don't know if they're not used to me coming off the bench," said Baker, 
who had no points and four rebounds. "I've been in the league for 10 years 
and I'm doing the same things I've been doing for 10 years now. It's a 
situation where I'm coming out trying to be aggressive and right now they're 
telling me my aggressiveness is too much. I'm not going to tone it down. I'm 
going to maximize my time on the floor."

Baker was whistled for three fouls and a defensive three second violation 
within three minutes and 49 seconds late in the first quarter and early in 
the second. With Tony Battie and Baker both in foul trouble, Bruno Sundov 
had to play the final 2:35 of the first half in a rare appearance.

"Out of the five fouls called on me, three of them I thought were bogus," 
Baker said. "You talk about 12 minutes, you've got to absolutely have your 
eye on me for 12, 13, 14 minutes to call five fouls. It's ridiculous."

Although Baker has played only the eighth-most minutes on the team, he's 
tied with Paul Pierce for the second-most fouls with 48, two behind Battie.

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