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Isiah Thomas smacked his forehead.

Antoine Walker rolled his eyes.

Vince Carter shook his head in disbelief.

To say the Eastern Conference bench was surprised by the foul called on Jermaine O'Neal with one second left in overtime of Sunday's NBA All-Star Game -- a ruling that enabled Kobe Bryant to tie the score at the foul line and offset Michael Jordan's earlier heroics -- was an understatement.

To hear them tell it, referee Ted Bernhardt did more than muck up Jordan's final All-Star appearance. He took a Sharpie to the Mona Lisa.

--From "Unhappy Ending" by Marty Burns, SI.com, Feb. 10, 2003