"No one understands Roger's greatness better than I do, and I have no doubt about his comeback. In fact, I'm very excited about it. It felt great to win the championship last year, but defeating Roger would be an unparalleled wonderful experience!"
Back in the player tunnel, Artest caught up with Big Ben: "You puffed-up dude, can you give me a bit of respect? I'm at least a candidate for this year's MVP! Can't I just say something? Why do you have to steal the spotlight?"
"I hate to remind you, but you only got a third-place vote, is that even called an MVP candidate?"
"Why not!? I'm only 121 votes behind Roger, is that a lot?!" Artest glared angrily.
