Article: Noah, Wallace Have a Tense Exchange

Fiery Bulls rookie Joakim Noah had a testy exchange with teammate Ben Wallace during a loss in Orlando on Tuesday, but Coach Jim Boylan played down their argument.

"I know all about it. A couple of words passed back and forth between teammates. That's all it was," Boylan said before last night's game against the Heat. "There was no confrontation."

Noah had a confrontation with assistant coach Ron Adams in practice Friday and sat out the next two games for disciplinary reasons.

Noah scored 12 points in Tuesday's 102-88 loss at Orlando. Yesterday, he declined to talk to reporters.

Wallace didn't want to talk about his incident with Noah.

"Ask Joakim about it," Wallace said.

"I talked to them ...

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