The Las Vegas Aces embarrassed their head coach by having their pilot make a mid-flight birthday announcement for the former 'Bad Boy' Piston

• The Las Vegas Aces surprised head coach Bill Laimbeer for his 64th birthday.
• Players secretly organized a birthday announcement from the pilot over the intercom on their flight.
• The former "Bad Boy" Piston, who doesn't like attention, was embarrassed by the hilarious spectacle.

The Las Vegas Aces conspired to celebrate their coach's birthday by surprising him with what he hates most: attention.

On Wednesday, former "Bad Boy" Piston and current Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer turned 64, and his players were intent on recognizing their coach's big day despite his reluctance to acknowledge the occasion. So after Laimbeer told players to "get off my bus" following a failed attempt to celebrate his 64th, the team got creative and recruited a flight attendant to organize a birthday surprise during their flight home from Seattle.

What followed was, in all likelihood, Laimbeer's worst nightmare; the pilot made a special announcement in honor of the two-time WNBA Coach of the Year and NBA champion.

"We also got the special request from the Las Vegas Aces, the Las Vegas representation of the Women's National Basketball Association," the pilot can be heard saying over the flight intercom in a clip shared by the team. "They were in Seattle last night to give their coach an early birthday present - kinda reminiscent of Mr. Laimbeer's glorious days with the Detroit Pistons, if you're old enough to remember his specatular play there."

"Anyway, we'd like to wish their coach on behalf of his team a very happy 64th birthday!" the pilot added.

The entire plane erupted into cheers in response to the announcement, with the Las Vegas players unsurprisingly hooting and hollering loudest of all. The Aces even captured an audible "Pop-Pop!" from former player turned assistant coach Sugar Rodgers at the very end of the clip.

Needless to say, Laimbeer - who was sitting first-class - looked sufficiently embarrassed as the camera zoomed in on his face from the back of the plane.

The pilot's kind words were entirely unscripted. Aces stars A'ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray simply offered their coach's name while requesting the announcement. What followed was "all from the pilot," according to Las Vegas' official Twitter account.

Check out the full video shared by the Aces below: