Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
Ben Camey Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bulletsas an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityWhite Hall, AL
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It's going to be good to look out and see someone that you know, and get a chance to see Chauncey and Rip in that first game for the first time. That will be exciting for them. It's going to be good for the whole team. It's going to be good for the city of Detroit to look up at that All-Star Game and see all four Pistons out there.
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It wasn't really about making plays but making stops. We know we can make plays, we just need to make stops and give ourselves the opportunity.
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They come to play every night. That's all you have to do in this league to be successful.
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They were aggressive. They wanted it more than we wanted it. We've got to a better job on penetration. On pick-and-rolls, when they play a lineup like that, we can't allow them to break down the defense and get offensive rebounds.
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They were able to penetrate and get to the basket early. But in the fourth, we got stops. We were able to make them go to their second and third options and shoot over us. We knew if we could get the stops, we could take control of the game.
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They were relaxed and ready to play. We came out a little jumpy.
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It's contagious. Everybody else seemed to pick that energy up and start pressuring them. I like playing like that. It makes the game fun for me, and I think it's the best way for us to get a win.
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It's different for everybody. Everybody's just different. It's just a tough situation to deal with. You don't want to play unless you're ready.
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It says a lot about the character of the guys in this room. All we ask of everybody is to give what you have every night. Just show up and give what you got, whether it's 20 minutes or 30 minutes. These guys do that and I tip my hat to them.
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It says a lot about the character of the guys. All we ask of everybody is to give what you have every night.
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It's a great experience, being able to come down here ... with three of my teammates. I think this is an all-star game we're going to remember for a long time.
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There ain't nothing to worry about, because you're going to win some and you're going to lose some.
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We set out from the beginning of the season to try and win every game. It's not about who we're playing, it's about going out there and taking care of our business.
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The only pressure I put up on myself is to go out there and rebound the basketball, make my presence felt on the defensive end, make plays.