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
pick special veteran
I wasn't doing anything special for him - that's how I play every night. No. 1 pick, No. 2 pick or a cagey veteran - it is all the same to me.
basketball whoever wins
Whoever wins this is the world real basketball champion.
deserve forth good
We just went through the motions. We didn't put forth a good enough effort. We didn't deserve to win.
ball came moved
We just came out and moved the ball around.
anytime celebrate expect extra game gets remember team win
Yeah, we expect anytime a team gets a win on us now, they're going to celebrate a little bit. We remember that and we'll take it into the game as a little extra motivation.
control desire heart impose
We had control of the game. We didn't really play with the heart and desire that we usually play with. We didn't come out and impose our will on this team.
control game
We had control of the game and let it get out of hand.
bench control giving great job keeping pick slow turning wheels
We got off to a slow start, but for the most part, we were able to pick it up and take control of the game. The bench did a great job of keeping the wheels turning and giving us a lot of energy.
bit couple games last playing won
We haven't been playing well. Even the last couple of games we won didn't really feel like wins. We've got to go out there and play a little bit harder.
ball deep great job larry number places rick standing throwing unless wrinkles
Larry 'let' me be a part of the offense? ... That was deep right there. When I'm on the floor, I've got to be part of the offense. There's just no other way to have it. I think Larry did a great job of throwing little wrinkles out there. He called my number here and there and got me the ball in places where I can be effective. If I'm out on the floor, I'm going to be part of the offense. Unless it's Rick Carlisle, and I'm just standing around.
dice felt knowing last losing suffered win year
I think Dice is one of those that last year probably suffered the most. After the loss, he was really down. He really wanted it. We did what we could do to try to win it, so this year we're going to go out there knowing how he felt last year after losing the championship.
finding focus night ways win work
What we focus on every night is going out there and making this thing work and finding ways to win games.
ball came couple defense forced guys mistakes moved played side tonight
Guys came out tonight and played with a lot of energy, just went out there and played basketball. Moved the ball from side to side and forced the defense to make a couple mistakes and made them second-guess.
defenders underrated
We're all underrated as defenders on this team.