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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We don't care about the numbers. We just want to add them up at the end of the season and come up with home-court advantage.
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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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When we got out there and are active on the defensive end that allows us to get easy baskets on the offensive end. Taking care of the basketball and getting set defense, that's when we're playing Pistons basketball.
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It is what it is. We had control of the game and then it went out of hand. We didn't take care of business when we supposed to and that's what it came to.
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You know the answer to that, ... I think I came here and played the best basketball of my career here. This team and this organization opened their arms up to me, and they let me come in when only a select few other teams around the league were willing to do that. And you know they stepped up to the plate. So there's no question where my heart is at.
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When you get the opportunity to close a team out, you just have to come out with a lot of energy early. You just have to go out there and withstand some of their energy, play through it, and hopefully they'll wear themselves down.
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We've got to get back to making stops when we need them.
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We got a couple of new guys coming off the bench. Our bench has been doing a great job for us, coming in and maintaining.
We got outworked all night. That's it. No other comments.
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You got a chance to see some of the younger guys get out there -- you know, have a little fun, get their feet wet, so to speak.
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Before Larry got here, we knew what kind of team we had. With him gone, we still know we capable of getting it done.
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Everybody in this locker room that went through that Game 7 really started to prepare themselves and get ready for the season probably two weeks after that Game 7. That was the big reason we came back so focused and ready to play.
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We're talking about it, getting back to what we were doing early in the season, when we were getting stops that would lead to easy baskets. Where everybody was getting buckets in transition and forcing teams to turn the ball over, everybody getting out and running. ... Now, we're just trying to get back to where we were.
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We've been chased for a long time. We know what kind of beast these playoffs are. We will be prepared for everything and we will go into every single game ready to fight for our lives.