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
excited knows takes team veteran
We are a veteran team that knows what it takes to go out there and execute. We know that sometimes it goes, and sometimes it does not. There is no need to get excited about any one situation. We know we have to go out and play the game.
anytime crowd plays relax takes three
Anytime you give up three three-point plays like that, it takes something away from a team. That got the crowd involved. So all we had to do was relax and play.
doubt eventually group mind takes team time title together
Sometimes, when you have a new coach, a new system, a new group of guys, it takes time to jell together, ... But there's no doubt in my mind that we're eventually going to come together as a team and make that title run.
capable couple guys losing takes teams
All it takes is for guys to come out and make a couple shots, and you find yourself on the losing end. We know what teams are capable of doing.
close energy hopefully opportunity team themselves wear
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.
stops
We've got to get back to making stops when we need them.
add care season
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.
bench coming couple great guys job
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.
chance feet guys younger
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.
capable knew larry team
Before Larry got here, we knew what kind of team we had. With him gone, we still know we capable of getting it done.
came everybody focused game locker prepare ready reason room season themselves weeks
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.
ball early easy everybody forcing lead stops talking teams transition trying turn
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.
beast chased fight game playoffs prepared ready single
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.