Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Wallace
Rasheed Abdul "Sheed" Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association. A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wallace played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before moving on to the NBA in 1995...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 September 1974
CityPhiladelphia, PA
clock messed
That whole little clock thing had me messed up.
extra man physical playing
Man, we're just playing. It doesn't have anything to do with being extra physical or nothing like that. That's the way we've been playing all year.
advantage giving open taking
I was just taking what they were giving me - open shots. I just wanted to take advantage of it.
surprise
That doesn't surprise us at all. We're still the same Pistons and we still go out and play that same Pistons D. That wasn't going to change.
bench code crazy definitely dress head injured man office problem sit speak trying voice
I can't speak for other teams, but for us, we're definitely trying to voice our objection. I don't have a problem with that dress code if a man is injured and has to be on the bench during games. But it's kind of crazy to sit up there and try to tell us how to dress on the way to work. We're not in that head office in New York. To me, that's crazy.
against game good playing statement statements
This wasn't any kind of statement -- you make statements in the playoffs. This was just playing a game against a very good team.
couple ourselves stops turn
We told ourselves to turn it up and get a couple of stops to take over the game.
feeling smart
He was feeling it, so we got him the ball. He's a smart veteran, and if he hadn't been making the shots, he would have passed.
far four great lifted morale obviously three wait won
He lifted their morale a little bit. Obviously he's a great coach. He has three or four 'ships (championships) and he's won over 1,000 games, so definitely, he lifted their morale. But as far as long range? I don't know. We'll have to wait and see.
attention food front lose might paying swagger tastes
Keep us on the back-burner. We won't lose our swagger at all, because when you put that food on the back-burner, it's just simmering and it tastes better. When you got that food on the front burner, that's the one you're paying attention to the most, and that's the one that might burn. We're on that back-burner.
rally stand teammates thinking
We were already up big, so I'm thinking that's why he did it, to get his teammates to stand up and rally off of that. It didn't work.
beat disrespect game knew mouths san taste
With us, we didn't like the taste we had in our mouths all summer. No disrespect to San Antonio, but we knew we could have beat them in Game 7.
chip last regular season stuff summer wait waiting
We started the season with that chip from last year. We had to wait all summer and then wait through this long regular season. All of that other stuff was just in the way. This, the playoffs, is what we've been waiting for.
damage fingers fist five four ourselves spread together
We don't see ourselves as four All-Stars. We see ourselves as one unit. It's like five fingers on a hand. You can do more damage together as a fist than spread out flat.