Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton
Known as "Rip," he was an NBA shooting guard with a deadly 15-foot jump shot. He helped lead the Detroit Pistons to an NBA Championship in 2004.
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth14 February 1978
CityCoatesville, PA
best couple felt guess last lost minutes records switched
I was surprised. They just lost (Game 7 to the Pistons) in the last couple of minutes and they had one of the best records in the NBA, then they switched everything up. I guess they felt they had to get better.
brown coach coached definitely last
Oh, yeah, you wanted this game, man. Coach Brown coached us the last two years, and he got a new team, so we definitely wanted to come out and make a statement.
cut definitely easy helps move oh system
Oh yeah, the system definitely helps me a lot, ... I am able to move more. I am able to cut more. I am able to get a lot more easy baskets.
guy james mike toronto won
Mike James is great, man. He won a championship with us and now he's in Toronto making his mark. The guy can play.
celebrate trying
No, not at all. We didn't celebrate (anything) at all. We're just trying to get to where we want to get to, and that's the Finals.
lock points score
Now, we can score points and lock up, too.
accustomed far great mate pick poison teams
I have always been accustomed to that role, even going back to college. But the great thing is, I have a backcourt mate who's accustomed to it, too. So teams really have to pick their poison as far as who is going to take that shot.
allowing ball couple create hands last putting
I feel good, especially the last couple of games. He's been putting the ball in my hands and allowing me to create and allowing me to make plays.
afford awareness ball chance gives record seemed slept speaks time
We kind of slept on them down there. We can't afford to do that this time around; their record speaks for itself. We didn't have a chance down there. Once the ball went up, it seemed like we were down by 10 or 15 points. That just gives us more motivation, more awareness that we can't come out lackadaisical.
bench came execute felt floor fourth game great job keeping opportunity time
We just knuckled down. We still felt we had an opportunity to win. Our bench did a great job of keeping us in the game. When we came in the game in the fourth quarter, we just wanted to execute every time down the floor and we did that.
middle nobody outside running supposed
What was he doing, man? The ref is supposed to be on the outside of the court, not running down the middle of the court. Luckily, nobody got hurt.
coach job player running sideline slick stuff supposed talk trash trying
The only thing I know is he's supposed to coach his team. He don't need to be on the sideline running his mouth, trying to talk trash from the bench. He's not a player no more, he's a coach. His job is to coach his team, not to have little slick stuff to say from the bench.
happen hot knew last lead time
We knew last time (here) we had a 10-point lead (in the fourth) and D-Wade got hot and we didn't want that to happen again.
forward last looking playoffs since
We've been looking forward to the playoffs since the end of last season.