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
games great guys job pulling win
We just want to keep it going, ... Guys here are very energetic. Everybody's pulling for each other. We want to win as many games as possible, and we did a great job tonight.
game playing
I've been playing this game too long to know what that is.
fans games guys locker mean media talk types winning
Things like that, that's more for the fans and for you all media types to write about and talk about. The guys in that locker room, and I mean this, we don't talk about things like that. ... We talk about winning games and what we need to do to win games.
energy games looking lose tough week
Usually, these games are tough to play, because you're looking at a week off. But our energy was great. We didn't want to lose two in a row, and we wanted to make a statement.
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.
crazy games main stayed won
It was a crazy game, but we didn't panic. We just stayed with it and things started to happen. We've won a lot of games this year. We know the main thing is to get the win.
allowed elevate fun game motion moving stay three
It's fun to play in this offense, ... I'm allowed to move. I don't just come off one screen. I can come off two or three screens. It allows me to keep moving and stay in motion and makes me elevate my game even more.
early focused games hard slip
Usually, in the past, they were hard games for us. This year, we're more focused on those games. We don't want those games to slip away. We know we've got to come out early and set the tempo.
game slip
We didn't show up. We all know that. We let that game slip away.
game last opportunity playoffs since waiting
We've been waiting to get to the playoffs since the last game last season. So now to get an opportunity to play, we're all excited.
allowing flip game good job putting slow spots start
It was just a game we wanted to get, ... We didn't want to start off slow and sluggish. Flip did a good job of putting us in spots and allowing us to make plays.
best game last lost mean record since time waiting
All that other stuff, best record and all of that, doesn't mean anything. This is the time we've been waiting for since we lost the last game last year.
satisfied
We just never like to be satisfied being satisfied. Every game, we've got to play hungry.
advantage bulls chicago court focused great home stay throughout win
We just want to come out and stay focused and try to win each game. I mean, it's a great streak. But to us, it's a game. We don't look at what the Chicago Bulls did or anything like that. We just want to get home court advantage throughout the playoffs.