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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We've been looking forward to the playoffs since the end of last season.
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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.
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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.
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We just never like to be satisfied being satisfied. Every game, we've got to play hungry.
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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.
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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.
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We just wanted to put on the gas when we got a lead. We did a great job with that.
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We just stuck with it. We kept playing, and then we made the key stops we needed down the stretch.
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It was very calm, ... Coach said, 'We still got a lot of time. We're still going to win this game.'
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It was weird. I really felt a sense of relief when I stepped on that floor. It gave me a chance to forget about everything that was going on off the court. I hadn't smiled all day until I got on that court.