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
against conversation fun great guys opportunity team
You go against these guys every night, there's not a whole lot of conversation. To get an opportunity to be on the same team and have fun with 'em is a great thing.
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.
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.
opportunity tells win
I come from a place where this doesn't happen. To be here is unbelievable because when everyone tells you, you can't do something, you can't do something, you can't do something, and you get the opportunity to be in the NBA, to win a championship, and now, to be an All-Star, it's unbelievable.
satisfied
We just never like to be satisfied being satisfied. Every game, we've got to play hungry.
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.
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.
gas great job
We just wanted to put on the gas when we got a lead. We did a great job with that.
kept key needed stops stuck
We just stuck with it. We kept playing, and then we made the key stops we needed down the stretch.
coach win
It was very calm, ... Coach said, 'We still got a lot of time. We're still going to win this game.'
chance felt forget gave relief smiled stepped until
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.
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.
definitely felt fun
Everything was just like I thought it would be. It was fun and it was exciting. If I didn't have the jitters then it wouldn't have felt right. I definitely had the jitters.