Ben Wallace
Ben Wallace
Ben Camey Wallaceis an American retired professional basketball player. A native of Alabama, Wallace attended Cuyahoga Community College and Virginia Union University and signed with the Washington Bulletsas an undrafted free agent in 1996. In his NBA career, Wallace played with the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityWhite Hall, AL
ourselves plays stops
It wasn't really about making plays but making stops. We know we can make plays, we just need to make stops and give ourselves the opportunity.
chance city detroit exciting four game good rip
It's going to be good to look out and see someone that you know, and get a chance to see Chauncey and Rip in that first game for the first time. That will be exciting for them. It's going to be good for the whole team. It's going to be good for the city of Detroit to look up at that All-Star Game and see all four Pistons out there.
bit hoping hungry night reason step taste
I've had a little taste of success. But I think the reason I'm where I'm at, the reason I do the things I do, is because I'm always hungry for more. I feel like every night when I step out on that floor, that I can do a little bit more. I think I can do a little something extra. That's what I'm hoping for.
good nights test
It was one of those nights where I wanted to test everything. Some nights you get lucky. Tonight, was one of those nights. I was able to get good looks.
anytime crowd plays relax takes three
Anytime you give up three three-point plays like that, it takes something away from a team. That got the crowd involved. So all we had to do was relax and play.
league
They come to play every night. That's all you have to do in this league to be successful.
allow break defense job offensive
They were aggressive. They wanted it more than we wanted it. We've got to a better job on penetration. On pick-and-rolls, when they play a lineup like that, we can't allow them to break down the defense and get offensive rebounds.
basket control knew options second shoot third
They were able to penetrate and get to the basket early. But in the fourth, we got stops. We were able to make them go to their second and third options and shoot over us. We knew if we could get the stops, we could take control of the game.
answer arms basketball best came career few heart league opened played question select stepped team teams willing
You know the answer to that, ... I think I came here and played the best basketball of my career here. This team and this organization opened their arms up to me, and they let me come in when only a select few other teams around the league were willing to do that. And you know they stepped up to the plate. So there's no question where my heart is at.
kicking might react situations telling
This is one of those situations where if you don't react the way you react, there's no telling what might have happened. Years from now you'll still be kicking yourself in the butt because you didn't react.
capable couple guys losing takes teams
All it takes is for guys to come out and make a couple shots, and you find yourself on the losing end. We know what teams are capable of doing.
everybody healthy wish
You wish everybody would get healthy and be where they want to be and do their job.
excited overly poised stay team veteran
You've got a veteran team here and we're not going to get overly excited about (technical fouls) or anything like that. We're going to stay focused, stay poised and play our game.
continue energy focus hard wasted win work
All that hard work is nothing if we don't continue to play the way we've played. Everybody's focus here is to win a championship. If we don't take that energy into the playoffs, it'd be a wasted season.