NBA FINALS: PISTONS v SPURS

June 10, 2005

Tayshaun Prince

Ben Wallace

BEN WALLACE: Sleepy.

BEN WALLACE: We have to come out and compete on the level we normally compete on and once we do that, we'll be all right.

BEN WALLACE: Yeah, you know, I think we need to get the ball on the block and get Tim to look over his shoulders and see how that matchup is going and it allows everybody else to get easy shots.

BEN WALLACE: I really can't. It's one of those things. You're going to go through some games and things like that are going to happen.

TAYSHAUN PRINCE: I guess he was there last summer, you know, when I guess I came back to campus. You know, he goes back to the campus a lot, so no matter what happens, they always respect him there, just like they do me. Obviously me winning the Championship last year, I got a little more attention obviously, but he gets as much respect there as I do.

TAYSHAUN PRINCE: Yeah, it's definitely a tough place to play. You know everybody is going to look at you as an NBA team. That's definitely how they approached it and obviously the atmosphere and playing top basketball teams all around definitely helped out.

TAYSHAUN PRINCE: You always take it personally. Even if you don't have a good game and you lose, you take anything personal. You wish we could have done this or could have done that. That's going to happen regardless when you lose a basketball game, no matter if the player you guard scores 24 points or they don't score much at all.

TAYSHAUN PRINCE: I thought defensively obviously if the first half was great. We missed a lot of easy shots. The second half we knew they were going to come out a little more aggressive which they did. Nazr Mohammed attacked the glass, got some offensive rebounds and Tim got some inside baskets. Ginobli was tough to keep off the paint area, Parker as well. We've got our hands full, but got to look at some film and see what we can do better.