By Justin Worsley
While the season may have not ended the way he would have liked it to, coming up short in the NBA Finals may just be they way Rasheed Wallace will end his career.
And boy did he give it his all.
Yahoo! Sports has reported that Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers told WEEI-AM radio on Monday that prior to Game 7 of the finals, Wallace told Rivers that he felt that it would be his last game on the court. Wallace gave it his all, scoring 11 points and pulling down eight rebounds, but more importantly, doing everything he can to defend the onslaught that was Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
Wallace, 35, won the NBA Championship in 2004 as a member of the Detroit Pistons, has also played for the Washington Bullets, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Atlanta Hawks. The versatile former North Carolina star played both center and power forward, earning four All-Star invitations. Wallace has scored 15,860 points and 7,321 rebounds in 1,088 career games.
Wallace was also a bit of a spark plug during his career. The often ill-tempered Wallace has been ejected from 30 NBA games, the most of any player since ejections began to be recorded in 1992. Wallace has also recorded a league-record 306 technical fouls in his career, setting the record for the most in one season on three separate occasions.
If Wallace decides not to retire, he still has two years left on a three-year contract he signed last year with Boston.
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