Rasheed Wallace's First Return to Portland (2004)

March 4, 2004 - After seven and a half seasons in Portland, two-time All-Star Rasheed Wallace was dealt to the Atlanta Hawks midway through the 2003-2004 regular season. Ten days later, he was traded again, this time to the Detroit Pistons. Eight games into his Pistons career, Wallace headed back to Portland to face his former team. Greeted with a mixed-though-predominantly positive response from the Portland crowd, Wallace tallied 13 points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in an 83-68 victory. The win marked the first of five consecutive games in which the Pistons would hold opponents to 69 points or less.
With Wallace in tow, the Pistons roared to a 20-4 finish to the regular season, setting the stage for a playoff run that would culminate in the team's third championship in franchise history.
Sidenote: At 1:44, Wallace can be seen wearing the jersey of former Blazers teammate Bonzi Wells. Wells was dealt from Portland two months prior to Wallace and returned the day prior to Rasheed's arrival and scored 28 points in a win as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies.
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[@xaieverhill313]

And therefore the Detroit pistons are NBA champions 😌 great trade .. one of the most underrated players HOF Fasho NO CAP 2004 NBA champions the piece to the puzzle

[@Pistons2024]

Big facts

[@jkimva703]

Sheed wasn’t even traded to Detroit. He was traded to the hawks who sent him to Detroit after one game.

[@docdee770]

Double header? I used to sit and watch triple headers back then. Boy, those were the days.

[@videogamejockey]

Portland had 45 points with 11 minutes left in the 4th quarter. hahaha
God damn, Pistons.

[@TheLobMob]

The media SUCKS... at the end they tried to paint the narrative that no one on the Blazers was going to show Sheed love... smh.

[@x5autodetail892]

Im glad sheed got the love back in Portland great player

[@nobodytouchesmj9780]

I found some cool Ben Wallace stats the other day
*Most Playoff Runs Simultaneously Averaging 1.5+ Steals and 1.5+ Blocks*
(Minimum 2+ Rounds Played)
- 5 Times - Hakeem Olajuwon (1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997)
- 5 Times - Ben Wallace (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
- 4 Times - Julius Erving (1978, 1979, 1980, 1982)
- 2 Times - Elvin Hayes (1975, 1978)
- 2 Times - David Robinson (1996, 1999)
- 2 Times - Draymond Green (2016, 2017)
*Playoff Runs Simultaneously Averaging 2.0+ Steals and 2.0+ Blocks*
(Minimum 2+ Rounds Played)
- 2.00 SPG and 3.45 BPG - Hakeem Olajuwon, 1986 (20 games)
- 2.00 SPG and 2.06 BPG - Julius Erving, 1980 (18 games)
- 2.47 SPG and 3.06 BPG - Ben Wallace, 2003 (17 games)
- 2.06 SPG and 2.56 BPG - Hakeem Olajuwon, 1997 (16 games)
- 2.00 SPG and 2.33 BPG - Anthony Davis, 2018 (9 games)
so Ben and Hakeem are the only players to average 2+ SPG and 3+ BPG in a post-1st Round playoff run. or even 2+ SPG and 2.5+ BPG (Hakeem did it twice)

[@russoulfree]

Cool , but this is about Rasheed..

[@cedmelancon]

Man I loved the jailblazers and when I was watching them I was always like no Sheed, shut up we need you!

[@coreyrowe4119]

The 2004 Pistons were nearly unbeatable once they aquired Rasheed Wallace.

[@jaquanwillams3018]

The bonzi jersey😂😂😂

[@tonykartracer8032]

That one year where he racked up technical fouls............ he averaged 1 technical every 2 game. Amazing, ain't it? Hahaha.

[@franciscocolin2008]

That was the cherry on top for Detroit Basketball

[@bosscocky7888]

Why isn’t he in 2k?

[@albinocj969]

Same reason as other guys: not getting paid enough to be in it.

[@mariobryant8803]

Ball 🏀 don’t lie

[@90ackt]

Rasheed and Garnett career should be in the East earlier

[@andyapsay8220]

Welcome to LA!

[@c7lee]

lmao, wonder what Sheed said to the dude pulling his shoulder @9:06