<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Detroit and Indiana were able to just play basketball for the first time this season at The Palace. "It was good to see the focus on basketball," said Ben Wallace, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year who also came through on offense Monday night in a 96-81 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. "We sort of left the past in the past and that's a good thing for both teams, and the league." Naturally, Wallace played a big role defensively with 15 rebounds and four steals. But he scored 14 of his 21 points in the first half to help Detroit build a big lead it maintained easily. </div> Recap
