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Here's the thing about Ben Wallace vs Shaq. Ben couldn't lock Shaq down, Shaq averaged something in the ballpark of 27 ppg in the 04 finals, but what he could do was be as effective at containing Shaq as a double team who were willing to foul out if it meant slowing him down. That was the difference. The thought of someone guarding Shaq one on one for a whole game was unthinkable starting in 2000, everyone always double teamed him. Larry Brown initially brought up double teaming him when they were strategizing for the finals, but it was Wallace himself who suggested that he'd do it alone so everyone else could focus their attention on containing the rest of the Lakers, who were used to having a 3-4 defensive scheme whenever Shaq was on offense. He literally did the job of 2 people so the rest of his defensive specialist team could contain everyone else. That's the ultimate in team basketball, as far as I'm concerned.

Ben Wallace is the only NBA player that could contain anyone and everyone. Dude was genuinely nasty and would not take yes for an answer. Man Blocked friggin' SHAQ so hard, Shaq still has nightmares. Blocking the ball in the air is one thing, but coming from behind and STUFFING possibly the greatest center to ever play, and put up 18 points and snag 22 rebounds over him, yeah, you're a stone cold assassin. Glad to him go to the hall of fame. Wilt would have been scared of the dude

“Game 5… on the road,” as the footage clearly shows the Pistons logo center court. That was a home victory, my guy. That’s why it was so special for those of us who were around for their back-to-back. It was the first championship they won at home.

My guess will be Ben Wallace or Dennis Rodman. Wallace was the best defender in the league for 5 years and heard it in Andy Hoops's video that only Wallace could contain prime Shaw. I know Rodman once held Shaq to 10points

What I took from this is Shaq was the only Laker that could actually score in the series and it was the rest of the team that got shutdown by great team defense

Ben Wallace is the best defender of all time. Yes over Russell and Dikembe. His 4x DPOY are the most ever (in his best defensive year statistically he came in 2nd). He could bench 460 lbs, had a max vert of 40", was only 6'6 - 6'7 without shoes, or hair... but guys like Shaq, Tim Duncan, Nowitzki, Pao Gasol, legit 7 footers couldn't shoot over him?!!!! I've been going to NBA games since the 80s and I've seen a lot. I saw Ben vs Shaq in person. In 06 I saw Ben lock up West all stars in Houston in person. Just jaw-dropping. No one close to him before or since.

Elden Campbell was the pistons secret for Shaq. Along with Ben.. it was a nightmare for Shaq

Wow u put so much work into ur vids u need more recognition

You were the only one who had this RARE Shaq vid ( 0:10) i looked at 30 vids for it thanks so much❤️

Now he is a Hall of famer

Next time I see ben ill have to ask him personally how fun it was to stuff shac.

Top 3 best pistons players of all-time: 1. Isiah Thomas 2. Ben Wallace 3. Bill Laimbeer

Tayshaun Prince was one of the reasons the Pistons won. Dude frustrated Kobe and limited him to 22ppg

Ben Wallace's character says to me, "Be the best at who you are." and, "Work hard for the money."

Elden Campbell was always trouble for Shaq!!!

Your missing Dennis Rodman he stopped Shaq with no double team

You forgot that it’s a Lakers team with Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’neal, and Derek Fisher. Not just Kobe and Shaq.

All this shows is how unstoppable Shaq really was haha

No body is shutting down a prime Shaq. Rodman did it in his early years. But there was no stopping 340lb Shaq. He was just too big. Shaq and Yao would often cancel each other out with Shaq getting a lil bit more points 21 to Yao's 17 on average, but Shaq was a little past his prime at that point.

Right team, but you forgot Elden Campbell. He stifled Shaq and was key in the title win.

In the 2004 regular season Shaq averaged 21.5-11.5 on 59% shooting in 36.8 minutes. In the 2004 Finals he averaged 26.6-10.8 on 63% shooting in 42.6 minutes. On a per minute basis he was better in the 2004 Finals than in the regular season. Why do people believe Ben Wallace actually stopped him?

My favorite quote though he was just a 6ft9. Man I'm 6'1 😒

5:17 doesn't look like they Pistons were on the road..

BW allowed the Pistons to play Shaq one on one, and he held Shaq to one bad game in the series. Shaq still lit the Pistons up, but a frustrated Kobe bryant shot the Lakers out of the series. BW is my favorite nba player of all time. In the 02-03 season he was an absolute monstrosity that could fire up a Pistons team that struggled to score points and turn them into a defensive juggernaut that blocked and stole everything. The 03-04 season was still pretty good for him individually, and the fact that the pistons won the championship, but 02-03 was the apex of BW career. BW overall career was hurt because it took teams so long to develop a niche for him. His time in Washington was essentially wasted, and he could've been better than he was had the Pistons picked him up earlier (or any defensive oriented team like the Pacers). He still helped teams defense by putting other guys in the right places, and making guys shoot over him, but by the time he was in Chicago he wasn't the same guy. 02-03 though, the dude was a beast. I remember in the 03 ECF against the Nets where all of the bigs were holding onto him to try and send him to the line, and he jumped flat footed and reversed jammed with all of them hanging all over him. I can't ever find that play, but it kind of solidified what kind of physical specimen he was. 240 lb dude with a 460 lb bench and a 40" vertical. He was a shorter guy and used to smack his head on the backboard leaping up to get blocks. Both Shaq and BW were terrible FT shooters. Both would've helped their scoring averages considerably if they could shoot freethrows.

"Malice in the Palace" is a highlight..it's hasn't marred a thing...so many times I have wished fans would been beaten down!!! Now I don't believe players should be the enforcers...they have too much value to risk injury...but there should be hired help...maybe some former NBA players in the mix...that monitor the crowd and throw a beating down here or there when warranted..

Ben Wallace is a hero in Michigan

Wrong. Eldin Campbell was the big body they needed to push shaq out to 10 feet where he wasn't effective. The next year they saw each other again in the playoffs but Shaq with the heat and he crushed the pistons because of their lack of size....no Eldin.

They listed Shaq at 325 but everyone knew he weighed way more than that. Shaq mentioned in an interview that he weight 395 for his last lakers championship. But he's been known to exaggerate stuff. But for sure Shaq had at least 100 pounds on Big Ben.

Dennis Rodman

Wallace, Rodman and Yao Ming too did a great job

The NBA still don’t talk about that Detroit Team straight disrespect

Kobe stopped Shaq and his team in the 2004 finals with a horrendous performance.

Shaquille O'Neal averaged 26.8 points, 13.4 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 12 games versus Dennis Rodman in his career.

Crazy thing is, Ben Wallace was undrafted

Elden Campbell was the one defending Shaq that time. I can still remember when Shaq made a dropstep, colliding with Elden and Elden didnt even move. :D

0:10 only person i seen who had this shaq vid❤️ i searched everywhere

Y’all missing Dennis rodman he kept Shaq under 10 points in the entire game and 0 points in the 2 half no double team

Big Ben 👑

Shaq still shot 62.3% in those 2004 finals while Kobe shot only 38%!

shaq got his revenge against the pistons with the heats in 06

Shaq wasn’t in the league for 21 years LOL

not to take anything away from Ben but i just would love to see the match up a few years earlier with shaq like 04-06 Ben with 92-02 Shaq

Yao ming did a good job because a Shaq had to really work on the defensive end

Shaqs game 3 numbers were ridiculous. 36 & 20 just to get the L. That’s some defense & transition basketball

I watched this nba finals between them and I have to disagree that wallace contained shaq. Although wallace played exceptional defense it was the overall team defense that made them beat lakers specially prince guarding kobe. A lot of times that prince guarded kobe and made him missed very important shots few minutes left in the game. It was also a bad decision for the lakers adding karl malone since he played at the post just like shaq. Everyone knows that its better to surround shaq with shooters instead of adding another post up player like malone.

Hate to say it, but Ben did not lock down shaq. Shaq ate when he wanted to. Dropped 30 something points, at will. There were flashes when Ben got the best of him, game 5 for example.

Bruh, Ben Wallace did not shut Shaq down in that finals against the lakers. He held him under 20 points once, it happens to the best of them. But he did nothing close to shutting him down in that series, holding a great player below 20 points for one game isn’t shutting him down. Wallace did a great job in that Miami series thoo, gotta give him his props but him being a shaq stopper is nonsense

Ben Wallace was pretty good agains him on finals

Please. Shaq had to deal with both Rasheed and Ben at the same time. Malone wasn’t around for most of that series to help contain Rasheed. Ben Wallace by himself couldn’t handle Shaq.

RODMAM

Rodman...1v1 vs Shaq multiple times limited vastly.

He also made the all-Madden team!

I thought it was gonna be dennis when I heard pistons.

Elden Campbell

Anyone remember when ben wallace blocked shaq

You can add an accolade: Only hall of famer that wasnt drafted.

Key word contain. Big Ben was one hell of a defender. But if Kobe didn't want to take the crown that early and fed the ball down low and gave touches to GP and Malone, they would've won it. Kobe is one of the best ever, God rest his soul, but he also knows he blew that series for them with miss after miss. Pistons played the man by playing on Kobe wanting to be THE man.

“though he was just 6’9” 💀💀

The best defensive team

Olajuwon and Yao !!!!!

Shaquille O'Neal averaged 24.5 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 23 games versus Ben Wallace in his career. So.wallace did better than Rodman

ILL NEVER FORGET BEEN WALLACE BLOCK ON SHAQ IN THAT MIAMI GAME LMAO I WAS SO PRESSWD FOR BEN WALLACE !!!!!

nobody could hold Shaq, but Ben gave great effort..was a big Wallace fan at the time even tho the Lakers was my squad.

BIG BEN

They Both Pistons! Rodman and Wallace!

Duncan owned him

2 players actually. Olajuwon and Yao ming both could out play shaq and yao could contain shaq easily when i watched them. Olajuwon was a better offensive player than both though.

You said "The Pistons took down the Lakers 100-87, on the road" This is not true. The Pistons won game 5 at home. It was a 2-3-2 format. They played 3 straight in Detroit

Ben and Dennis

Best centers in my opinion 1. Hakeem Olajuwon 2. Patrick Ewing 3. Shaq 4.David Robinson 5. Kareem 6.wilt chamberlain 7.bill Russell 8. Alonzo mourning 9. Dikembe mutombo 10. Yao Ming

Dennis rodman held shaq to 0 points, aswell in the overtime

Ben did his share but they didn't play Shaq man to man. Ben did the big part but that was a team effort to beat that half hurt Shaq!!!!!

👊🏼💪🏼❤️

RIP a lockdown defender...lol

I love how you play some stock video of a some god awful HS players when you talk about him playing D2 ball. Disrespectful to D2 and D3 in my opinion.

Ben Wallace owned Shaq

Yet Shaq never talk about Ben

Big Ben and he got a ring against Shaq and Kobe.

Joe Jhonson

Dope! Rodman also shutdown Shaq!! Never forget.

Wilt Chamberlain would have done what Olajuwon didnnear every game to shaq

Hakeem!

Wallace always gave 💯. I don't even watch this woke BS anymore but will always respect that team.

minimize not stop

Derrick Coleman

Most dominant,= wilt Chamberlain

Shaq wasn't Shaq in 03 or 04 like literally stop caring and wasn't putting any effort into the game anymore

Shaq is bron In New Jersey

Dennis Rodman?????

Rodman

No. Then Kobe took over for the Lakers. Messed up the flow of their offense. I love Ben Wallace but the truth is the league changing the way they refereed Shaq and Kobe being the brat that he was is what cost the Lakers that ring. The NBA was not trying to go back to a big man led league. And with Tim and Shaq running through the league that's what they were looking at.

Almost like bam adebayo

Ben Wa is no 6'9" but is just 6'7".

Malik rose?

BEST D AGAINS SHAQ WAS A MR. GREAT BIG BEN WALLACE

Lol

Look at Shaqs career numbers vs Wallace or Rodman..no player could defend Shaq 1 v 1. Cut this narrative out

And rodman, NO lol of course NOT he would get worn down by shaq if shaq just stayed calm and dont let him get under his skin then rodman couldnt do nothing.

My kings won the 01-02 series they cheated us