"[Wallace] has to play better, bottom line," said Rivers, who has given
Wallace plenty of rope this season. "He has to play better defense —
the offense will come — but he has to be a better defender. And we
can't wait for him. He has to be a better defender for us."
Rivers seemed unwilling to completely yank Wallace from the rotation,
but noted that Williams won't be overlooked.
"{Williams] enters the discussion every day," said Rivers. "He's
definitely in the discussion, there's no doubt about that."
Make the move, Doc. Shelden's time is now. You can't afford to wait any longer.
Meanwhile, Paul Pierce is treating Game 2 like Game 7.
"The urgency has to go up, we don't want to go down 2-0 and put yourself
in that type of hole, especially against a team like Cleveland," said
Pierce. "The urgency is there. We felt like Game 1 was important, but we
let it slip away due to little things. Hopefully we clean those things
up, come back with the same type of mindset, the same type of energy,
with a little more perfection in our game and we'll be alright.
"We gotta play Game 2 like it's Game 7."
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