Rasheed struggling

The answer had nothing to do with the question.
After the Pistons dropped Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals to the Boston Celtics, 106-102, Rasheed Wallace was asked whether Boston could ride some momentum back to The Palace of Auburn Hills for a win-or-stay-home Game 6.
Wallace didn't answer the question. Instead, he embarked on an unprovoked verbal assault on the officiating crew of Eddie Rush, Mike Callahan and Ken Mauer.
"All that bull (bleep) calls they had out there, with Mike (Callahan) and Kenny (Mauer) -- you've all seen that (bleep)," Wallace spewed afterwards. A lot of them phantom calls, cats are flopping and falling all over the floor and they're calling that (bleep). That (bleep) ain't basketball out there. It's all (bleeping) entertainment. You all should know that (bleep). It's all that (bleeping) entertainment."
Perhaps Wallace was peeved about being a technical foul away from facing a one-game suspension.
Or maybe Wallace was just ticked off about how the game was called down the stretch, when the Celtics attempted 25 free throws in the second half.
Boston was 29-for-38 from the charity stripe in Game 5, and made 11-of-14 in the fourth quarter of a one-possession game.
Either way, Wallace's comment is sure to result in a league fine.
One thing Wallace didn't talk about was the sixth technical foul of this postseason that he was assessed with 5:18 left in the game. One more tech and Wallace will have to sit a game, whether it be Game 7 of the conference finals or some time during the NBA Finals should the Pistons advance.
The volatile Wallace got the tech for chirping to an official about what he thought was a bogus foul called on teammate Lindsey Hunter.
Prior to that, Wallace had played like his old self. All six of Wallace's baskets came from behind the arc, where he is a career 34.1 percent shooter. Prior to Game 5, Wallace had made just 3-for-27 from 3-point range in the last eight playoff games.
Asked what he attributed to him getting his stroke back, Wallace deadpanned, "I don't know what it was." But whatever it was, the Pistons will surely need it again -- in some capacity -- if they are to force a decisive Game 7.