How Gerald Wallace's 'vintage' alley-oop came to be


Brad Stevens spoke last night about his decision to give Gerald Wallace significant playing time in the Celtics 116-104 win in Charlotte:


Wallace himself clearly had a feeling he could turn back the clock in his old stomping grounds, calling for an alley-oop from Avery Bradley midway through the second quarter:



Afterwards Wallace implied he wasn't 100 percent certain he could pull it off, calling the dunk a "heat-check":


Bradley added his take as well:


In addition to his monster jam, Wallace pulled down five rebounds in 15 minutes (as many as Hornets' All-Star Al Jefferson had in the game) and grabbed two steals.



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