Stan Van Gundy’s instructions to his team to “form a f—ing wall” at the end of a win over the San Antonio Spurs this week has become a viral catch phrase of sorts.
The Detroit Pistons are rolling with the funny phrase that Stan Van told his team Tuesday night and even did a few things prior to Friday’s game to play off the instructions.
The Pistons dance team had T-shirts made that said “The Wall vs. Everybody.”
The Pistons' mantra for tonight…some kind of wall pic.twitter.com/KMiTgJFDvd
— Vincent Goodwill (@vgoodwill) January 9, 2015
The arena scoreboard flashed it:
#Pistons embracing form a wall pic.twitter.com/YzdhC3Ov5G
— Dave Pemberton (@drpemberton) January 10, 2015
And according to Bleacher Report’s Ethan J. Skolnick, the Pistons came out to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” for entrances.
Pistons are coming out to Pink Floyd's "The Wall" tonight. Stan: "It's strange to me."
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) January 9, 2015
Van Gundy didn’t seem to understand the fascination with the phrase:
Stan Van Gundy returns to locker room shaking his head…. "The Wall, the Wall…"
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) January 9, 2015
Here he is talking about it with the media.
#Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy on his now famous form a wall timeout in San Antonio http://t.co/ujb5F5nH2O
— Dave Pemberton (@drpemberton) January 9, 2015
“It’s a little weird … it’s strange to me, it really is,” Van Gundy said.
Well, if you were a fan, Stan, you would understand why we love it.
