Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Billups
Chauncey Ray Billupsis an American retired professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association. A star at the University of Colorado, he was selected third overall in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. A five-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA selection, Billups played for the Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Clippers during his NBA career. He won the NBA Finals MVP in 2004...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth25 September 1976
CityDenver, CO
Tay is their biggest problem playing against us. They put a big guy on him and his perimeter game is so good. They go small and he posts up. And he's not just a scorer, he makes plays down there and gets rebounds (eight Thursday). He's a match-up nightmare.
Tay had us on his back last night and we couldn't quite get the victory. He had us on his back again tonight, and he carried us all the way through.
Tay had us on his back last night and almost carried us to a victory. Tonight, he did it.
I told Ben that I wished he had stayed in there. He's going to try to make those shots. We've got his back either way.
It's amazing the strides he's made in such a short career. He's climbed to the top of the mountain very quickly. With the hype he got coming in, it was hard to imagine that he could've lived up to it. He's surpassed it.
It's hard to buy gifts for people who have everything.
It's a big win. It's a big win, but we'll see. It's one that we needed to get. I'm sure they felt the same way.
It's a little more rewarding winning on the road because you're facing so much adversity. You've got 18- or 20,000 people rooting against you and all you've got is the team you're on and everyone on that bench. That's all you really have. It's a lot more fun to be at home, just to be in front of your own fans, but to win on the road is more rewarding.
It's a little different having the best record. That's what we shot for the whole season, having the best record and the home-court advantage throughout (the playoffs). Accomplishing that goal brings added pressure. But that's what we wanted. We're extremely happy with where we're at now.
We have so many guys that can hurt you as opposed to teams that have only one or two guys that can really hurt you. You can adjust your defense to stop one or two guys. YOu can't do that when you play us. We have too many options.
We're playing better. We're making progress. But now we've got to continue to do that, and not always take one step and then two steps back. That's the way it's been most of the season.
We really executed. We got some easy baskets. We played with high energy. Our defense was great and our offense was better.
We didn't want to be too much in transition because we were already tired coming into the game. We had the tempo where we needed it to be.
We're healthy. A couple of our guys sat out, a couple of our young boys got an opportunity to play. They all played well, so we're fine.