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
I know I am looking forward to it because they are the 'other' best team in the league. Of course, you want to play against the best. We've gotten off to a great start, and so have they.
I know at any time, I can explode and have a night like this, ... Everyone knew it was coming at one point, one of these games. We didn't know when, but I thought (against Steve Nash) I would have to be a little more aggressive.
I'm very, very excited for this opportunity to kind of resurface in the community and the arena that I miss playing in and that I loved so much when I was there.
I need to get some extra work in. Same shots I've been shooting haven't been going.
I needed to get some extra work in. The same shots that I've been shooting just haven't been going in. I think it's just reps. We haven't had that much practice time. I haven't had that much time to work on it, so it's just repetition.
In a strange sort of way, this is probably our best loss of the season. It lets you know we can't coast to the finish line.
I'm not sure what's wrong. They've been able to score points against us early. We give teams that freedom early on and when we try to play lock-down defense it's tough, because they've already got it going.
They keep you off-balance, and they are very disciplined. They are just a well-coached team.
They live and die with their three-point shot; they got a lot of great three-point shooters. We're just trying to run them off that line -- either go to the rack or shoot mid-range shots. Because we know if they get it cooking from that three-point line, you could give yourself a long night.
It was just another game for us. We're just trying to win every game we can to gain home court through the playoffs.
It was just another game for us to work toward our goal.
It was just one of those nights. Sometimes the game is going a certain way, and I feel like I've got to try to step up and be aggressive shooting the ball. These have definitely been two tough games.
It was just kind of downhill. They got a little confidence going and they got back into the game and they came out victorious.
They've got some really good young talent on that team. They just need some experience to play together for a few years and they will, they could be a force.