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
That's crazy, man, crazy. I never thought that it would get like that. I can't imagine going through that, having to deal with that as a coach and a player. But for us, we don't worry about that. We just worry about us.
That's crazy. But, you know, it's been one of those special years. I just hope we keep it going.
The intensity of the game was unbelievable. Every possession was huge. It was a playoff game. I miss that. I can't wait to get back to that.
Their trigger might be a little quicker with us than everybody else because of our reputation. We're not just going to let you do whatever you want and not say anything. We're vocal.
It took us a while, but we got it going. It's tough when you haven't played in a week.
It takes a while -- a long time, because we have so many different sets, options. It's not just the regular old sets that every NBA team runs. We run a lot of stuff. It's kind of complicated.
It went kind of down hill. They got some confidence going and got back into the game. They came out victorious.
They called the same thing that got Rip thrown out of the game. They called the same exact thing, same ref. I don't understand.
We talked about it in the locker room before the game, that this was the game we needed. We felt they hadn't been tested in this postseason, they hadn't played against a team like us that plays defense, believes in itself and tries to control the tempo of the game. Yesterday was a good game to show them that.
We just want to get another win. We let one slip away down there, and we want to get it back.
We just wanted to go out there and protect our home court. We knew they played a tough game last night, so we wanted to jump on them early and take care of business.
We just stepped up to the challenge. I didn't ever think they were going to miss, and we couldn't hit anything, but we knew it was a matter of time. We're never out of a game, no matter what the score. You can't measure our pride. We just had to chase them off the 3-point line and start hitting some shots.
We just had a tough shooting night. We got all the shots that we wanted, but they just didn't go down.
We felt we had a chance to win this series, but nobody else felt that. We knew we were the only ones who believed in us.