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
definitely elite guys lock point teams
We're definitely going to see those guys down the road. They're one of the elite teams in the league, so at some point ... we're going to lock up.
definitely extra feeling good great guys main step
Guys are definitely feeling good right now. We made it here healthy; that was our main goal. ... We're feeling great right now. I think there's a little extra pep in everybody's step today.
both came coach couple definitely dominate game grown happy marriage medium perfect playing sacrificed score since struggles understand waiting
You know what I mean, just waiting to collide. There were some struggles in my first couple of months. There were definitely some struggles with Coach Brown. But we both sacrificed a lot. We came to a happy medium and it's been a perfect marriage ever since then. My game has definitely grown playing for Coach Brown. I think I look at the game in a different light. I understand that I can dominate a game now without having to score as much as I usually do on most nights.
city class definitely entire meant outside
What he meant to his game, not just to this city but to the entire league, with his sportsmanship and his class and his character, it doesn't come around often. Just the things that he did outside of this court, I think it's long overdue. He's definitely deserving.
control definitely floor man work
We are definitely going to have to work it out where all of us are on the floor together. We've got the man that is in control of it, so we should be able to work that out.
beat course definitely good match might played road team
They're a good team, a lot better than the way they played this year. Of course they beat us already. I think they match up pretty good with us. They have a good mix. They're definitely a team we might have to see down the road some time.
aggressive certain definitely game shooting step tough
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.
across capable definitely excited forward glad looking proud regain usa
I'm excited to have the USA across my chest. I'm glad they thought I was capable enough to regain our dominance. So I am proud of that, and I am definitely looking forward to it.
against believes control felt game good itself locker played plays room talked team tempo tested tries yesterday
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.
slip
We just want to get another win. We let one slip away down there, and we want to get it back.
care early game home jump knew last played protect tough
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.
chase hit hitting knew line matter measure start stepped
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.
shooting shots tough
We just had a tough shooting night. We got all the shots that we wanted, but they just didn't go down.
believed chance felt knew nobody win
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.