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
Dice is playing so well right now. We depend on him every night to play like a starter.
We came into this game very focused, trying to get back on the right track. We knew we let one get away last night and it wasn't our best (performance).
That was a good win. We had a big win (Tuesday night against Dallas) with a lot of emotion and we were able to push that all aside and focus on this one. That was good by us.
It felt good - it was halfway down and it came out. That's to be expected when the night is going like that.
With the tough game we had last night and traveling as well, this team was waiting on us.
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.
We're just looking to be consistent now. Hopefully we can keep being good defensively and keep working offensively. That started a few games ago; we had a good win last night so we just want to keep it going.
Now he knows what it will be like to come into this building. It's going to be long nights for him. That's how it is when you play against us.
He had a tough night against us last time, but he was having a tough night against us in Miami, too, before he got going in that fourth quarter. It is what it is. I'm looking forward to it, though. It's always nice to play them.
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.
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.