Chauncey Billups Great Quotations

Watching him is unbelievable. His team's one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, he gets the MVP of this game with all these great players. It's unbelievable. The kid is a freak of nature.

We really executed. We got some easy baskets. We played with high energy. Our defense was great and our offense was better.

No doubt, you've got to be proud of what we did so far and we are very proud of this first 51 games. But our work is far, far from being over with. We look to try to pick back up and have a great second part of the season.

I'd be my choice, to be honest with you, but Steve Nash is another great choice. He's kept that team afloat, and not just afloat, but winning a division.

We take a lot of pride in being a good road team. From Day 1, we talked about being a great road team.

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.

Larry is great and made a difference on our team, ... But I think we were great before he got here. We may have made the Finals the year before Larry got here, but I was injured. He came into a good situation and he made us better. It is going to be our chance to show we have a great team.

Rip did a great job on him, that was his assignment. He contested a lot of his shots.

Lindsey gave us an unbelievable lift. It was great to get that rest. It allowed us to get back fresh to finish out the game.

It feels great to get some rest. We worked hard for that and we're going to cherish that right now, even if that means losing a few games, you know what I'm saying? We're all trying to get rest and the guys that are out there are trying to stay healthy more than anything. I mean, so what? We did what we've had to do so far.

That was kind of fun. It was a high-tempo shootout until the end. Our offense is good, and we have some great offensive players, but defense is still what we do.

That's what a great team is all about. When somebody is struggling, somebody else is picking up the slack, and we've done that time and time out.

We're never out of the game. You can just never measure pride. We're never out of the game, no matter what the score looks like. Tonight was a great example of that.

That's what we're about. Our offense is good, and we got a lot of great offensive players. But our defense - that's what we're known for. That's what we do.

That's going to be a major boost, to get Lindsey back and get Dale going, to play him some more minutes. He played some great minutes in Indiana. To have them two really adds a new dimension to our team.

They've got a really good team. They're deep, they play hard, and they've got a lot of great shooters. If they get that three-ball going, they're tough. There are a lot of different situations we've got to be aware of.

They played with so much confidence. They showed how great they can be.

It's a big difference. You get used to playing a certain way. We'll be fine, but it takes away some of the great things we do.

It's great because we're no longer looking over our shoulders if somebody thinks we're taking a bad shot. There's been a lot more freedom.

The bench was big, no doubt about it. All those guys played great tonight. We're going to need that from them in the playoffs.

That fueled our fire more than anything. That made us come back in training camp in great shape with one goal, and that was to get home-court advantage.

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.

That's a great, great honor. I've never got that before. I've been player of the week, but player of the month is a lot tougher to get because you have to do it over the course of four straight weeks.

That's a great feat. It feels good to accomplish that, especially in a storied franchise like this with the Bad Boys.

I'm glad he's getting that opportunity to play consistent minutes. He's great for our team because he's athletic and he can make plays with the ball. He can stretch the defense with his shooting ability, and he's a big piece to our team.

I knew it was going to be tough. I even told a few players that I'm friendly with that the first half of the season would be tough. Just getting to know what (Larry) likes, getting used to how he coaches. But I didn't know it was going to be this tough. I didn't know they'd struggle this bad with the players they have. They've got some great talent on that team.

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.

He's a guy who can score anywhere on the court. He passes. He plays great defense,

He's one of the great ones, and the great ones make it easy for everybody. When he's rolling, everybody has easy shots and everybody gets the shots they want because they have to gear their defense to stopping him. They have to shift their whole focus.

He almost carried us to a victory last night, and he did it tonight. He's just playing great basketball right now.