Chauncey Billups Postgame Interview | Portland Trail Blazers 130, Sacramento Kings 113

Chauncey Billups Postgame Interview | Portland Trail Blazers 130, Sacramento Kings 113

Joh in a game where things go sideways you really sometimes can’t take a lot from it when things go so well up and down the roster what can you take from from for a young team um we talked a lot over the last you know uh all this all today you know

We we had couple days off able to kind of refocus on some things and I think I shared a few with y’all before the game is I felt like our um we l lost our way a little bit defensively U if you will from a standpoint of when we play well it’s our

Defense that fuels the offense you know um and there’s so many times we came out and uh we thought that we could outshoot teams and out offense teams and we were not built that way right now so um we got back to that you know I thought our

Defense was flying around the whole time you know we talked about how important it is to get off to good starts and we talked about we need to play better at home you know we need to there certain things we need to do and we did that uh

Today we did a really good job of that we talked about us crashing you know we had our crashing that gone down the last five six games so we wanted to just get back to what we’ve been trying to do the whole time and I thought today um really

From start to finish we did it playing against a offensive Juggernaut you know um knowing that our defense will be you know it’ll be challenged today I mean you look at what the and and also sabonis did I mean it was impressive but we were able to absorb it because we had

So many different efforts from everybody in preseason one of the big questions was who’s the guy who who’s the man has Anthony answered that I think Anna is on his way you know he’s he’s our best offensive player he’s our best scorer you know um he’s on his way and I think

He’s doing a better job of of trying to facilitate as well you know um so I think he’s the obvious guy you know when you talk about who’s your scor who’s your number one option or your scoring guy is an you know um but an is still a

Young player and an still got a ways to go too you know I thought some of our stretches tonight you know his decision making um wasn’t what if he had a do over he would say man that was my bad you know um but what he did do is stick

With it and come out and start making simple plays again and we was able to open when the game back up so to answer your question yeah I mean he he is he’s our obvious you know offensive guy CH you mentioned the efforts that you got particularly From the Bench tonight I

Everyone who played had a fomal game three those guys may be had career games U can you talk about just what you got from your bench tonight yeah our our bench was incredible um tonight man and our benches you know to be honest they’ve been so good most of the year

But tonight obviously was a was the exceptional night with W having you know his career high in points and rebounds I just thought he was um he was so focused and locked in I’ve been on him you know about needing some rebounds you know and being better defensively and also you know I’m

Telling them if you’re not shooting when you’re out there I don’t know what advantage you give us you know you got to see what you got you know you got to be out there shooting and you get the opportunity you got to shoot it um and

So he’s he he took full advantage of it you know I thought he was incredible tonight he gave us option you know and they tried to pack the paint on us throwing it back they played that drop coverage and uh he hurt him but I thought scoot um and I thought scoot was

Incredible I really did I thought he was incredible just his Pace his Tempo getting the tack in that basket he played with ferocity tonight which is what I’m always on him I’m always on him you know scoot you should just be playing fast be athletic you know I I’m

Living with the mistakes don’t worry about the mistakes just just just play aggressive and man I thought he was just he was phenomenal um out there tonight and on both ends of the floor too I thought his decision making was really good very

Sound um boy he gave us a big lift um he really did he gave us a huge huge lift um and Barry you know this this thing is this is becoming kind of normal for Jabari you know he he plays he’s so competitive and he plays

With so much fire um the things that we need and he’s such a he’s such a good rebounder another area that we need so he was good he was good the whole time few games the Washington game the Phoenix game about needing to take care of the ball better only seven turnovers

Tonight that’s something what do you attribute that to well that was big time that was big time um that’s one thing that I think has been really hurting our defense you know is turning the ball over and then you know you it’s it’s tough you you you spending the whole

Time but I just felt like uh you know we played with such Pace tonight getting the ball up and we there was no like what are we in or what we like everybody was we knew four or five plays that we wanted to play out of um and then I kind

Of gave them you know the keys to do it until the fourth quarter I said no I got it we’re going to run a play every time you know um let’s learn from a lot of our fourth quarters and let’s just slow down and get good shots so um I was I

Was very uh I was very happy and very impressed with how we took care of the basketball three-o shooting can be kind of thickle but do you feel like you guys contributed a lot to their for shooting in that area I did I did I thought our

Defense flew around you know the whole time I mean you you know playing against this team that you’re going to have your hands full with the Aon you’re going to have your hands full with with domas and um it’s everybody else when the her and monks and keegans and when those guys

Get you 8 16 12 17 that’s when this G team can go get you 100 go get 140 on you and uh they can turn your lights out pretty quick but we did such a good job on all of those all of those other guys just our physicality I thought was at a

High level defensively um and our alertness was was really good you started Moses saying you wanted some rebounding he got you I think 11 and 14 minutes but D obious got more minutes is that because he was got the hot hand or was that your plan all along no my plan

Is to to feel the game you know and just see how it goes um and obviously was he was having a big time game but I thought moses’ minutes were huge you know I mean huge like he he’s just anything that’s in his area he’s going

To get it you know um that’s what you love about him I mean he he he goes from not playing for I don’t know a month you know months and and then he hops in there he’s in good shape he’s ready to go he only takes one shot but gets 11

Rebounds and he’s talking on defense and trying to deter people at The Rim um and obviously sh he had a tough matchup with with with sabonis and he he just hung in there I was I was very happy with Mo cool to be able to put baji in for the

First time yeah yeah it was it was it was good to see baji uh IBU out there um and you know hopefully you know we’ll we’ll be able to see him some more any thoughts on Wy coming to town for two games maybe two I’m looking forward to

It I’m looking forward to it I haven’t watched them play that much I think I’ve seen them play once uh this year but obviously now my I turn to to watching all of them you know for the next day or three four days so um I’m looking

Forward to to to play against them and just kind of seeing them out there you’ve seen a lot of hype rookies coming into the league do you recall anything at this level this magnitude besides LeBron other than Braun no I don’t I don’t I don’t recall any you know the

Type of hypee and Hooper that uh that wimy is getting um but as I watched him I see what it’s all about you know um he’s doing things that his size that are unheard of you know the way that he can move and his skill set is just it’s it’s

It’s top-notch um so we’ll see it up firsthand

Coach Billups talks after Portland’s largest win of the season.

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