Chauncey Billups Tempo Quotations

We didn't want to be too much in transition because we were already tired coming into the game. We had the tempo where we needed it to be.

We wanted to get back to playing Pistons basketball. We got caught up in the wrong tempo in Dallas, but tonight we played our game.

We wanted to get back to playing Pistons basketball, ... We got caught up in the wrong tempo in Dallas, but tonight we played our game.

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.