Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billups didn’t mince his words when summarizing the team’s disappointing loss to the Denver Nuggets.
After the game, the rookie head coach said he was “confused” by the lack of effort shown during the 94-125 one-sided affair, particularly from the starting unit.
“We missed some shots in the first quarter but I’m just confused, I don’t think we came to compete in this game. I mean this is a team that beat us in the playoffs last year.
“And we come and don’t even compete in the first quarter, so I’m a little disappointed in that effort, you know, you can control if shots will or won’t go down, we had some good looks, but just no fight.