Following each of his first 23 games as a head coach in the NBA, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups did not address his team following the game, win or loss.
That changed Saturday following the team’s 145-117 loss to the Boston Celtics.
“For the first time all season I spoke tonight after the game,” Billups told reporters. “And it wasn’t emotional. Obviously, I’ll keep that between the team and I. I wasn’t emotional. I’m not a yeller. I was speaking with this tone, but just speaking real.”
That was one of a few colorful quotes the first-year head coach had about his team’s loss.