Re: Eric Williams and Billups

[Mister Ghost <mister_ghost@yahoo.com>]

Yeah, but can he guard Pierce?  The matchup that really favors
Denver is with McDyess and Fortson.  They should overwhelm
the leaner Boston defenders....
MG


Phe Meas <PheM@e-parcel.com> wrote:
>
> Ire at Celtics motivation for Williams
> 
>                   By Vicki Michaelis
>                   Denver Post Sports Writer 
> 
>                   March 5 - MIAMI - Eric Williams, at this point,
> couldn't think of a better
>                   way to make his return to Boston.
> 
>                   Williams returned to the Denver Nuggets' starting
> lineup Thursday in Miami
>                   and responded with his best game of the season,
> scoring a team-high 21
>                   points on 7-of-15 shooting. That came on the heels
of
> a 15-point,
>                   five-rebound performance on Tuesday in Indiana,
which
> earned him the
>                   starting spot.
> 
>                   "It takes me going back to the Eastern Conference to
> get my game back, I
>                   guess,'' said Williams, who struggled so much
early in
> the season that for a
>                   time he fell to No. 3 at small forward.
> 
>                   Tonight, he'll be back in Boston for the first time
> since the Celtics traded him
>                   to the Nuggets in the summer of 1997.
> 
>                   "It's a big game because we need to win. But it's
more
> than that for me,''
>                   said Williams, who didn't get to play against Boston
> last year because he
>                   was sidelined by a knee injury.
> 
>                   Williams was motivated to hit the weights and lose
> weight during his injury
>                   layoff because the word coming from the Celtics on
him
> was that he was
>                   lazy and overweight. Now, the leaner, stronger
> Williams feels motivated to
>                   have the game of his career tonight.
> 
>                   "Personally, I would love to go out and score 50 on
> them,'' Williams said.
>                   "But I would be happier if we win. It would be great
> if I could have both,
>                   but I'd rather have the win.''
> 
>                   Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups, traded by the
Celtics
> just months after
>                   they drafted him No. 3 overall in June 1997, would
be
> happy just to play.
>                   But he and Bryant Stith, suffering from sprains to
> their left ankles, are not
>                   expected to play until the Nuggets' home game Sunday
> against San Antonio,
>                   at the earliest.
> 
>                   "You know I want to play in Boston,'' Billups said.
> "I've been waiting for
>                   Boston ever since I got traded last year. When the
> (schedule for) the short
>                   season came out, that was the first game I looked
for
> - now look at me.'' 
> 
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