Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeksis an American retired professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons from June 10, 2013, to February 9, 2014 and has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 September 1956
CityChicago, IL
game
That game is embarrassing for me and embarrassing for the players.
score stay team trying watching
You're kind of watching the game, watching the score up there, trying to see what this team is doing, and then you're watching your team, and your team is trying to stay focused.
allowed cut defensive eventually lead plays several win
There were several plays where we had lapses on the defensive end that allowed them to cut the lead and then eventually win the game.
blocking defensive great shots
Deng Gai did a great job, clogging up the middle, being a defensive stopper, and blocking shots when we needed.
afford coming focused knew realizing situation win wins
Any win is big. Realizing where we are and the situation that we're in, we can't afford any let downs. We knew coming in that we had to have these two wins and I just think that we focused on them.
happen
Anything can happen in this league. You have to give yourself a chance.
beats coach happens lost puts reflection regardless shoulders team whether
Anything that happens with the team is a reflection of myself. Any coach puts it on his shoulders when a team comes in and beats your team, regardless of whether you lost by one or 20.
guards offensive people point smartest win
The way they play, most people say you can't win that way, but that's how they play and they have one of the smartest point guards (Nash) in the league. They play aggressive, offensive basketball.
challenged defense defensive game great memphis night quality team
This game was a quality game for us because Memphis is a quality team. The other night I challenged our team on the defensive end and our defense was great tonight.
against basketball five four game games happened lost matter win
No, we lost four of five games and it didn't matter who it was. We had to win a basketball game and it so happened to be against Portland.
advantage almost ball beat giving jump pushing shot shots taking talk
They shot almost 59 percent. We always talk about giving up jump shots and that's really what they beat us at; a jump shot game. That's their game, pushing the ball up the floor, taking advantage of mismatches, and doing the things they do.
allen certain chris continued drive guys jump needed open penalty score shots stretch wide
I thought down the stretch of the game, when we needed those two guys to score the points, that?s what they did. That?s what they have to do. We got to the penalty at a certain point, Allen continued to drive the ball, and Chris had wide open jump shots because of it.
chicago
I thought Chicago had more energy, that's for sure.
attempted giving trade
I thought before we attempted to trade Steven, he had started grasping the way we want him to play. Rebounding, giving us energy, I thought he was doing that.