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
defense guys offense
Our offense is fine. Our defense is where's it's at. You have to put guys out there and show them how to play defense. We have to keep trying.
creating example forty intensity points prime team tonight
Forty points and 10 assists. When he wasn't scoring, he was creating opportunities for other guys. Tonight was a prime example of a team effort. Our intensity was much better from the start.
defense good three
For three quarters, our defense was very good tonight.
missed plane travel
Fortunately for us, he missed the plane yesterday. That's why you don't travel on the day of games.
came felt game last night ok symptoms
He had some flu-like symptoms last night. He just came to the game and felt OK to play. It got worse.
ball best defense option putting terms
He was our best option in terms of putting the ball in his hands. I thought his defense on Garnett was just excellent.
broke factor foul matter
He was going to play no matter what. If it was broke he was going to play anyway. He'd get it taped up and go out there. It may have been a factor on his foul shots.
ability allen basket bigger deeper drive form looks move player range shoots shots step type
He can move and come off screens. He's a different type player because he has the ability to step back from three-point range and make shots and he has the ability to drive to the basket. He's a bigger Allen (Iverson) with his ability to shoot. He shoots deeper than Allen. His ability to get to the basket is in the same form of Allen because he looks to attack, attack, attack.
ability ball defense impressive kyle player releases shoot talking time
He catches the ball and releases it so quick. I think that?s what?s so impressive about him. I think if you?re not around Kyle that much, and I?ve been talking defense this whole camp, but any time you see a player with his ability to shoot the ball he?s got to be on the floor.
concerned nice player taking time
He is one player that I'm not concerned about (with) his minutes. There was a time when I thought about taking him out of the game, and he started getting in a nice flow.
continued ended energetic fights-and-fighting last players stay
He (Howard) is great, young and energetic and always fighting. On that last play where a lot of players just stay put after a shot, he continued to play and ended up getting the big play.
looked moved practice ready
He looked healthy. He moved around in practice, so he's ready to go.
ball best figure forward looking work
He'll have the ball in his hands. I'm going to figure out what's best for him to play. I think the ball can be distributed and still be in his hands. We'll work out a way to make it work. I'm so looking forward to it.
eight game minutes plays points seven situations turn turned
We've been there, where we've been up 18 or 19 points. We've been there, where we've been up seven or eight points with two minutes to go in the game. So we've been in a lot of situations where we know the game could turn around. We had plays that turned the game around for us.