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
correct figuring placing purpose switch whoever
We didn't make the correct switch. Whoever didn't make the switch didn't do it on purpose. This isn't about placing blame, it's about figuring out how to do it right at the end.
faster gate kept looking mud quicker walked
We walked out of the gate looking like we were the ones in the mud and they were a lot quicker than us, faster than us, and kept us on our heels.
felt
I've always felt like Philadelphia was the place I would end up, the place I was going to be, ... I've always felt it.
work
Sometimes you have to work with what you have.
came effort game guys step wear
Sometimes, when you play in a game of this magnitude, it can wear on you a little bit. I don?t think the guys came out there intentionally to be a step slower. I thought our effort was pretty good. They were just better.
figure happy mine yell
Sometimes, I'm a little soft-spoken, and sometimes I yell a little bit. They have to figure out when I'm going to yell, when I'm not going to yell. I think there's a happy medium. I have to find out the little things about players' personalities, and they have to find out about mine as well.
assumed decision practice today whether
At practice today I didn't know whether or not they were going play and I assumed they were going play. So I just made a decision that they're not going play.
attention basketball building chance coming detail game good last minute playing points team
Coming into a building like this, playing a very good basketball team like this, you know if you get up 20 points they're going to make a run. They had a chance at the end. But our attention to detail was big, from the first minute of the game to the last minute.
game needed stretch
Down in the stretch of the game when we needed points, that's what they did. That's what they have to do.
backs based challenge coming game gets knew playing runs team totally tough upset
Us coming off back to backs and playing a team that gets out and runs was going to be a challenge for us. I'm not totally upset about this game. We knew it was going to be a tough game just based on the way they play.
andre came everybody good great guys johnny kyle played practice trying uplifted yesterday
Yesterday was a great practice with guys who came back like Johnny (Salmons) who was very good yesterday, and Kyle (Korver) and Andre (Iguodala). They uplifted the practice with the guys who are here trying to make a team. Everybody played pretty well. It was a great practice yesterday,
forward gives guys looking sure trying
We have some guys trying to make the team, anyway, so it gives them other opportunities I'm sure they're looking forward to.
game guys step trying winning
We had a lot of guys step up when (Iverson) went out. This was not a game of stats. This was about our guys going out there and just trying to play. Everyone had a part in winning this game.
guys step trying
We had a lot of guys step up when A.I. went down. It was about trying to play and perform.