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
allen few guys pain tolerate
Allen is one of the few guys that can tolerate a lot of pain. If Allen can't play, you know he's really, really hurt.
allen basketball chris few great picking playing playoff seasons wins
Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team.
allen bench gave guys hear
You could hear Allen on the bench keep saying, 'We're still there, We're still there. I think he gave a lot of guys a lot of hope.
beat stay trying
I did all the talking. You've got to beat them up a little and re-assure them. It's about us trying to stay together, which we will, and to keep working.
fighting number stay together trying
I did all the talking. It was about us and trying to stay together - number one - which we will do, and to keep working. You have to keep working through it. I just know that we have to keep fighting and keep working.
based certainly played win
I certainly thought we'd win more than 43 games, absolutely. I'm disappointed, myself, based on the way we played so far.
certainly win
I certainly thought we'd win more than 43 games.
amazing close games win
You won't win games by going 0-for-19, but you will never, ever win a game going 0-for-19 and 24 turnovers. It's amazing we were that close in the game.
andre defends extremely foul game gets johnny kyle nice tracy
Andre gets in foul trouble, wasn't able to play a lot of minutes, Johnny and Kyle come in and do a very nice job, and then Andre comes back in at the end of the game and defends Tracy (McGrady) extremely well.
emotion emotions gone season
All the emotion is gone now. This was not the way I wanted get the season started.
build carry chance emotion game hopefully points
The game was such a seesaw game. We were down 16 points and it didn't look like we had a chance of getting back in the game, and then things started transpiring. ... Hopefully we can build off that (today) and let the emotion from that game just carry us throughout.
attention came game taking transition
The game was much more important for us than them, but we just came out, we defended, we got out early. That was the game, really. We defended, we rebounded the basketball. Really it was taking away the transition baskets and our attention to detail.
defense early game transition
The game was much more important for us than it was for them. We got out early and defended. They got some transition baskets, but for the most part, our defense was good.
hit pierce
(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes.