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 great paid understanding win
It's great for us to win a game like this. Understanding the game is not over when we were down really paid off for us.
kindness
It's kind of been the same story for a while.
attention chance realizing win
It's just a little more attention to detail. It's realizing if we're going to have a chance to win games, we're going to have to defend.
comeback game lose shame
It's a shame that we lose a game like that after having to make a comeback like that.
remember time
It was captivating, ... It was a long time ago, and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
beat facet
They beat us in every facet of the game. The way we got beat was kind of ridiculous. After halftime, there was no effort. We have to try some different things.
challenge consistent drift fade night trying
That is our challenge this year, trying to get him to play consistent night in and night out and not drift and fade away.
kindness playing sam steven tough
It's been kind of tough for Sam because Steven has been playing well.
early energy hard transition
It's hard to come back when you're down like that. The way they got up was from transition baskets. I just think their energy got us early on.
awkward blended maybe plays seemed understood
It seemed like he'd never left. He blended in, understood the plays we were doing. It didn't seem that awkward at all from our standpoint. Maybe from his it was.
beat best coming establish four games home realize teams
It was important for us coming home for these four games that we establish some home-court (advantage), so when teams come in here they realize they have to play their best game to beat us.
add best coach couple exception floor guys players playing rather seen strengths
We have players we haven?t actually seen out on the floor, with the exception of a couple guys playing now, ... But I want to see the players out on the floor. We can always say we want to add this, add that, but to actually see the players out on the floor once they get there, in person so I can see their strengths and weaknesses, I think that?s the best thing to do rather than say, ?Let?s go get this, get that.? Every coach can say that at some point.
giving talked trying
We've talked about it before, of when you get beat, not giving up on the things you're trying to do.
man spread
We're going to spread it around a little bit. We're not going to be a one-man, two-man team.