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
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This was a heck of a win. Everyone fought hard for us all game. This game was a prime example of a team effort to not lose a game.
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When you have two 7-footers in the game like that, it does a lot for your defense.
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When you play a team that has come back and beat you each time in some form or fashion, it can play little mind games on you.
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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.
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We just had a very brief meeting, and we realize that we have to win (tonight) against Boston and it?s tied up again and realizing we?re going to Chicago. So ..I think everyone still feels like we?re there. We just have to win the game against Boston.
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We all think that Andre is this veteran player, because he has played so many games in his first two seasons. We take for granted that he should be at another level, but he has to grow a little more.
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We can?t rely on going home. We have to start building ourselves a little momentum -- take it one step at a time and take it one game at a time.
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Steven has taken advantage of the opportunity, and that's what this game is about.
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I thought our guys played well. It was a young group. When you throw a young group against a veteran group, you may be able to win a game like that. A veteran group is going to use their brain a little bit, and that's what they did.
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We need one. We're entitled to one, I think. We've been going down to the wire a lot of games. Sometimes it feels good for the players and myself to play a game where you don't have to worry about somebody getting an offensive rebound or making a last-second shot to win a basketball game. For us, we needed that.
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It is a tough way to start the game when you put yourself in a hole against a team like the Mavericks. The pressure bothered us a little.
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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.
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He had some flu-like symptoms last night. He just came to the game and felt OK to play. It got worse.
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We know how these games are. We've been on the other side. We had games we thought we won, and the other team came back. San Antonio had the game won.