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
basketball entitled feels game good needed offensive players rebound shot somebody win wire worry
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.
guys needed pass plays reluctant second veteran
We needed guys to make plays down the stretch. We needed guys to pass the ball. (Webber) is our veteran leader, and that's why I was so reluctant to take him out in the second half.
beat coming home knew needed playing team
We needed this one badly. We knew coming in here we were just playing a team that beat us on our home court.
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.
against boost certainly chance defending feeling gives good needed ourselves playing ready san second team
It certainly will give us a boost to get ready for the second half. We needed a boost to get us back feeling good about ourselves and playing against a team like San Antonio, the defending champions, gives you a chance to feel good about yourselves.
allen certain chris continued drive guys jump needed open penalty score shots stretch wide
I thought down the stretch of the game, when we needed those two guys to score the points, that?s what they did. That?s what they have to do. We got to the penalty at a certain point, Allen continued to drive the ball, and Chris had wide open jump shots because of it.
needed
I don't want to underestimate the win. We needed a win.
good happen needed ourselves wins
I just thought we needed something good to happen to us to feel good about ourselves and these two wins are big for us.
man spread
We're going to spread it around a little bit. We're not going to be a one-man, two-man team.
allen chris games guys trying win
We have to get other guys involved. We're not just trying to win games with Allen and Chris doing all the scoring.
capable certainly energy high hurt level memphis playing points putting
When he got hurt in Memphis he was playing at a high level in the first half. We need him. We need him out there. We need his energy and certainly we need the way he?s capable of putting points on the board.
attempts basketball bit early number offensive post running tonight unusual
We want him to get offensive opportunities - no question. I think that he can get more opportunities in running the floor, getting early post up which he did. Tonight was a little unusual where he had more than a number of attempts at dunking the basketball going to the rim so I think that's a little bit unusual.
consistency record
We're in that phase. It's been 50 games. We should have some consistency by now. But we're not there. We just haven't put it together. That's why we have the record we have.
against climbing team uphill
We started out so poorly. You can't do that against a team like Dallas. We were climbing uphill the whole game.