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.
game guys playing teams throws understand
He throws the long pass. He didn't panic. Those teams and guys like that understand about playing the game and not hurrying.
attitudes believe guys importance leave number somehow turn understand urgency
Somehow we've got to turn it. We've got to turn it immediately for us to get back in this thing. We're still there, but we've got to turn it immediately. We've got to turn attitudes and turn to believe in yourself as well as your team. We've got to turn it around and make guys understand the importance of it, number one, the urgency of it, number two, and leave it out on the floor.
anxious driving game good interested running
I'm very anxious to see how he plays. I don't have any second-guessing that he will not play the same. He's been very good at the things he's been doing - driving the ball, running the team. I'm very interested to see him out there in a game situation.
games guys knew last step three win
I knew it would be a lot like the last three games we had, and we'd have to win it down the stretch. We had a lot of guys step up when AI went down.
essence game gonna harder knew played quarter third tough
I knew it was gonna be a tough game. The essence of that game was that they played harder than we did. ... It was our first quarter and third quarter that put us in the hole.
basketball bench good knew randy
I knew Randy would be on someone's bench because he's a very good basketball coach. That's not a secret.
games overall past phenomenal season taking talked team terms three
It's something that we've talked about this season in terms of (Iverson) being a team leader. The past three games he's been phenomenal from taking over the game to his overall leadership.
basketball game leader means sharing taking talked terms three
It's something we talked about in this new season; to do different things in terms of being a leader out on the floor. That means sharing the basketball and taking over the game when he has to. These three games, he has been phenomenal.
game higher raise
Everyone had to raise their game a little higher and I thought everyone did.
best
The best part is that we know that we can get better defensively and offensively.
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.
came defense floor game guys helped playing tried turned
They just controlling the game and our defense was not that good. Everyone that we had out on the floor was not playing defense. I tried to insert some guys that were going to give us a little energy, give us a little defense and they turned the game around. Those guys that I put in there helped us get back in the game. Everyone that came in the game had a part in the victory.
ball energy high minute took touched
It was high energy. He hadn't touched a ball for a week, so it took him a minute to get his rhythm. Once he did, we kind of took off. Then, he was doing the things he always does.