Mo Cheeks
Mo 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...
sam starting
Sam is working his way back in the lineup. I don't know when. He will be back starting at some point. I just want him to be consistent; I want him to be aggressive, that's all. It has something to do with Steven; it has something to do with us as a team.
bench easy guy kyle starting
For a guy to be starting and then go to the bench is not always an easy thing. Fortunately for me, you have a guy like Kyle who will do anything for us to be successful.
balance continued feeling game good great needed tonight win
We just needed to win a game to get back to feeling good about ourselves, and I thought tonight was a great way to do it. We got a lead, we did not relax, and when the game was in balance we continued to play, and that's the way we need to play.
allen chris continued drive fourth guys jump late needed penalty score shots
Down the stretch, when we needed those two guys to score the points, that's what they did. We got into the penalty and Allen continued to drive the ball, and Chris had wide-open jump shots because Allen continued to drive the ball, and that's what those guys have to do late in the fourth quarter.
bang bit dive guy hustle rebound
You get a guy who can bang a little bit, rebound a little bit, dive on the floor. You got a hustle guy who does a little bit of everything.
less minutes start trying
I think less minutes is something that we're going to start trying to do now.
aggressive bit change coming defense early felt help maybe needed
Johnny, as of late, has been coming in early anyway, so I just felt we needed a little bit of change maybe to help our aggressive defense from the beginning.
bit guys saw tonight
What you saw tonight was a little bit of our future, young guys who can make plays.
allen hurt point
If Allen is hurt to the point where he can't play, you know he's really, really hurt.
ability ball guys shooting shot
If they're not shooting the ball that well it can be a little tough, but they have different guys who have the ability to shoot the ball the way they shot it tonight.
beat
I didn't want to beat on them again.
allen chris
No, Allen and Chris are not going to play tonight.
You have to try and find a way to do it.
allen ball bit four guys hands hopefully spread three
When you have an Allen Iverson, you can put the ball in his hands when you're struggling. When you don't you have to spread it around a little bit and hopefully get three or four guys who are going to score.