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 offensive rebounds
That's how we got back in the game. We didn't let them get offensive rebounds and we got some turnovers.
ball fighting fights-and-fighting finally fought game gave hill hurts jump mind shooting side
That one hurts. It hurts because we fought our game. We were fighting up hill all game and we finally get it and we are up one, ball out on the side and we gave up a lay-up. I don't mind getting beat, shooting a jump shot, but we gave up a lay-up.
basketball effort example game lose prime team trying
That game was a prime example of a team effort and a team really trying not to lose a basketball game.
game
That game is embarrassing for me and embarrassing for the players.
blocking defensive great shots
Deng Gai did a great job, clogging up the middle, being a defensive stopper, and blocking shots when we needed.
afford coming focused knew realizing situation win wins
Any win is big. Realizing where we are and the situation that we're in, we can't afford any let downs. We knew coming in that we had to have these two wins and I just think that we focused on them.
happen
Anything can happen in this league. You have to give yourself a chance.
beats coach happens lost puts reflection regardless shoulders team whether
Anything that happens with the team is a reflection of myself. Any coach puts it on his shoulders when a team comes in and beats your team, regardless of whether you lost by one or 20.
guards offensive people point smartest win
The way they play, most people say you can't win that way, but that's how they play and they have one of the smartest point guards (Nash) in the league. They play aggressive, offensive basketball.
challenged defense defensive game great memphis night quality team
This game was a quality game for us because Memphis is a quality team. The other night I challenged our team on the defensive end and our defense was great tonight.
advantage almost ball beat giving jump pushing shot shots taking talk
They shot almost 59 percent. We always talk about giving up jump shots and that's really what they beat us at; a jump shot game. That's their game, pushing the ball up the floor, taking advantage of mismatches, and doing the things they do.
foul game missed opened
They opened the game up with some threes. I think it was a five-point game, we had two foul shots, we had a missed dunk, and it opened up after that.
controlled covered guys obviously paint
They obviously rebounded the ball, controlled the paint and covered for each other. Those two guys had a lot to do with our defense.
energy game push tempo threatened type
They don't usually push that type of tempo for 48 minutes, but they did to have us expend some energy. We got back in the game a little bit, but never really threatened enough to have a chance.