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.
remember time
It was captivating, ... It was a long time ago, and I can remember it like it was yesterday.
experience guys
I can look at it and say some of the guys have had a lot of experience because of the guys that have been hurt, but I also would like to have the guys that are going to play out on the court,
glad
I'm glad to have him back. Especially with Yao Ming here. You have to be very tentative with how you play Yao Ming.
ready yell
Allen's ready to go, ready to play and he's ready to yell when I take him out.
ability allen basket bigger deeper drive form looks move player range shoots shots step type
He can move and come off screens. He's a different type player because he has the ability to step back from three-point range and make shots and he has the ability to drive to the basket. He's a bigger Allen (Iverson) with his ability to shoot. He shoots deeper than Allen. His ability to get to the basket is in the same form of Allen because he looks to attack, attack, attack.
against basketball five four game games happened lost matter win
No, we lost four of five games and it didn't matter who it was. We had to win a basketball game and it so happened to be against Portland.
american-coach basketball certain chris factor fatigue playing point
When it got to a certain point I think the fatigue factor went out the window, because everyone was playing on adrenaline. I know that Chris was exhausted.
allen chris communication delicate
This was a delicate situation. My communication with Chris and Allen should have been better. I take responsibility, I'm the coach.
against certainly dribble reason shot time zone
We see zone from time to time, but we certainly don?t see it for a whole quarter. If you make shots, if you make some dribble penetration against the zone, they come out of it. We never did. We never made a shot and they had no reason to come out of it.
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.
chicago competing cut floor games night san
We can't have games like San Antonio and Chicago anymore. That's not going to cut it. We have to be on the floor competing night in and night out.
exactly half second slow step won
We had to will this one. We had to go get it. That's exactly what we did. The second half was what won us this game. We were a step slow in the first half and our will got us back into this game.
figure reason reasons sit work wrong
We had a lot of disappointment in the season. We thought we'd be a little better, but you just have to sit back and see it what it is and see how we get better at it. When things go wrong, there's a reason why they go wrong and you look and see and try to figure out what the reasons were and you work on them.