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
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He can dunk the basketball. You have to be a little creative out there. I think he'll do fine.
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Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team.
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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.
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I knew Randy would be on someone's bench because he's a very good basketball coach. That's not a secret.
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First of all, New Jersey is a very good basketball team. We're working our way back. We started out good and they started making some shots. Vince (Carter) made some shots and our defense still has to get better.
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Coming into a building like this, playing a very good basketball team like this, you know if you get up 20 points they're going to make a run. They had a chance at the end. But our attention to detail was big, from the first minute of the game to the last minute.
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That game was a prime example of a team effort and a team really trying not to lose a basketball game.
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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.
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a lot of things ... about energy, getting out and being ready to play from the beginning. From the start, our attention to detail was great.
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I just like the way Steven has been playing. At some point, Samuel will be starting. No rush.
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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.
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I thought Chicago had more energy, that's for sure.
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Our turnovers obviously were a big factor in losing the game. We had 14 turnovers at halftime, but our offense went astray.
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(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes.