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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When you have two 7-footers in the game like that, it does a lot for your defense.
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When you play a team that has come back and beat you each time in some form or fashion, it can play little mind games on you.
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We can?t rely on going home. We have to start building ourselves a little momentum -- take it one step at a time and take it one game at a time.
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This was a heck of a win. Everyone fought hard for us all game. This game was a prime example of a team effort to not lose a game.
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We didn't drive the ball like we did in the first half. We shot all jump shots and that allowed them back in the game and eventually win the game because we didn't continue doing the things we were doing.
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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.
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We have to get other guys involved. We're not just trying to win games with Allen and Chris doing all the scoring.
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We've been there, where we've been up 18 or 19 points. We've been there, where we've been up seven or eight points with two minutes to go in the game. So we've been in a lot of situations where we know the game could turn around. We had plays that turned the game around for us.
came felt game last night ok symptoms
He had some flu-like symptoms last night. He just came to the game and felt OK to play. It got worse.
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Us coming off back to backs and playing a team that gets out and runs was going to be a challenge for us. I'm not totally upset about this game. We knew it was going to be a tough game just based on the way they play.
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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.
american-coach andre basketball games granted grow played veteran
We all think that Andre is this veteran player, because he has played so many games in his first two seasons. We take for granted that he should be at another level, but he has to grow a little more.
against boston brief feels game realize realizing tied win
We just had a very brief meeting, and we realize that we have to win (tonight) against Boston and it?s tied up again and realizing we?re going to Chicago. So ..I think everyone still feels like we?re there. We just have to win the game against Boston.
game needed stretch
Down in the stretch of the game when we needed points, that's what they did. That's what they have to do.