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
bit clock continued easy happened looking missed missing next point points quarter remember shots start third time trying
I think after a while, after we start missing the easy shots, I think we start pressing a little bit and trying to make up for the easy shots that we missed and we just continued to miss. At one point I remember looking at the clock when we had 33 points and I don't remember the next time we scored. Then, the same thing happened in the third quarter when we just could not make a shot.
starts takes
I think it starts tomorrow. We have to start evaluating and find out where we are and see what it takes to get better.
building game home momentum ourselves rely start step time
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.
against cannot climb floor good great post space spread start team
When you play a team like Miami, you cannot start the way we started. You put yourself in such a hole, and you have to climb out of it. You can't do that against a good team. They space the floor, they have a great post player. ... Then they spread the floor with their shooters.
ability corrected eliminate error half happened margin mistakes season start
Now, the margin of error is not very high. Mistakes have to be corrected right away. We have to eliminate everything that happened in the first half and start like this is a new season right now. I think we have the ability to do that.
aware minutes start watching
I'm going to start watching his minutes anyway. But I'm not going to try and play him 48 minutes (Wednesday). I'm going to be very aware of his back problem.
against bothered game hole pressure start team tough
It is a tough way to start the game when you put yourself in a hole against a team like the Mavericks. The pressure bothered us a little.
half helped reason second slow step win won
I thought the second half was the reason why we won the game, because it was just the will that helped us win the game. We were down, we were a step slow in the first half, and I thought our will got us back in the game.
defensive
I think we're getting a little better on the defensive end. If we're going to make some hay, we're going to have to do it on defense.
against brain game group guys played throw veteran win
I thought our guys played well. It was a young group. When you throw a young group against a veteran group, you may be able to win a game like that. A veteran group is going to use their brain a little bit, and that's what they did.
couple days focus last
I thought our focus the last couple of days was rebounding and defense, and it showed.
coming johnny kevin kyle liked playing
I think the way we were playing with Kevin in the lineup and A.I. in the lineup, I liked the way we were playing. I liked Johnny and Kyle the way they were coming off the bench.
credit guys player pointed shape
Kyle?s in better shape than a lot of these guys here and that?s what I pointed out to them. A guy who doesn?t have to be here and is here, and in better shape than some of the other players, is a credit to him. I think some of those guys have to look at him and see a player who?s here who doesn?t have to be here and in the shape that he?s in now.
ability ball camp defense kyle player releases shoot talking
Kyle put on a show. He catches the ball and releases it so quick. It's really impressive. I've been talking defense all camp but a player of his ability to shoot the ball has to be on the floor.