Mo Cheeks
Mo 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...
aggressive bit change coming defense early felt help maybe needed
Johnny, as of late, has been coming in early anyway, so I just felt we needed a little bit of change maybe to help our aggressive defense from the beginning.
ball defense hands reason record rip saw timely
You saw the reason they have the record they have. They do a lot of little things. I thought our defense was good; I thought we rebounded the ball well, but we had little timely turnovers and they would always get the ball in the person's hands they wanted, which was Rip at the right time, and he would end up with a shot.
best certainly defense shoot
They shoot 58 percent, that's pretty uh, that's not the best defense you can play, let's put it that way. I'm certainly not happy.
caught good job phoenix
I thought we did a pretty good job of not getting caught up in the way Phoenix plays.
caught good job offensive phoenix players push team
I thought that we did a pretty good job in not getting caught up in the way Phoenix played. We don't have the offensive players that they have. Any team can get caught in the way they push the ball.
bit defensive
I think we're getting a little bit better on the defensive end. That's where we're going to make our move.
less minutes start trying
I think less minutes is something that we're going to start trying to do now.
allen ball bit four guys hands hopefully spread three
When you have an Allen Iverson, you can put the ball in his hands when you're struggling. When you don't you have to spread it around a little bit and hopefully get three or four guys who are going to score.
allen hurt point
If Allen is hurt to the point where he can't play, you know he's really, really hurt.
shots
He made some shots that probably only he can make.
change endure somehow
We just have to endure it and somehow find a way to change it.
ability ball guys shooting shot
If they're not shooting the ball that well it can be a little tough, but they have different guys who have the ability to shoot the ball the way they shot it tonight.
bit guys saw tonight
What you saw tonight was a little bit of our future, young guys who can make plays.
bang bit dive guy hustle rebound
You get a guy who can bang a little bit, rebound a little bit, dive on the floor. You got a hustle guy who does a little bit of everything.