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
forward looks pierce shots team thrives
Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big shots and make the big shots.
coming forward looks paul pierce taking team thrives
Paul Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down, coming down and taking big shots.
hit pierce
(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes.
factor losing obviously offense
Our turnovers obviously were a big factor in losing the game. We had 14 turnovers at halftime, but our offense went astray.
knowledge players silly suggest
Players have a lot of knowledge. It would be silly of me to say if they suggest something that I wouldn't look at it.
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.
ball defense great nights pat stayed
I thought our defense stayed pat the whole game, ... Kobe's a great player, but some nights the ball doesn't go in the basket. He just had an off night.
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.
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.
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.