Mo Cheeks Quotes (28 Quotes)

I thought everyone had to pick up every phase of our game.

I think we're getting a little bit better on the defensive end. That's where we're going to make our move.

I thought all of the guys had a lot of energy.

It's satisfying to play that way, period ... . The last couple of games were a benefit.

At the timely time of the game they come up with the right play at the right time. There are times you can win a game like that, but more often a veteran group is going to use their brains a little bit and that's exactly what they did.

It's not about sending a message. We just have to find a way to work. If we do that on a consistent basis, we have more of a chance at winning games.

We've talked in terms of being a leader out on the floor, sharing the basketball, and taking over the game when he has to, as he did tonight. He's been phenomenal.

I just thought that everyone had to pick up every phase of our game because Allen wasn't playing. We did that on the offensive end and the defensive end. We shared the ball and we did a lot of good things team wise.

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.

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.

I thought we did a pretty good job of not getting caught up in the way Phoenix plays.

He made some shots that probably only he can make.

We'll see how he feels today and then on Thursday and we'll go from there.

I don't think he's going to help us a lot these last 15 games. Our main goal is just getting him back in the fold, getting him used to some of the things that we're doing, getting him some practice time just helping him get some confidence in himself, because that's a major injury he's coming back from.

The way we're going to play without Allen Iverson is the way we played tonight. When you have Allen, you can put the ball in his hands a little bit more. When we do not have him, you have to spread it around and hope you get three or four guys who can score.

I think their personnel is a little better than, ah, I don't want to get my boys upset at me or nothing. They have offensive players that can take over a game, but their forte is on the defensive end. They stop people from scoring. From that standpoint, that was the way we were playing 50 years ago.

I knew I shouldn't have said that. We've got guys who are leaders, and you've got to utilize those guys no, I have no thought that they're not together at all.

I thought he'd be back ready to play. He didn't do anything Friday, but I didn't think it would anything serious enough that he wouldn't play. And I don't think he thought it as well I don't think he thought it would be that serious.

Allen is one of the few guys who can tolerate a lot of pain, and at game time you know he really wants to play. We take him for granted.

I guess you'd be a little disappointed with that record. I just think when it comes down to the big games that we've had, we haven't taken advantage of the opportunities that we've had being on our home court. We could be a little better on our home court, and we just have to start that tonight.

Down the stretch, when we needed those two guys to score the points, that's what they did. We got into the penalty and Allen continued to drive the ball, and Chris had wide-open jump shots because Allen continued to drive the ball, and that's what those guys have to do late in the fourth quarter.

What you saw tonight was a little bit of our future, young guys who can make plays.

The reason why we built the lead we had was because we got dribble-penetration and we were able to the foul line and make some foul shots. The fourth quarter, they packed it in on us and it was poor, poor execution against a zone.

We're going to try to make more of a concerted effort to get him a little more involved tonight. When you're a young player and you're playing with two veterans Allen Iverson and Chris Webber, you're going to defer to them from time to time. So it's up to me to put the ball in his hands a little bit more.

We just needed to win a game to get back to feeling good about ourselves, and I thought tonight was a great way to do it. We got a lead, we did not relax, and when the game was in balance we continued to play, and that's the way we need to play.

Sam is working his way back in the lineup. I don't know when. He will be back starting at some point. I just want him to be consistent I want him to be aggressive, that's all. It has something to do with Steven it has something to do with us as a team.

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.

Our defense was not great, but I thought our rotations were good, and they continued to pass the ball. We have to guard for 24 seconds and that can beat you down, wear you down a little bit.