280 Quotes by Maurice Cheeks

No, we lost four of five games and it didn't matter who it was. We had to win a basketball game and it so happened to be against Portland.

I did all the talking. It was about us and trying to stay together - number one - which we will do, and to keep working. You have to keep working through it. I just know that we have to keep fighting and keep working.

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.

I certainly thought we'd win more than 43 games, absolutely. I'm disappointed, myself, based on the way we played so far.

Deng Gai did a great job, clogging up the middle, being a defensive stopper, and blocking shots when we needed.

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.

Any win is big. Realizing where we are and the situation that we're in, we can't afford any let downs. We knew coming in that we had to have these two wins and I just think that we focused on them.

I certainly thought we'd win more than 43 games.

I thought our focus the last couple of days was rebounding and defense, and it showed.