280 Quotes by Maurice Cheeks

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    They shot almost 59 percent. We always talk about giving up jump shots and that's really what they beat us at; a jump shot game. That's their game, pushing the ball up the floor, taking advantage of mismatches, and doing the things they do.

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    Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team.

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    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.

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    They tried to run us from the beginning knowing that we played last night. They did a good job. We did get back into it late, but were never really a threat.

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    You won't win games by going 0-for-19, but you will never, ever win a game going 0-for-19 and 24 turnovers. It's amazing we were that close in the game.

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    Paul Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down, coming down and taking big shots.

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    a lot of things ... about energy, getting out and being ready to play from the beginning. From the start, our attention to detail was great.

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    Andre gets in foul trouble, wasn't able to play a lot of minutes, Johnny and Kyle come in and do a very nice job, and then Andre comes back in at the end of the game and defends Tracy (McGrady) extremely well.

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    Our offense is fine. Our defense is where's it's at. You have to put guys out there and show them how to play defense. We have to keep trying.

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