280 Quotes by Maurice Cheeks

(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes.

They obviously rebounded the ball, controlled the paint and covered for each other. Those two guys had a lot to do with our defense.

All the emotion is gone now. This was not the way I wanted get the season started.

They don't usually push that type of tempo for 48 minutes, but they did to have us expend some energy. We got back in the game a little bit, but never really threatened enough to have a chance.

Somehow we've got to turn it. We've got to turn it immediately for us to get back in this thing. We're still there, but we've got to turn it immediately. We've got to turn attitudes and turn to believe in yourself as well as your team. We've got to turn it around and make guys understand the importance of it, number one, the urgency of it, number two, and leave it out on the floor.

They had 30 assists and we had 11, and that's not going to work. They look like a veteran team when they move the ball, and we look like a team that has to get better.

Nah, it wasn't that bad, ... Twenty-seven percent, c'mon. When Kyle misses a foul shot, I knew we were in trouble.

There were several plays where we had lapses on the defensive end that allowed them to cut the lead and then eventually win the game.

I was very impressed with Johnny Salmons, his ability to get to the basket, to penetrate, make baskets and find people.