Maurice Cheeks Quotes on Facts (4 Quotes)

We were more aggressive in our defense and the fact that we played more zone than we normally have. We were active in our zone, we were talking in our zone and we played a little more full-court defense.

I talked to him about it before the game. He had about 11 charges during camp and he had three today. The fact is, he played an offensive game, he plays a defensive game, he does a lot of things to impress you.

It had nothing to do with Chris himself, it had everything to do with the game. When you make that decision, you've got to live with it. That's exactly what I'm doing... I was doing what I thought was right at the time. It's not like he was not going to help us win the game. In fact, we may have won the game if I put him in. We had a conversation we talked about it, and I think it's OK.

I think it was a lot based on the fact that everyone knew that they had to raise their game up and normally that happens when you have a player like Allen Iverson who can go score 40 or 50 points at will not playing. The players we had in today need each other. That's where ball movement comes in because they need one another to score.