Maurice Cheeks Step Quotations

We had a lot of guys step up when (Iverson) went out. This was not a game of stats. This was about our guys going out there and just trying to play. Everyone had a part in winning this game.

We had a lot of guys step up when A.I. went down. It was about trying to play and perform.

We had to will this one. We had to go get it. That's exactly what we did. The second half was what won us this game. We were a step slow in the first half and our will got us back into this game.

He can move and come off screens. He's a different type player because he has the ability to step back from three-point range and make shots and he has the ability to drive to the basket. He's a bigger Allen (Iverson) with his ability to shoot. He shoots deeper than Allen. His ability to get to the basket is in the same form of Allen because he looks to attack, attack, attack.

Sometimes, when you play in a game of this magnitude, it can wear on you a little bit. I don?t think the guys came out there intentionally to be a step slower. I thought our effort was pretty good. They were just better.

I knew it would be a lot like the last three games we had, and we'd have to win it down the stretch. We had a lot of guys step up when AI went down.

He's kind of an old-school power forward, down on the block, mainly, can step out and shoot the jump shot. He's an aggressive-type player with some ball skills.

We can?t rely on going home. We have to start building ourselves a little momentum -- take it one step at a time and take it one game at a time.

He's been a scorer his whole career and that's what we'll need. We'll need a guy like him that can step in and score some baskets right away.

Why should he be a guy who comes here and says, 'Well, I'm not going to be one of the guys and I won't be able to play?' ... What that would do to him is as far as mentality is take him off the floor, in terms of going out there and competing, day in and day out. I think that does him a disservice. Now, if it comes to the point where he can step out there and play, why wouldn't I put him out on the floor?

When a guy has to sit for whatever reason, another guys steps in. Michael Bradley's a prime example. He's been impressive. He has pretty much taken advantage of an opportunity with guys being out.

I thought the second half was the reason why we won the game, because it was just the will that helped us win the game. We were down, we were a step slow in the first half, and I thought our will got us back in the game.