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PORTLAND, Ore. ( AP) -- Maurice Cheeks was fired Wednesday as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, who have dropped seven of nine games and are in danger of missing the playoffs for the second straight year.
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``It´s a sad day,´´ general manager John Nash said at a news conference. ``Maurice Cheeks is a very, very good coach. He´s an equally good person.´´
Cheeks, near the end of a four-year contract estimated at $12 million, was popular with the players and fans. But when the losses mounted, he was believed on the way out.
Nash said he spoke earlier in the day with Cheeks, who was ``very professional but also seemed very disappointed, as anyone would be in this type of situation.´´
Team president Steve Patterson also met with Cheeks on Wednesday. He said the team would focus on its young talent.
``I´m not going to mislead anybody,´´ he said. ``It´s a long uphill battle to get to the playoffs from where we´re at -- 11 games under . 500.´´