Zach Randolph had 28 points and 14 rebounds and the Blazers defeated Cheeks' new team, the Philadelphia 76ers, 95-91 on Wednesday night.
"It felt good, you know?" Randolph said. "My old coach. It felt good."
After the game, Cheeks and Randolph respectfully shook hands.
The Trail Blazers have won three in a row for the first time since last February — when Cheeks was their coach. It was his first visit to Portland since the Blazers fired him last March.
When Cheeks strode on to the court before the game, he was greeted with an enthusiastic round of applause, and many in the crowd stood to honor the well-liked coach. He embraced the coach who took over in Portland, Nate McMillan.
"We have to move on and not live in the past," Cheeks said. "I've moved on and the Blazers have moved on."
It was the second time Cheeks has faced his former team this season. The 76ers beat Portland 107-83 in Philadelphia on Nov. 29.
Iverson had 28 points and six assists, a night after he had 36 points and 10 assists, and hit a go-ahead jumper with 4.2 seconds left for a 108-106 76ers victory at Denver.
Iverson said he rolled his ankle against the Nuggets, but he nonetheless played all 48 minutes against Portland."It felt terrible but I was glad I played all the way through so I didn't have to sit down and have it stiffen up," Iverson said. "It stiffened up real bad at halftime but I managed to get through it."
Cheeks went 162-139 in nearly four seasons with the Trail Blazers. After he was fired on March 2, he was replaced in the interim by Kevin Pritchard, the team's director of player personnel.
The Blazers hired McMillan in the offseason.