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NBA ALL-STAR WEEKENDFebruary 24, 2012Maurice CheeksORLANDO, FLORIDA Q.  If you could just make a brief comment about the game this evening. MAURICE CHEEKS: Oh, man. It's the All‑Star Game, man. All‑Star Games are just like this one, pushing the basketball, not a whole lot of defense, although the coaches preach defense (laughing). There's just not a whole lot of defense being played in All‑Star games, but a lot of good performances out there. Obviously Kyrie Irving, Evan Turner, just a lot of good performances. Guys played well. It was a very entertaining game. Q. Did you and Chuck have any sort of back and forth before going into the game? MAURICE CHEEKS: No, he said something at halftime about the game because we were leading the whole game, so he made a couple comments about it during halftime. But it was nothing major. He was having a friendly conversation. Q. I know this is all fun, but as a guy who was known as a defensive player like yourself, how do you feel watching a game like that, where a reach‑in here and theremight be too much? MAURICE CHEEKS: Well, these are All‑Star Games. They've all been like that. I played in four of them, and it probably was never a factor in any of them because I couldn't do the things some of these guys could do out on the court. These are what All‑Star Games are. There's not a whole lot of defense and the better offensive players usually make a difference in the game, and that certainly was the case tonight. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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