Deron Williams
Deron Williams
Deron Michael Williamsis an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Illinois before being drafted third overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. The three-time NBA All-Star has also played for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League, and was a gold medal winner on the United States national team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1984
CityParkersburg, WV
CountryUnited States of America
We needed this one bad. We need these next two really. We're on the outside looking in right now. We've got 28 games left. We've got to make a run. Getting these two right here definitely helps our case.
We can be good. But consistency has been our problem all year - putting a stretch of games together. That's what we've got to do right now.
We're trying to make the playoffs, that's our goal. We think we can do it. It's not like we're six or seven games out.
That's something we struggled with at the beginning of the season. We turn up our defense, and we execute. That's the reason we were losing games early on. We weren't doing things that got us to that point.
It's kind of sad. I wish we could have played like that in the first half, but that's the way the game goes sometimes. San Antonio kind of did anything they wanted in the first half.
I actually don't play any new video games except 'Call of Duty.' I'm addicted to 'Call of Duty.' It's the only game I need.
I think my putting could be better, my short game.
There were really a lot of things we didn't do well. We didn't rebound well, they out hustled us. They wanted the game more than us.
I just tried to go out there and contain him, ... It was my job today -- it was my job the last two games -- to shut down the other team's best perimeter player. I just took that as a challenge.
I'm looking forward to playing with those guys, ... Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko are definitely two great players in this league and I definitely feel they'll enjoy playing with me. I'm best when I'm out there making plays for people and making my teammates better and make the game just easier for them.
We got some shots, they missed some shots, and we converted. We forced some turnovers and they weren't able to run as much. That was good for us.
It was tough because we tried to play good D. Allen Iverson is definitely one of the best players. He's the toughest person I've ever had to guard.
We cut the lead and started coming back, but we just had some mental (lapses) on defense at the end and that cost us the game.
That was definitely one of our best quarters, especially passing the ball. We shared the ball well, made the extra pass. Guys got easy shots and they just really couldn't defend it.