Luol Deng
Luol Deng
Luol Ajou Dengis a South Sudanese-British professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He is a two-time NBA All-Star, and was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2013...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth16 April 1985
CityWau, Sudan
confidence determined hard lack last played season team whether
We're not as determined as we were last season. We still play hard, but last season we played hard and smart. Whether it's because of a lack of confidence or whatever, we're not the same team right now.
ball game hard held instead lost onto passing played teammates won
My teammates played hard and I lost the game for my teammates. I should have held onto the ball instead of passing it. If held onto the ball we would have won the ballgame, so it was my fault.
gave good played time trouble
He gave us a lot of trouble with our shots. Every time he played us, he played great. He's long, very good around the rim.
hard played reason rewarded step team took
I feel like we took another step ahead. We hustled. We don't get rewarded for it. But as a team we've got to know we played the world champs and took them to overtime. The only reason we did that is because of how hard we played.
charlie picked played
Charlie was pretty impressive. I thought they played well, but we just picked it up a little.
fourth mistakes quarter shots silly stay struggled
When we went up, we couldn't stay up. We started making silly mistakes and let them back in the game. We struggled making shots in the fourth quarter and when they got the lead, they didn't look back.
beat good moral thinks victories
There are no moral victories for this team. We think that we're good enough to beat them. No one else thinks so, but we do.
feels maybe telling throughout weight
It feels like I keep getting something. Throughout my career, I never really got hurt. All of a sudden, maybe it's telling me I have to put on weight and toughen it up.
hurt question trying
I think he did it on purpose, no question about that. I don't know if he was trying to hurt him.
ball care convert good hit job missing shots taking
We just couldn't hit shots. We were missing shots. We had good looks, we just have to convert them. We've got to do a better job of taking care of the ball and get shots at the rim.
comeback last lucky night seven win
We were lucky to comeback and win this game. We didn't play to well all night but we didn't give up, especially in the last seven minutes.
defense picked quarter running second struggling
We were struggling in the first quarter then our defense picked it up. In the second quarter we started running and getting baskets in transition.
light problems worst
It's getting better, but I still have problems with light and headaches. It's the worst timing.
allowed good mistakes
We just had to put them away, but we started making mistakes and allowed them back in the game. When they went up, they didn't look back. We had good looks, but we just didn't convert.