Luol Deng
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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
carried followed fourth game good kirk looks stepped
Kirk carried us. I had some good looks in the fourth quarter, but the whole game I struggled. But I thought Kirk stepped up, and we followed him.
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.
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.
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.
believe elbow hit
I'm all right, feel OK. First play, going to the hole, I got hit with an elbow right in the head. It's just unlucky. Things happen, and you can't do anything about it. I can't believe it myself.
games start
I feel great. We have about 20 games left, but I just feel like its the start of the season, so I just try to use my energy.
last left stronger weak
I don't feel like I have a weak hand. I feel like my left is a lot stronger than last year.
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.
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.
dizzy move pain playing quick shook stopping time
The pain was a lot more than it is now, but what was stopping me from playing was the dizziness. Every time I made a quick move or shook my head, I would be dizzy right after for a little while. That's why I wasn't playing.
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.
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.
affected davis factor last lose
We didn't just lose Eddy. Antonio Davis was really a big factor for us last season. ... All that affected us.
ball caught good jump knock next pass shoot shots
The pass was fine. I caught the ball and had a good look at the basket. I shoot a lot of jump shots from the baseline, but the one that I wanted to go in most didn't (go in). Next time, I've got to knock it down.