The excitement and atmosphere was great, it makes you ready to play in a game like that. I appreciate the fact that I am back and that as a team we were ready.

Luol Deng

Luol Ajou Deng is a Sudanese-British professional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. An NBA All-Rookie First Team selection as a 19 year-old with the Chicago Bulls in 2004, the 6'9" small forward was an All-Star with them in 2012 and 2013 before splitting the 2013–14 season with the Cleveland Cavaliers. After just half a season with Cleveland, Deng joined the Miami Heat in July 2014. Born in what is now South Sudan, Deng fled the country with his family as a child, moving to Egypt and then the United Kingdom. He became a British citizen in 2006, and has played for the Great Britain national basketball team in international competition.

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