CHICAGO — The first time is always the hardest. It was always going to be
weird for Luol Deng to play at the United Center for the first time as a
member of the other team.
Deng was excellent in his return to Chicago with the Miami Heat, totaling 15
points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists as the Beat pulled out a 96-84 win over the
franchise Deng spent the first nine-plus seasons of his career with.
“It felt weird, really strange,” Deng said after the game. “Something that
I didn’t think would happen. I thought I would play here for my entire
career, but it didn’t work out that way. Just definitely strange. A lot of
emotion and I’m glad it’s over. For me it was a tough game.”
During a timeout break in the first quarter, the Bulls played a tribute video
and Deng received a standing ovation from the United Center crowd.
Luol Deng 回歸芝加哥公牛主場，令人不習慣的是，Deng是以身為熱火隊的一員造訪。
在熱火對上公牛一役，主場對上老東家一戰，Deng繳出15分10籃板4助攻不錯成績；
終場熱火以96比上84擊敗公牛。
賽後Deng表示對上老東家公牛隊:"這感覺奇怪，真奇怪，有些事情，我沒有想到會發生。
我想我在這裡(芝加哥)打球直到整個職業生涯結束都會在這裡，但它並沒有發生。
只是肯定奇怪。很多感慨，我很高興一切都結束了。對我來說，這是一場艱苦的比賽。
在比賽第一節結束暫停時，公牛隊撥放了一段影片向Deng致敬，並接受聯合中心所有的
觀眾起立鼓掌。
影片:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBQaAcDjujM
來源:http://ppt.cc/DOxm
(補充)
2013年Deng季後賽受到腦膜炎所苦，在接受脊椎穿刺治療後反而感染一連串的併發症
讓他缺席公牛季後賽第二輪賽事，最嚴重時Deng更曾經游走於死亡邊緣。
受傷前的三場比賽BOX
┌───┬────┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
│MIN │FGM-A │3PM-A │REB │AST │PTS │
├───┼────┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
│43:30 │9-23 │1-6 │10 │3 │21 │
├───┼────┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
│56:45 │7-19 │0-5 │8 │5 │15 │
├───┼────┼───┼───┼───┼───┤
│43:13 │6-14 │0-3 │8 │3 │12 │
└───┴────┴───┴───┴───┴───┘
(VS NETS G4、G5、G6)