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Deng in charge

By Nick Friedell

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

CHICAGO -- Luol Deng and his teammates were embarrassed. They had scored just 29 points in the first half and trailed the Bucks by 14 points at halftime. The sixth-year forward decided to take matters into his own hands. He took over the game at times during Tuesday night's 83-81 win over the Bucks and managed to will his team to victory, scoring 24 points and pulling down a career high 20 rebounds. "We had to have somebody kind of show energy and hoping everyone would follow. And at halftim ...

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