Deron Williams
Deron Williams
Deron Michael Williamsis an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Illinois before being drafted third overall in the 2005 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. The three-time NBA All-Star has also played for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League, and was a gold medal winner on the United States national team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1984
CityParkersburg, WV
CountryUnited States of America
We can be good. But consistency has been our problem all year - putting a stretch of games together. That's what we've got to do right now.
We're just trying to stay alive. We're going to play 'til they tell us we can't play anymore.
We're still in it. We haven't been eliminated yet. We've just got to keep fighting.
We've been trying to get there (.500). We've been battling every night to get there. We look around our league and teams are losing, it's the perfect time to make a run before the All-Star break.
I fouled him and I had to make up for it.
This was a big win for us. We needed it. We struggled against this team all year. It's a tight race right now. We're not too far out. We have a shot, we just need to keep winning.
We got some shots, they missed some shots, and we converted. We forced some turnovers and they weren't able to run as much. That was good for us.
We cut the lead and started coming back, but we just had some mental (lapses) on defense at the end and that cost us the game.
We needed a win bad and we're trying to stay in the race for the playoffs. We just wanted to get back rolling.
It was tough because we tried to play good D. Allen Iverson is definitely one of the best players. He's the toughest person I've ever had to guard.
There were really a lot of things we didn't do well. We didn't rebound well, they out hustled us. They wanted the game more than us.
As a parent with a child with autism, it's been really tough to experience your child having autism.
As a team we feel pretty good. (Next year) we should definitely make the playoffs. I won't guarantee it like some people do, but we feel that we should. We feel we should have made it this year.
This doesn't feel like a regular win. This was special, because of their streak. This was a statement-maker.