'Limited' not the word for returning Deng

Because he missed 11 games -- nearly a month -- with a strained right calf, it would have been unrealistic to expect Luol Deng to play a major role in his first game back, especially since he only began working out on Tuesday.

But Deng did play a major role Friday night, scoring 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting and grabbing six rebounds in nearly 28 minutes off the bench in the Bulls' 95-87 victory over the Washington Wizards.

''It felt good,'' Deng said. ''We just took it by how it felt, and I felt pretty good.''

Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro said before the game that he had no set plan for how he would use Deng, but the small forward was supposed to play ''limited'' …