Luol Deng gave Sussex basketball fans a taste of the NBA, then promised there's still a lot more to come.

The Chicago Bulls star top-scored with 26 points, on 11-for-17 shooting, and added seven rebounds in almost 33 minutes of court time as Great Britain beat Ireland 87-59 in a Eurobasket warm-up at K2 in Crawley.

Deng played every role on the floor at various times and provided a sizeable crowd with several highlights, most notably a drive and two-handed dunk over a pair of startled defenders.

He admitted: "It was fun to come and play in front of the English kids. We've got a good team but we've still got players to come back so we can be even better."

As much as for his scoring, Deng caught the eye with his defensive effort and unselfish approach.

He added: "We are trying to build our team so the best thing we can do is play unselfishly and get everyone involved."

Richard Midgley, the point guard from Burgess Hill, displayed a nice shooting touch and went 5-for-9 from the field for his 12 points, allied to plenty of energetic effort defensively.

The teams meet again at K2 tonight (7.30), tickets £10 on the door.