Chicago's Larry Hughes was moved to the bench on Sunday as Luol Deng returned to the starting lineup, and the guard wasn't very happy with the demotion.

"I'm not sure," Hughes said. "At this point of my career, that's not a role that I want for myself right now. But I have to go out and play the minutes, play the game."

Hughes had 16 points on 6-for-10 shooting in 24 minutes of action off the bench.

"(Hughes) played well, solid," coach Vinny Del Negro said. "He moved the basketball, made shots, and he's consistently been doing that. Larry's been fine. No problems there. We're gonna try to find him minutes. They're probably not gonna be as many as he wants, but that's the situation right now."