Al Horford
Al Horford
Alfred Joel "Al" Horford Reynosois a Dominican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was the starting center on the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, a team he played nine seasons with before joining the Celtics in 2016. He also...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 June 1986
CityPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic
It's a loss, but we've got 12 more games to go and we'll make the best of it. These days, nobody is going to go unbeaten.
It's always exciting when you're going against a high-profile team at home. We used to do that. This year we didn't do it.
They play really good defense, they're a scrappy team, a big hustle team. We've got to play harder than them.
They're a mid-major school, they made it to the Final Four and that's a big story. But all stories have to end. And we knew we had to end it tonight.
There's always a chance. But I really like it here, and I want to be here.
It was a real credit to (the guards). They really did a good job staying on their men.
The offense would have been geared toward them if they stayed. Maybe we could have still made this run, but it wouldn't have been the same team.
That's something that our team can't have. We've just got to take care of the ball (tonight). I think it was just trying to make plays that weren't there, maybe forcing things a little bit.
That's a big part of our game, is blocking shots. That's the way we play, and if somebody gets it in there, we're going to try to get it out.
We know what we have. If we can all come back and put it together, we can be a tough team.
We know what we can do. We don't wait for one player to do something.
With those guys, if we don't block them out, they are going to dunk on our heads. Our goal was to keep them off the glass.
We're so anxious for the game to get here.
We're going to get together and talk about things, but I really like being here and I enjoy playing under coach (Billy) Donovan. As far as I'm concerned, I would definitely like to be back here next year.