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
We really understand that in order to win, we have to play together and play team ball. I think everybody's OK with that.
Maybe we don't look like we're tough guys, but the bottom line is we get the job done. I know, Villanova was tough. They were city kids. But we're going to play our game no matter who the other team has.
It's all about team chemistry. We're doing it as a group.
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.
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.
It's all about confidence, and confidence comes from trusting your teammates. What's great about our team is we never know who's going to step up.
They're the type of team where you have to make the extra pass. We took good shots.
When he's making threes, that's big for us. Teams can't sag off us in the lane.
It's real important. It helps everybody on this team understand their roles and knowing to do what they do best.
Against a team like this, you're going to get 10 or 15 blocks the way we play, but we know we're not going to do that against an SEC team, so it's just something that happens, I guess.
(The guards) make the other team take tough shots, make it hard on the 3-point line. They have just done a great job guarding (against 3-pointers).
With Lee going down, it's going to require Walter and David to step up and I feel like they are going to be able to do it. It's all about staying together and fighting through things together. We're going through some adversity, but I feel like it's a good time for us to come closer. We've got to stay together.
These days, there's nobody that's going to go unbeaten probably. There's too many good teams, so we're just trying to be the best we can be.
It would be great for (Donovan), our program and for the University of Florida to win a national championship. Our coaches have worked so hard, and we really want to give them this win.