Ben Gordon
Ben Gordon
Benjamin Ashenafi "Ben" Gordon is a British-American professional basketball player who last played for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. Gordon played college basketball for the University of Connecticut and won a national championship with them in 2004...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth4 April 1983
doubt doubts early grind mental parts people whether worked
We had some doubts early on as to whether we'd even make the playoffs. It's been an up-and-down season. People said we weren't going to make the playoffs. It's been a mental grind and frustrating at parts of the season, but we worked through it.
knock shot
We got a look at the hoop. We just couldn't knock the shot down.
complain gonna
What am I gonna do? Complain about it?
complain concerned help job team
What am I going to do, complain about it? I just have to go out there and do my job and try to help my team win. That's all I'm concerned about.
bring chances control effort game games moment seize win
Every game our chances are getting slimmer and slimmer. We just have to seize the moment and win games that we have control over. We've got to bring our 'A' game every night. Especially our effort, we have to have the same effort consistently every night.
bringing hands home quit start
Things are still in our own hands but we will have to start bringing it every night, especially at home where we have to quit disappointing our home fans.
best team
This is right up there with one of our best team efforts.
best came efforts everybody game guys team
This is right up there as one of our best team efforts of the season, especially having guys out. Everybody who came into the game contributed, and that's what we needed.
days decided throw wear
I usually don't wear those. It was one of those days I decided to throw them on.
people
Other people may be surprised, but I always thought I should go No. 1.
matter played playing
If we keep playing with that kind of effort, we will get victories. It wasn't a matter of if they were tired, we just played real well tonight.
basketball busted foul good trouble
I got off to a good start. Then I got plagued by foul trouble, and it kind of busted up my rhythm.
defensive missing notice noticed stepping
I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.
definitely series
I don't know what they thought before the series started. Now they definitely have to know we're not going to back down.