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
mental
We had mental lapses all over the place.
energy fought leveled start
We had a lot of energy to start the game, but then we just leveled off. We fought all the way to the end, but just couldn't get the win.
afford dropping game games hard necessary playing
It is crazy. That's why every game is so important to us. You can't afford to be dropping games because we're not playing hard or we didn't come with the necessary intensity.
brought energy needed obviously ourselves sustain win
We've got to give ourselves some credit. I thought we brought a lot of energy, and obviously they didn't sustain the kind of energy they needed to win the game. We just have to sustain that energy.
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He's a great player. He's one of the top five stars in the league. When guys are struggling, they always find ways to get loose and get their shot. He got to the free-throw line a lot and that's what great players do.
lapse mental worst
We can't come out and have all these lapses. If they get two, at worst we're going into overtime. It was just a mental lapse on our part.
streak turn
We were 5-10 before this game, and that's just unacceptable at home. We have to turn that around and try to get a streak going.
agree basketball sneakers wearing
We're all basketball players, so we're used to wearing sneakers and being comfortable on our feet. That's the only one I didn't agree with.
eliminate games step ways
We have to step our games up; we have to find a way to win. We just have to find ways to play well and eliminate our mistakes.
last loss motivation mouths remember taste
We have to remember how embarrassing that loss was and not want to have that taste in our mouths again. That's motivation enough. We didn't come out and play like it was a playoff-caliber game. That's what we have to do for these last games.
air dagger game took
That was a dagger right there. When he made that, it was pretty much over. The game was still close, but that took all their air out of them.
brings help man shoot success
He brings a big man who can shoot from the perimeter, and that's going to help us a lot. I think he's going to be a big part of our success this year.
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You can't avoid the things that come along with being a basketball player. I want to carry the torch until somebody else comes along. I know there's a lot of kids who look up to me. And it's good when they're able to come out here because when I was growing up, I didn't have a chance to meet anybody famous from Mount Vernon. I just read about people from the community who were successful.
continue defensive fourth held help plays team
If I can continue to play like this and help my team win, that's what I'll continue to do. We made defensive plays when we weren't scoring, and held them off (during the fourth quarter).