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
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Tonight was probably our best chance to get a win on their home floor. They had D-Wade out. He was hurt for a little while. They had Shaq out with foul trouble. We just weren't able to capitalize on it.
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Tonight was probably our best chance to get a win on their home floor.
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We have four games left, and we have to play the best basketball we can. We can't be concerned with anybody else.
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This is right up there with one of our best team efforts.
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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.
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I was asked a specific question. It was almost like the guy asked me, 'Why are you standing in the corner not being aggressive, trying to get the ball?' I was trying to answer it best I could. I didn't mean it in any way.
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We took that to heart. John doesn't talk very often, but when he does, we try our best to listen. C-Du, he really listened to what John was saying, and he wouldn't stand down.
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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.
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Other people may be surprised, but I always thought I should go No. 1.
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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.
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I usually don't wear those. It was one of those days I decided to throw them on.
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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.
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We did a poor job of taking care of the ball. There was too many times when we just just threw the ball away and we had to many offensive fouls.
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We had mental lapses all over the place.