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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I got off to a good start. Then I got plagued by foul trouble, and it kind of busted up my rhythm.
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It was real good game for us. Everybody got to play and hopefully we can use it for some momentum in (Wednesday's) game.
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They did a good job of getting the ball out of my hands.
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They were playing good 'D'. They were a lot more aggressive. They were trapping in the backcourt.
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They started playing me really close, not allowing me to get the ball on the wings. G.P. did a good job of face-guarding me, keeping the ball out of my hands. I have to get used to stuff like that and expect it and try to adjust.
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I think both the team and I have a good flow going on offense the last two nights. Hopefully we can sustain it.
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I had four seconds this time as opposed to the 2 1/2 I had last time. I just tried to get into my rhythm and get a good shot up.
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It's no doubt in my mind I can be a starter, but that's not my role. It wasn't our scoring that got us there. We didn't have any all-stars. It was our defensive intensity. That's the key to this team being successful. You got to continue to do that and we can be good as last year and maybe better.
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I just realize I'm getting a lot of this stuff because of the work I'm putting in. I know it's not by mistake or accident. It has to do with the kind of energy I put into my game. Good things happen when you put work into things.
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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.
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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.