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
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.
best john listened stand talk took
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.
bumps felt games knew rest took
We took our bumps early. Some games when you're down, you're like, 'Uh, oh,' you get nervous. I don't know about the rest of the team, but I felt like I just knew we were going to win.
contested opportunity point shot took trying
It was set up for Andres and they read it well. He took a contested shot. But at that point we were just trying to get a shot off so we could get another opportunity at the ball.
knock shot
We got a look at the hoop. We just couldn't knock the shot down.
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.
both fourth last night played playing teams tired until
Both teams got really tired out there. That's because we were playing until exhaustion. They played last night and we played last night. It really showed up in the fourth quarter.
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.
ball care job offensive poor taking threw
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.
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.
best capitalize chance foul home hurt tonight win
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.
best chance home tonight win
Tonight was probably our best chance to get a win on their home floor.
games last together tough
We like our chances. They (Miami) are tough but we'll go in there and give it our. The last 16 games we've put it together on all levels.