Al Horford
Al Horford
Alfred Joel "Al" Horford Reynosois a Dominican professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was the starting center on the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2007 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks, a team he played nine seasons with before joining the Celtics in 2016. He also...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 June 1986
CityPuerto Plata, Dominican Republic
We've just got to adjust. We've seen zone before. It's all about ball movement and attacking through the middle, and I feel like as the game went on, we did a better job doing that.
We made up our mind that we had to start going after loose balls and finish out possessions.
You either get better or worse, and I feel like we got better as a team. I think we're starting to push the ball a little more in transition, which we haven't been doing the last few games, and that's just good for our team.
I feel like our guys just figured it out. They figured out that they had to go after loose balls and finish out possessions.
That's something that our team can't have. We've just got to take care of the ball (tonight). I think it was just trying to make plays that weren't there, maybe forcing things a little bit.
It's a big part of our game. When the ball gets in, we want to get it out.
We don't get bored, though. We just love playing ball. And every time I play ball I try to win.
I think we're blocking out. We're just not jumping to get the ball as quickly as we can.
I think at the beginning of the season, he was playing too much to the crowd, especially on the road. We talked to him about controlling his emotions and told him to show his emotions to us, instead of the fans.
You always dreamed about getting to this point. It is big in my mind. I'm pretty excited about it.
We really understand that in order to win, we have to play together and play team ball. I think everybody's OK with that.
Maybe people thought of us as a running team. Or a three-point shooting team. A no-contact team. We've changed that image.
Joe was all over the place. He was terrific.
Who runs the apartment? They'd probably say I do. I'll say Jo does too, but it's my show.