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
bunch continue doubt great grind turn
It's frustrating, but what are you going to do? There's no doubt about it in my mind, we can turn it around. We have a great bunch of guys. We just need to continue to grind it out.
bench bring coming energy guys matter starting
If guys are coming off the bench or not, you've got to bring the same kind of energy every night. It shouldn't matter if you're starting or not starting.
fighting open screens using work
They were pretty much just face-guarding me and being very physical. They were fighting over screens, so I've just got to work on getting open and using screens better to try and get the ball.
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.
beginning game playing send
It's a very big game for us, especially playing in their gym. I think we can send a message, so we have to come out energized from the beginning and get the (victory).
knock shot
We got a look at the hoop. We just couldn't knock the shot down.
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.
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.
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.
problem
We didn't come to play. I don't know what our problem is. We've got to show up for games.
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.
momentum
When we go down there, we've got to keep the snowball rolling. We have momentum right now. We have confidence. So we need to keep that up.
commit foolish helps team
When we commit too many foolish fouls, it slows the game. That helps the other team get in a groove.
fun hard looked pressure team uptight
We have to go out and play like it's fun. The other night, we looked like we had so much pressure on us. If we just come out and play hard and have fun out there, we're a lot better team when we do that. We were too uptight the other night.