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
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.
matter played playing
If we keep playing with that kind of effort, we will get victories. It wasn't a matter of if they were tired, we just played real well tonight.
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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.
defensive missing notice noticed stepping
I didn't notice them stepping up the defensive pressure. I just noticed my missing shots.
definitely series
I don't know what they thought before the series started. Now they definitely have to know we're not going to back down.
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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.
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He's a great player. He's one of the top five stars in the league. When guys are struggling, they always find ways to get loose and get their shot. He got to the free-throw line a lot and that's what great players do.
playing waiting
He's been playing like himself. We've been waiting for that all season.
knock shot
We got a look at the hoop. We just couldn't knock the shot down.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.