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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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.
carried five game guys lead minutes second
The first half, I think guys were a little nervous. We got the kinks out after the first 10 minutes or so. It just carried over to the second half. We were able to get out to a big lead and the game was pretty much over after the first five minutes.
guys playing
The guys were playing pretty good, so I didn't really mind.
adjustment fad guys saw younger
I think it's going to be an adjustment for a lot of players. I saw some things about jewelry. That's a big fad for younger guys in the league.
ready
I thought we were ready to play, but we didn't get it done.
everybody played role
We know we can come back from big deficits. Everybody played a role tonight.
doubt hard mind open stay team tough
It was really tough to get an open look or to get in the lane. There was no doubt in my mind we could stay with this team because of how hard we play.
ball great job keeping lane open tough
It was really tough to get an open look or even get a lane to go and get the ball. They did a great job of keeping the ball out of my hands.
bad game losing ourselves tough
It was a real tough loss. Every game is like a must-win for us right now. We're having a bad losing streak, and we need to get ourselves out of it before we get back to Chicago.
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It's a chance to send a message ... that we're right behind you guys; we're on your tails. I think if we go in there and get that 'W', we'll build momentum and we'll be fine.
composure deep dig energy extra guys home kept tonight
It's home for me, so I'm always able to dig deep down and muster up some extra energy and come play in the Garden. We just kept our composure tonight and guys made big plays, everybody. It wasn't just one person tonight, and that's what got us the win.
ball fall hard
It's hard to get the ball to fall when everyone's all on you.
games losing needed painful plays
It's a very painful loss. We just weren't able to make the plays we needed to down the stretch. It's just really frustrating. We're losing these games because of one or two possessions.
nights quarter rarely
It's not a big concern. We rarely have a quarter like that. It was just one of those nights when we couldn't make a basket.