Jason Richardson
Jason Richardson
Jason Anthoney Richardsonis an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Richardson was taken by the Golden State Warriors as the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft after playing college basketball for Michigan State University. He won the NBA Dunk Contest in both 2002 and 2003, becoming the second of four players, after Michael Jordan, to win the competition back-to-back. Other back-to-back winners include Nate Robinson, and Zach LaVine...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1981
CitySaginaw, MI
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It was huge. I get the shot off and it was a big game, probably the best in my career. To win a game like this was huge for this team. We really needed it.
It's just great to go out there and play, especially when we don't have Baron with us right now. We knew we had to pick it up individually. Everybody had to pick up a level, whether it was talking, passing the ball, whatever it was. We knew we had to pick up the slack because Baron has big shoes to fill. Guys stepped up their game.
It's emotionally draining. It hurts. It really hurts. I wish I could have done a little more. I wish I could have hit a free throw at the end that would have sealed it. I didn't do enough.
It wasn't too much to overcome. We were right there, cut it to six. I think we just had to get a couple of more stops. I don't think we were tired or anything like that but you can't get down by 20 (points). The league is too tough to do that.
It was definitely a block. The two refs didn't agree on the call and that was the best they could do. How much I scored doesn't matter because we lost the game.
It's not the end of the world. We're still right there. Of course we aren't playing at the level we're capable of.
It's only one game. We can't be too overconfident, but it's a step in the right direction.
It's the first road win of the season and when you play at the Garden, you always want to win.
It's the most important game to me for our playoff race. I wasn't even thinking about being hurt. I'm just doing whatever I can to help this team win games. I wish I could've done a little bit more. I wish I could've hit a free throw at the end that would've sealed it.
It's that sense of urgency. When we got our backs to the wall and we need to win a game, I think we really focus in.
It was one of those games. Neither team played defense tonight.... It was one of those games where guys were scoring. If we would have made a couple of stops, we would have won the game.
It was a desperation win. We really needed this win and we went out there and played like that.
The guard positions, those guys got off. We didn't step up. Of course we scored, but that's not what it's about. It's about stopping the other guy.