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
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 our defense that lost the game, ... We gave up too many easy baskets, too many free throws and position in the post.
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 was a very important (game). They've got the eighth spot that we want. They came in here, played hard and they won the game.
As a lot of times, you go up to dunk and you feel like you want to break that backboard, break that rim.
As long as I was on the floor, I was going to play like I was healthy. If you think you're hurt, you'll play hurt. I didn't have the same jumping ability so I had to smarten up on how to get my shots to fall. I think the ankle will be a little sore tomorrow.
The team depends on me every night, (and) the coaches depend on me to come out and give something. That's what I'm learning as a player. ... I was really pleased with our defense. It was better than when we played them last week. Our defense hasn't been the problem, and we're finally putting the offense together.
It was up to me. I already knew the situation. No matter how bad it was, I was going to go back into the game. All I wanted to do was win the game.
Once you beat a team like that once or twice, especially at their place, you get confidence about them, you get confidence against them. You know that you can play with them anytime.