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
blame help mentally playing team win worn
It's not that I'm mentally worn down, but I'm playing on one knee. I'm still out there and I have to do things to help the team win games. I can't blame one thing. I'm not mentally worn down, I just can't move.
bit free game help hit playoff sealed team thinking throw whatever win wish
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.
helping pressured somebody
We know if we are beat, somebody's going to be back there. In the past, it wasn't like that. If you pressured up on somebody and you got beat, you were getting dunked on. This year, we're helping each other out.
ball came difference game good helped missed needed overall played ready shared
There were times when we needed to make a stop, and they scored on us. That was the difference in the game. Overall we played a good game. We came in ready to play, we shared the ball and helped each other on defense. Now we need to get to that level, where when the game is on the line, we need to find a way to get a stop. We just missed shots.
helps missing phoenix piece steve
I look at Baron as the Steve Nash factor. Phoenix had all these guys, but they weren't winning. They got Steve Nash and they won. I look at Baron as that missing piece that helps us win.
couple dug fight good hard hit hole ourselves tried
We tried to get back into it and play some good defense. Troy hit a couple of shots. We tried to fight back into it but we dug ourselves into a hole by 20 (points) and it was hard to come back from that.
ball good guys kicking
We were penetrating and kicking the ball out. We got our 3-pointers because of good ball rotation. We have a lot of guys who can shot.
capable easy execute game lack lost missed people satisfied shots talking toward
We missed easy shots we're very capable of making. That was a lack of focus. We lost the game because we didn't execute toward the end. ... We're not satisfied with people talking about us. We want to make the playoffs.
bad knew matter win
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.
advantage
Everything was there for it, I think, I just didn't execute. I didn't look up at the time, I didn't look who was really guarding me, actually, and I didn't take advantage of it.
closing free game hitting possession pulled tonight valuing win
There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuing each possession of the ball. We did it all tonight and we pulled the game out.
motivation people though win
Even though we're not in the playoffs, we still have motivation to go out and play hard. Let people know we're serious, that we're not cashing it in. We still want to win games.
coaches defense depends finally last learning offense played pleased putting team
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.
free half job player shot
At the free-throw line. They shot 55 free throws. One player shot half of them himself. So we got to do a better job of not fouling.