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2012 Playoffs Statistics
Born:
Apr 13, 1980
Height:
6-6 / 1.98
Weight:
228 lbs. / 103.4 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
DePaul / USA
Years Pro:
11
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2009-10 SEASON: Appeared in 76 games (75 starts) with Miami, averaging 8.9 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 1.2 apg. in 27.4 minpg.…Shot a team-best and career-high .397 (142-358) from three-point range…Tied for 21st in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage…Led (or tied) the team in scoring once, in rebounding 12 times and in assists once…Scored in double figures 28 times, and had seven 20-point performances, including a season-best 25 points on Mar. 4 vs. L.A. Lakers…Hit multiple three-point field goals 36 times, including eight games with five-or-more…Went a perfect 7-7 from three-point range against Portland on Dec. 20, the most in his career in a game without a miss…On Mar. 20 vs. Charlotte, tied the Miami franchise record for three-point field goals in a half with six in the first half…Pulled down 10+ rebounds seven times, including a season-high 14 rebounds on Feb. 17 @ New Jersey…Posted five double-doubles…Recorded a career-high-tying four steals twice, the last time on Apr. 12 @ Philadelphia…Scored his 7,000th career point on Dec. 4 @ L.A. Lakers…Grabbed his 3,000th career rebound on Nov. 4 @ Washington…Dished out his 1,000th career assist on Jan. 6 vs. Boston…Hit his 1,000th career three-point field goal on Jan. 15 @ Houston, becoming the 55th player in NBA history to reach the 1,000 mark…Recorded his 500th career steal on Dec. 30 @ New Orleans...Missed six games due to injury: sat out four games (Nov. 20-27) with a lower back strain and a pair of games (Dec. 13-15) with a strained right hamstring…Appeared in five postseason contests, averaging 9.8 ppg., 3.8 rpg., 1.6 apg. and 1.60 stlpg. in 29.8 minpg.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Appeared in 677 career NBA regular season games with the L.A. Clippers, Phoenix, New York and Miami, averaging 11.2 ppg., 5.0 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 28.0 minpg…Shot .359 (1,082-3,017) from three-point range during his career…Has 42 career double-doubles…Also played in 20 career playoff outings, averaging 11.4 ppg., 4.8 rpg., 1.6 apg. and 1.35 stlpg. in 35.6 minpg., while shooting .394 (41-104) from three-point range.…2008-09: Played in 72 games with New York, averaging 10.2 ppg., 4.4 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 26.3 minpg., while shooting .365 (120-369) from three-point range…Started in 51 outings, averaging 11.5 ppg. and 4.6 rpg. in 28.9 minpg. during that span…Led (or tied) the team in scoring six times and in rebounding twice…Scored in double figures 26 times, including nine games with 20+ points and two 30-point contests…Recorded one double-double…Had his personal streak of 114 consecutive starts come to an end when he came off the bench on Dec. 28 vs. Denver…Reached the 15,000 minutes played mark for his career on Oct. 31 @ Philadelphia…Played in his 600th NBA career game on Apr. 12 @ Miami…Missed eight games due to injury: missed one game (Dec. 13) with flu-like symptoms, one (Dec. 26) with a sprained right ankle, two (Feb. 10-11) with a bruised chest, one (Feb. 23) with a sore right Achilles and three (Mar. 28-31) with a sprained left ankle…Also had two DNP-CDs...2007-08: Appeared and started in 65 games for the Knicks, averaging 8.1 ppg., 4.8 rpg. and 1.8 apg. in 28.3 minpg.…Led (or tied) the team in scoring twice, in rebounding five times and in assists four times…Scored in double figures 20 times, including four 20-point outings…Grabbed double-figure rebounds on five occasions and posted one double-double...Missed nine games due to injury: Missed one game (Nov. 13) due to a hyper-extended right elbow, one game (Dec. 14) due to a strained right knee tendon, one game (Feb. 1) due to flu-like symptoms, two games (Feb. 6-8) due to a sprained right ankle, two games (Apr. 4-6) with a concussion and two games (Apr. 14-16) with a sprained left ankle…Also missed one game (Mar. 22) for personal reasons and was a DNP-CD seven times…Recorded his 400th career steal on Nov. 21 @ Detroit…Appeared in his 500th career game on Jan. 16 @ New Jersey…2006-07: Played in 49 games (47 starts) for New York, averaging 13.0 ppg., a career-high 7.2 rpg., and a career-high 2.2 apg. in 33.1 minpg.…Shot .376 (97-258) from three-point range…Led (or tied) the team in scoring six times, in rebounding 13 times and in assists four times…Scored in double figures 28 times, including nine 20-point efforts and three 30-point performances…Grabbed double-figure rebounds a career-high tying 12 times, including a career-high-tying 16 rebounds on Dec. 2 vs. Toronto…Recorded eight double-doubles, including four 20-point/10-rebound games…Played a career-high 56:16 minutes in New York’s Opening Night triple-overtime win on Nov. 1 @ Memphis and also scored his 5,000th career point and grabbed his 2,000th career rebound in the contest…Missed 33 games due to injury: once (Nov. 28) due to a strained left hamstring, 11 games (Dec. 16-Jan. 5) with back spasms, twice (Jan. 30-31) with a strained right elbow, once (Mar. 10) due to a sore lower back and returned to play on Mar. 14, but lasted just 10 minutes before being shut down for the final 18 games of the season with a sore lower back...Had successful back surgery (microdiskectomy) performed by Dr. Barth Green at UM-Jackson Memorial Hospital on Mar. 30...2005-06: Appeared in 55 games (43 starts) for New York, averaging 8.2 ppg., 4.2 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 26.2 minpg.…Led (or tied) the team in scoring twice, in rebounding seven times and in assists twice…Scored in double figures 19 times and grabbed double-figure rebounds twice…Missed 22 games due to injury: sat out four games (Nov. 20, Dec. 30-Jan. 6) with backs spasms, missed 18 games (Mar. 15-21, Mar. 24-Apr. 2, Apr. 5-19) with a sprained left thumb…Also sat out three games on the Inactive List from Dec. 6-9 for personal reasons (the death of his brother, Lee Jr.) and was a DNP-CD two times…Played in his 400th career game on Feb. 10 @ New Orleans…Finished fifth in the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout at All-Star Weekend and assisted on teammate Nate Robinson’s winning effort in the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk contest…2004-05: Played in 79 games (78 starts) with Phoenix, averaging 14.9 ppg., 6.1 rpg., 2.0 apg. and 1.22 stlpg. in 35.9 minpg.…Also played and started in all 15 playoff games, averaging 11.9 ppg., 5.1 rpg., 1.7 apg. and 1.27 stlpg. in 37.6 minpg.…Recorded single-season career highs in points scored (1,176), minutes played (2,839), three-point field goals made (226), three-point field goals attempted (631), defensive rebounds (388), total rebounds (479), assists (158), steals (96) and blocks (27)…Set Phoenix franchise records in both three-point field goals made and attempted…Tied Philadelphia’s Kyle Korver for the most three-point field goals made in the NBA during the regular season and led the league in three-point field goal attempts…Led (or tied) the team in scoring eight times, in rebounding five times and in assists three times…Scored in double figures a career-high 59 times, including 24 games with 20+ points and two 30-point performances…Grabbed double-figure rebounds eight times and posted eight double-doubles…Hit at least one trey in a 16 consecutive games from Nov. 24-Dec. 26…Hit a career-high and franchise-record nine treys on Dec. 29 @ New Orleans and also grabbed 11 rebounds, marking the most three-point field goals made in a game by a player who grabbed double-figure rebounds in NBA history…Hoisted a career-high and franchise-record 17 three-point field goal attempts on Jan. 4 @ Minnesota…Nailed three game-winning shots: sank a game-winning trey with 6.9 seconds left to beat the Lakers at the STAPLES Center on Dec. 8; his tip-in with no time remaining downed the Nuggets in Denver on Dec. 20, then hit his third game-winner of the season at Sacramento on Feb. 8 on a post-up with 16.1 seconds left…Captured the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout at All-Star Weekend in Denver by making his final nine shots to beat Philadelphia’s Kyle Korver and Denver’s Voshon Lenard in the final round…Missed three games due to injury: once (Mar. 5) due to a hyper-extended left knee and twice (Apr. 12-15) due to a sprained left ankle…2003-04: Appeared in 65 games (64 starts) with the L.A. Clippers, averaging a career-high 17.2 ppg., 6.4 rpg., 2.1 apg. and 1.03 stlpg. in 36.0 minpg.…Named the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 16 after averaging 27.3 ppg. and 10.7 rpg. while leading the Clippers to a 3-0 record for the week…Set single-season career highs in field goals made (425), field goals attempted (1,068), free throws made (151), free throws attempted (204) and offensive rebounds (146)…Led the Clippers in field goal attempts, three-point field goals made (120) and three-point field goals attempted (341)…Led (or tied) the team in scoring 18 times, in rebounding 13 times and in assists five times…Was one of only four guards in the NBA to average at least 17.0 ppg. and 6.0 rpg. during the 2003-04 season (McGrady, Pierce and Richardson)…Scored in double figures 51 times, including 27 games with 20+ points, seven 30+ point performances and his lone career 40-point effort, a career-high 44 points on Dec. 31 vs. Denver…Grabbed double-figure rebounds 12 times and posted a career-high 11 double-doubles…Tied a team-record with eight three-point field goals made on Feb. 4 @ Boston Grabbed a career-high-tying 16 rebounds on Nov 11 vs. Atlanta…Dished out a career-high nine assists on Apr. 13 @ Phoenix on Apr. 13…Missed 17 games due to injury: Missed four games (Jan. 9, 13-17) with a sprained right hand, did not dress once (Feb. 11) due to a right thigh bruise, missed two games (Mar. 9-10) with a sprained back and missed 10 games (Mar. 19-21, Mar. 24-Apr. 7) with back spasms…2002-03: Played in 59 games (13 starts) with the Clippers, averaging 9.4 ppg. and 4.8 rpg. in 23.2 minpg.…Led (or tied) the team in scoring twice, in rebounding seven times and in assists once…Scored in double figures 27 times, including six 20-point efforts…Grabbed double-figure rebounds three times and posted two double-doubles…Missed 22 games due to injury: missed seven games (Nov. 10-20) with a bruised right knee, missed five games (Dec. 21, Jan. 5-12) with a sprained left ankle, missed one game (Feb. 19) with a cold, missed one game (Mar. 16) with a sprained left knee, missed five games (Mar. 24-27, Apr. 4-5) with a bruised left patella tendon and sat out the final three games of the year (Apr. 12-16) with a left patella contusion…Also had one DNP-CD…2001-02: Appeared in a career-best 81 games with the Clippers, averaging 13.3 ppg., 4.1 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 26.6 minpg.…Shot .381 (133-349) from three-point range…Ranked 39th in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage…Set a franchise record for consecutive three-point field goals made with 10 from Nov. 28-Dec. 2 and for three-point field goals attempted in a season…Led the Clippers in three-point field goals made (133) and attempted (349) and ranked second in steals (78)…Led (or tied) the team in scoring 14 times, in rebounding three times and in assists once…Scored in double figures on 51 occasions, including 17 games with at least 20 points and two games of 30+points…Recorded five double-doubles…Started for the Sophomore team in the 2002 got milk? Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend in Philadelphia, tallying a team-high 22 points, six rebounds, two assists and one steal in 22 minutes…Also participated in the 1-800-Call ATT Shootout… Missed one game (Feb. 16) due to a left mid-foot sprain…2000-01: Played in 76 games (28 starts) during his rookie campaign with the Clippers, averaging 8.1 ppg. and 3.4 rpg. in 17.9 minpg.…Ranked among all NBA rookies in scoring (6th), rebounding (6th), minutes (8th), steals(T-8th) and assists (T-9th)…Led (or tied) the team in scoring six times and in rebounding twice…Scored in double figures 24 times, including a pair of 20-point performances…Posted one double-double…Made his first career start on Nov. 29 vs. Golden State, tallying 18 points, eight rebounds, one assist and one steal in 43 minutes…Made his NBA debut on Oct. 31 @ Utah, recording two points and two rebounds in seven minutes…Started for the rookie squad in the 2001 Schick Rookie Challenge at NBA All-Star Weekend in Washington and finished with a team-high 20 points, a game-high 14 rebounds, three assists and one steal in 23 minutes…Missed three games due to injury: sat out once (Jan. 27) with a bruised left great toe and missed two games (Mar. 16-18) with a viral infection…DNP-CD three times. CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (18th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft…Signed as a free agent by Phoenix Suns (Jul. 29, 2004)…Traded by Phoenix along with the draft rights to Nate Robinson and cash considerations to New York in exchange for Kurt Thomas and the draft rights to Dijon Thompson (Jun. 28, 2005)…Traded by New York along with cash considerations to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Darko Milicic (Jun. 25, 2009)…Traded by Memphis to the L.A. Clippers in exchange for Zach Randolph (Jul. 17, 2009)…Traded by the L.A. Clippers to Minnesota in exchange for Craig Smith, Mark Madsen and Sebastian Telfair (Jul. 20, 2009)…Traded by Minnesota to Miami in exchange for Mark Blount (Aug. 13, 2009)…Signed as a free agent by Orlando (Jul. 13, 2010). COLLEGE CAPSULE: Played 64 games during two seasons at DePaul University, averaging 17.9 ppg., 10.2 rpg. and 1.6 apg. in 34.3 minpg. during his collegiate career…Left DePaul as the only player in school history to score at least 1,000 points, grab 500-or-more rebounds and hit at least 100 three-point field goals…Became the second-fastest player in school history to score 1,000 points, trailing only Mark Aguirre…Finished his career ranked seventh in school history in three-point field goals made (117)…Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors by The Associated Press in each of his two seasons…Named First Team All-Conference USA in each of his two seasons…Posted 29 double-doubles in his two seasons…As a sophomore (1999-00), he averaged 17.0 ppg., 9.8 rpg., 2.2 apg. and 1.06 stlpg. in 35.1 minpg. in 33 games…Led Conference USA and was ranked 11th nationally in rebounding…As a freshman (1998-99), was named both Conference USA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year after averaging 18.9 ppg., 10.5 rpg. and 1.0 apg. in 33.5 minpg in 31 games…Also named National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association, The Sporting News and Basketball News…Earned Conference USA First Team All-Rookie honors…Ranked seventh in the nation in rebounding, finishing the year as the nation’s top rebounding freshman, while ranking third among all freshman in scoring…Topped Conference USA in rebounding and ranked second in scoring…Was a two-time Conference USA Player of the Week…Scored a career-high 33 points against UNC-Wilmington on Nov. 24, 1998…Grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds against UAB on Jan. 14, 1999. |
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| ONE-ON-ONE: Full name is Quentin Lamar Richardson…Nicknames are “Q” and “Q-Rich”…The youngest of Lee and Emma Richardson’s five children…Lists his father Lee, a retired motorman who drove a train for 37 years for the Chicago Transit Authority, as the person who made a difference in his life…His mother, Emma, a former high school basketball player, introduced him to the sport of basketball…Stepmother is Marilyn Richardson…Has a brother (Cedric Richardson) and a sister (Rochelle Richardson)…Two of his brothers (Bernard and Lee, Jr.) are deceased…During an eight-month period when he was a 12-year old in seventh grade, he lost a brother, his grandmother and his mother…His grandmother, Ada, died of natural causes…His oldest brother, Bernard, was shot and killed by robbers, while his mother, Emma, died of breast cancer in 1992…His other older brother, Lee Richardson, Jr., was a music producer who was killed by a robber in December 2005… He has three tattoos to honor their memory…Cousin of former New York Giants linebacker Carlos Emmons…Along with former teammate Dwyane Wade, he is the godfather to Dorell Wright’s son Devin Quentin Dwyane Wright…Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at DePaul and chose to major in broadcast journalism because he wanted to be educated to speak better…Would like to become an NBA broadcaster and served as a guest commentator on MSG Network’s coverage of the 2008 NBA Las Vegas Summer League…Enjoys bowling, watching movies and playing video games…Lists his family as his most prized possession…Favorite sport other than basketball is football and lists his hometown Chicago Bears as his favorite team…Co-starred with former Clippers’ teammate Darius Miles in a documentary feature film called The Youngest Guns, which chronicled their first three years in the league, the first two as teammates…Also has played himself in the movie Van Wilder in 2002 and in an episode of the HBO show Arli$$...Runs his own charity, BFAM…Has run a weekly basketball camp for kids at DePaul each of the past four years…Oversaw ‘Q’s Catalysts’ ticket program while he played in New York, which provided tickets to Knicks home games for area youth groups throughout the season…Lists his favorite television shows as Entourage and Heroes and Coming to America as his favorite movie…Enjoys listening to R&B and hip-hop…Favorite food is salmon and says he cooks barbeque well…Helped lead Whitney High School to a 30-1 record and Chicago Public League championship and Illinois Class AA state championship in 1997-98…Named the 1998 Illinois Player of the Year by USA Today…Was a member of the 1998 USA Basketball Men’s Junior Team that won the World Championship in 1998…Wears size 15 basketball shoes. | ||
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