Tony Parker
Tony Parker
William Anthony "Tony" Parker Jr.is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association. The son of a professional basketball player, Parker played for two years in the French basketball league before entering the 2001 NBA draft. He was selected by the San Antonio Spurs with the 28th overall pick in the draft and quickly became their starting point guard. Parker has helped the Spurs win four NBA championships in 2003, 2005, 2007 and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth17 May 1982
CountryUnited States of America
It was tough in overtime. Maybe we ran out of gas. We should've won the game. We had them up four with nine seconds to go (in regulation) and we should've won this game. We had a chance, and we should've won the game and we just gave it away.
Every time we play Houston, we have a hard time scoring. Whenever you make the outside shot, it opens things up for us.
We wanted to make sure we didn't come out flat. It was great energy from the beginning.
That's what happens when you are the champions; every night they want to give you their best game. Especially on back-to-backs, it's tough. The (loss) against New Orleans, we had played against Sacramento and (the Hornets) had two days off so they had a lot of energy. So we just have to be ready to play every night, but it's tough.
I think I was too much in a hurry, trying to make stuff happen.
I thought I penetrated pretty well - we just missed a lot of easy shots. It's just one of those nights where offensively it didn't go our way.
Manu being out hurts us. Before he went down we were starting to establish our roles. We just have to do our best until he gets back.
Manu always brings the energy. It was good to see him out there.
The pressure is there, ... Especially when you're trying to win the championship.
We can't have bad endings of games because against Detroit or good teams, it can hurt us.
Tim came out huge today. He was very focused this morning and he played like an MVP.
We always seem like we come together when we go on the road.
We've got a bet going on who is going to shoot the first air ball. Hopefully, it won't be me. That would be nice.
We already lost him for 10 games and now he's going to be out for another 10 games. So it's kind of hard.