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
Definitely difficult to lose him. He was coming back very well. He was starting to play very well. He was playing good basketball so it is hard to lose him again.
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.
It's just the bad that goes along with the good,
It's a nice reward for all the hard work I put in. I'm proud,
It proves that the committee is Anglo-Saxon. They prefer the English.
It's the playoffs, and everybody is focused, everybody is very motivated. Everybody was ready. We're not going to shoot the ball like that every night, but that was a good feeling. Game 2 is going to be different.
It just happens. It wasn't our offense. Our defense was bad. We scored. We just couldn't stop anybody.
It was a tough call. He got mad after that, and he didn't stop penetrating, he kept attacking.
A lot of teams like to put a bigger player on me. A lot of times, I backed him off but didn't hit the shot. I've got to hit the shots.
Before the break, Pop wasn't happy with our offensive rebounding. Now, (Mohammed) is dominating that category.
He said it very plain, very clear. He said, 'We need to repeat.' We're just about the only team that's won a championship lately that did not repeat.
Finley is definitely stepping up and playing great basketball. He's just feeling more comfortable with the team.
First half, we kind of played terrible defence, gave them wide-open shots. The second half, we matched their energy. Every time they tried to penetrate, everyone was in good position.
We were not playing well there in the third quarter. Pop went out there and took one for the team. We came back strong in the fourth quarter. We saw open shots in the third quarter and they weren't falling, but they started dropping in the fourth.