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.
We can't have bad endings of games because against Detroit or good teams, it can hurt us.
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.
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 was a back and forth game out there. They hit some big shots and we were able to answer back. We had to stay aggressive out there tonight.
It was one of those nights. Nothing went my way. It was just a bad game, so I watched game film with (Popovich) and saw what I could do better. I was very, very motivated because I felt like I owed it to my team.
It's been good to be here with Tim. It's always nice to be here the first time with a teammate. He introduced me to everybody. I am just very blessed and lucky he was here so I could experience my first All-Star Game with him.
Definitely. It was tough in overtime. Maybe we ran out of gas. But we should've won the game before that. We had it.
When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game.
You never know, the way technology is going, we might all use the games for scouting by the time I retire.
When you win 20 games in a row and then lose four, people ask you, 'What happened?'...That's the beauty of sports.
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.