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
Manu always brings the energy. It was good to see him out there.
He looked good at the line to me.
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.
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.
He always thinks that if everything is good at home, you'll play better on the court.
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.
It was great to find my teammates tonight. Everybody was making shots and Finley was hot so I tried to find him when I could. We were all feeling good tonight.
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.
We can't have bad endings of games because against Detroit or good teams, it can hurt us.
We wanted to make sure we didn't come out flat. It was great energy from the beginning.
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.
My priority is try to win a championship with the Spurs. Off the court I just let them say whatever they want. I'm used to it a little bit. When I go back to France it's crazy. Everywhere I go it's like a lot of people, paparazzi. So, you just stay with your bodyguard and go into private restaurants and stuff like that.