HOUSTON -- Masaya si Tony Parker nang makamit ang kanyang unang career triple-double.
Nang matiyak na hindi masasayang ang kanyang magandang laro para sa panalo ng San Antonio Spurs, lalo pang nasiyahan ang 12-year veteran.
Nagtala si Parker ng 27 points, 12 rebounds at 12 assists para pangunahan ang Spurs sa 134-126 overtime win laban sa Houston Rockets.
Bumandera si Gary Neal para sa San Antonio mula sa kanyang career-best 29 points.
“‘I was like: ‘Man if we lose, nobody is going to care,’” sabi ni Parker sa kanyang triple-double. “Now that we won the game it makes it even better, because at the end of the day people only care about wins.”
Naglista naman si Neal ng 7-of-10 shooting sa 3-point range.
Parker’s teammates had fun with him after the game, with a couple of them bellowing ‘’Mr. Triple-double’’ as he entered the locker room, eliciting a sheepish grin and a shake of the head from him.
Jeremy Lin had his best game since joining the Rockets, scoring a career high-tying 38 points with leading scorer James Harden sidelined by a sprained right ankle. It was just the second time he’d scored more than 20 points since coming to Houston.