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Mickaël Piétrus playing his second game of the season and again scoring 20 points as the Magic beat the Kings.

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NBA – Parker hits career-high 55 as Spurs beat Wolves for first win

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NEW YORK (NBA) – France’s Tony Parker averaged 26.8 points to lead EuroBasket Division A in scoring this summer but on Wednesday he more than doubled that output with a career-high 55 to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 129-125 double-overtime triumph at Minnesota.



Parker, 26, hit a 20-foot jump shot at the buzzer to force the second overtime and then poured in six of his team’s first eight points in the second OT as they won for the first time in four games this season.



“I just wanted to win,” Parker said.



“I couldn't believe we were 0-3. Dallas came in (Tuesday) and just kicked our butts.



“They were hitting every shot, and they had played so bad against Cleveland, but they came to San Antonio and shot the ball very well, so I said we have to do the same thing and come into Minnesota and play well and be aggressive.



“I just wanted to win so bad that I was going to do everything I can.”



Spurs coach Gregg Popovich saluted his star point guard.



“He was magnificent,” Popovich said. “He pulled us through, that's for sure.”



The Spurs are playing without Manu Ginobili while he recovers from his ankle operation so Parker is helping to pick up the slack.



He played 50 minutes and 32 seconds and did more than score. Parker had 10 assists and seven rebounds, too.



Only LeBron James, Oscar Robertson and Michael Jordan had had games with at least 50 points and at least 10 assists before Parker pulled off the feat against the Timberwolves.

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He's been playing really great. He's more confident than ever and he's shooting like never before. I was checking the Spurs vs Timberwolves boxscore and at HT he had something like 30 points already, I knew it would be a great night for him.



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