Tony Parker Becomes All-Time EuroBasket Leading Scorer

By David Kenyon
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Tony Parker’s basketball career is already filled with accolades, but the San Antonio Spurs added a EuroLeague record to his trophy case on Monday.

Parker buried a jumper from the elbow to eclipse the mark, which seems fitting considering that’s the point guard’s go-to shot at this point.

le panier de TP ou il bat le record de pts marqué dans les euro pic.twitter.com/Oyn5tzuJaj

— philippe (@philousports) September 7, 2015

According to Kurt Helin of Pro Basketball Talk, Parker had tied Nikos Galis—who starred for Greece in the 1980s—with an 11-point performance in France’s victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday.

Parker also received a congratulatory message from FIBA’s official Twitter account:

.@TonyParker is now the EuroBasket all-time leading scorer! #EuroBasket2015 pic.twitter.com/PptW9Er8iM

— FIBA (@FIBA) September 7, 2015

Parker and Spurs teammate Boris Diaw have joined a couple other NBA players—namely Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) and Nicolas Batum (Charlotte Hornets) in hopes of defending France’s Eurobasket title.

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