PROVING TO BE A STEAL PARKER'S DEFENSE IS PIVITOL.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and - Whatever the odds were of Smush Parker coming up with a steal against Steve Nash in the final seconds of regulation Sunday, the odds were even smaller that the Lakers guard would find himself in that position to begin with. This time last year, Parker was watching the playoffs at home in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , wondering where his next job in pro basketball would come. He had yet to stick on three NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= teams and had finished the season in the developmental league. Now Parker has the unlikely title of playoff hero, having poked the ball free from the league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. with the game on the line. Parker's steal led to Kobe Bryant's floater Floater A bond or other type of debt whose coupon rate changes with market conditions (short-term interest rates). Also known as "floating-rate debt". Notes: For example, a floater bond may have the coupon rate set at "T-bill rate plus 0.5%". at the buzzer as the Lakers went on to a stunning overtime victory. ``I just know that I can't stop watching that play,'' Parker said after practice Monday. ``The last two minutes of regulation to the overtime was just incredible to watch.'' There is still work to be done in closing out the Phoenix Suns and this first-round series, with the Lakers holding a 3-1 lead and Game 5 tonight at US Airways Center • • [ . But Parker could be forgiven for never wanting to let go of the feeling from Sunday. His phone was filled with text messages - he counted 36 - and voice mails afterward. And Parker remarked at how everyone thought he had played a great game after scoring only five points on 2-of-12 shooting. That might have been because so many people remembered where he came from, a playground legend from Brooklyn who went undrafted after playing only one season at Fordham. Parker finished last season with the Florida Flame in the NBDL NBDL National Basketball Development League NBDL Naval Biodynamics Laboratory NBDL National Biodynamics Laboratory . But he saw an opportunity with the Lakers, who needed a guard, and signed a non-guaranteed deal. Parker played for the Lakers' summer-league team, came to training camp and wound up with the starting job over veteran guard Aaron McKie. Where Parker found himself with 7.9 seconds left Sunday was trying to make a play with the Suns inbounding the ball to Nash and leading 90-88. ``What I told him was you've got to go through the ball to get the steal,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. ``But if you miss the steal, you've got to make sure that you grab the guy so that we don't have someone turn away from the steal and be able to run some seconds off the clock. It just happened that Smush Smush was an American game show which aired on the USA Network in 2001.[1] Smush was hosted by Ken Ober and co-hosted by Lisa Dergan[1]. The show, set in a basement party atmosphere, featured four contestants trying to "smush" the answers to clues is great at that.'' ``That happens maybe once in a lifetime,'' Parker added. ``It was just an amazing thing to watch, an amazing thing to be a part of.'' What Parker's place will be with the Lakers next season is uncertain, with the team likely shopping for a guard in free agency. But Parker always will have a place in the team's playoff lore after the steal he made. ross.siler(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) LAKERS at PHOENIX (2) NBA PLAYOFFS |
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