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San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, 31, said a strong defence was the backbone of the Spurs' 118-103 victory on Saturday night against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA Western Conference semi-final series. The Parisian will be loving his recent form, after scoring 29 points last night; Parker has now reached that mark in three of his last four playoff games

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SOUNDBITE (English): Tony Parker, San Antonio Spurs Guard (on grabbing a big first-half lead):

"I think it just happened, we just wanted to come in and have a good start, take care of the ball and make sure we play good defence like we did in the second half at home and we just wanted to continue to play good basketball."