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Tony Parker had a shiner around his left eye Thursday night, a souvenir from a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the AT&T Center that got rough in a tense second half.

"I was trying to go hard to the basket," he said of the play that brought his eye in contact with Larry Hughes' elbow. "It didn't go my way tonight. Sometimes that happens."

The black eye will disappear soon enough.

It's that bone spur in his left heel that is starting to worry him. Going hard to the basket is what made Parker the MVP of the 2007 NBA Finals, and those drives haven't been going his way as often since the injury first surfaced after the Nov. 30 game at Minnesota.

Parker danced around questions about his health after the Cavs won 90-88 Thursday.

"We've been talking about that for a long time," he said. "There's nothing new. I just have to get some treatments and get some rest. Hopefully it will go away."



it's apparent when you watch him play that he isn't the same player..this injury has completely taken him out of his game..

so should Pop rest him for a little longer, or should he continue playing through it? surely it won't get better if he keeps playing on it with his playing style..

I think it is better be safe than sorry... rest him if he is not healthy. Honestly HC advantage is overrated. If you are the better team... you will win in a 7 game series.

It's clearly bothering him alot. If you look at his face during games you can see he's sucking it up and trying to play through the pain but he always looks like something is deeply bothering him. I think pop should just rest the guy till he gets healthy again.

I don't think it's completely taken him out of his game, but it's definitely effected him noticably.

Rest him for a bit.