I guess Tim Duncan just can't guard David West? Tim Duncan needs to guard David West. Screw foul trouble. We're one .game from elimination, and Tim will have no use for those extra fouls while he's sitting next to a St. Croix pool in a week. I'm afraid that's where he'll be if we continue to waste him on Chandler. Tim Duncan, according to himself, Spurs management and anyone with less than half a brain, is a power forward. David West is also a power forward. Tim Duncan is a first team all-defense player. David West has averaged 22.2.New Orleans Hornets tickets.

Hornets Shutting Up the Haters Hornets Shutting Up the Haters By Austin Burton Chris Paul (photo. Mannion) Feel free to call me a hater. Because going into these playoffs, I didn't give the New Orleans Hornets any credit. Forget their #2 seed in the West.rget the season-long, MVP-caliber play of Chris Paul. Forget the emergence of David West as a legit All-Star. Forget the fact that Tyson Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and Jannero Pargo have all played at a consistently high level. Forget even that I'd seen a ton of Hornets. NBA.

Worthy of Your Attention by Marcel Mutoni The San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Hornets finished the regular season with identical records. And yet, should the Hornets win in San Antonio tonight, it will have to be considered a rather large upset. Gregg Popovich, who Robert Horry says is the best coach he's ever had, has his work cut out for him. Following Game Five, he did what any good coach would do following a crushing postseason defeat: complain about the free-throw.parity. Don't be shocked if the Spurs. Basketball.

The People's Playoff Book It: Hawkboy ? Day 4 Playoff time! The Basketball Jones is giving away a pair of Adidas basketball shoes to the person who can put together the longest streak of picks during the postseason. If you'd like to give it a shot, email us. Once a wrong pick is made, we'll email the next contestant. 3 people tied at 3! Hawkboy, looking for the lead all by his lonesome: New Orleans [+7.5] over SAN ANTONIO (home team in CAPS) So, the Spurs have won by 11 and 20 at home. West and Chandler could be hobbled by injuries, and . New Orleans Hornets.

OPEN THREAD: Day 27 of the 2k8 NBA Playoffs Tickets, HIGHLIGHTS: Day 26 of the 2k8 NBA Playoffs Gimme a J! Gimme a U! Gimme a M! Gimme a P! What's that spell? Over in the East we've got the Pistons heading to their 6th straight Eastern Conference Finals (on a side note- where are all those clueless critics who called for Joe Dumars to blow up ship last season? Probably the same place as those Warriors fans/ analysts who are happy that Mullin and company blew up last year's playoff team with a silly trade that even Nellie has publicly ackn.

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Image of the Day tickets for New Orleans Hornets, Apologies not only for the repeat of this image, but it's triple duplication. But the Spurs are down 3-2 in their NBA series with the New Orleans Hornets and face playoff elimination tonight. Lighting the virtual vela helped for Game 3. Let's do a multiple lighting today, gente, for added and much needed luck. Copy, paste, and forward at will. Go Espurs Go.

NBA Playoff Banter: May 15 links, We wanted to be able to bring something about the NBA Playoffs to the site, however, there's only one of us who regularly gets to (chooses to) watch most games.  That's why I enlisted my good friend Jason Brubaker.  He's a really good writer and you should check him out over at CHN.  We've been debating sports for over a decade, and now we're taking our arguments public for you to enjoy.  We really hope you enjoy our banter about guys who are bigger, stronger, faster, richer and better at bask.

Do the Hornets Really Need Peja to Score? Do the Hornets Really Need Peja to Score? By Dime Magazine As the New Orleans Times-Picayune?s Teddy Kider writes, it's not all about the stats for Peja Stojakovic. Even though everyone in the Big Easy was hoping Byron Scott would devise a plan for Peja to shake loose from Bruce Bowen's mortal grip during games three and four, Peja was effective in game five by simply keeping Bowen occupied.You may look at the box score or something and say his production is limited, but with Peja. New Orleans Hornets info.

Behind the box score, where we fist-pump with our strong hand NBA tickets, San Antonio Spurs 100, New Orleans Hornets 80  Quite often, coaches will throw out catch-a.ll descriptions of their team's effort while discussing a game after the fact, possibly because they don't think we can handle the truth about what went wrong in sending a lead forward back to aid in defense of an impending fast-break, or possibly because they're too ticked-off [.].