CHRIS PAUL BETWEEN JASON TERRY'S LEGS!

It's not as bad as it sounds like. Well, almost.

CHRIS PAUL HAS FUN WITH KOBE ON THE INBOUNDS PASS.

Kobe Bryant gets the uncontested dunk. CP3 gets the uncontested bounceback on the inbounds play.

Kobe must be pissed.

POINT TAKEN!

It was another blowout in a series that is, paradoxically, both tightly fought and yet, did not have a single game that went down the wire.

Again, offensive brilliance by guards Paul and Parker were on full display, as well as some defensive tenacity displayed by both(several times, Paul posted up parker and the Frenchman never backed down, bumping Paul to kingdom come.)

But in the end, it was the contributions (and lack of) of other plays that defined this victory. Manu hit 5 3pointers, David West finished with 10points and a sore back (this, after his stud of a game in Game 5).

Duncan was efficient and effective down low, Udoka got 2 dagger threes plus a killer block on Pargo and Pargo shot 0-5.

Now, it comes down to one game. Spurs in 7, I say.

HERE COME THE SPURS!

Well, well, well. Look at who just got their championship form back.

Yes, all the Spurs needed were some home cooking, some home cheering and the 6th Man awardee to become a starter.

Manu Ginobili started in Game 3 and he started out hot. By the end of the Spurs' Game 3 110-99 victory, Ginobili has logged in 31 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.

Tony Parker came back with a vengeance with another 31 points and 11 assists, negating Chris Paul's excellent offensive game (35points and 9 assists).

David West had a monster game with 23 points while Tim Duncan had a solid game with 16points.

But for me, the biggest reasons why the Spurs won were the disappearance of Tyson Chandler (foul trouble) and Peja Stojakovic (8 points in 2-7 shooting, as contrast to Game 2's 25points) and the timely offensive contributions of Michael Finley (3-5 three's in the 2nd quarter) and Bruce Bowen (4 three pointers in the 2nd half).

Now we get to see how fast the Hornets adjust to playoff basketball.

STUNG AGAIN!

I knew it was going to happen but I didn't know it was going to be this bad.

Game 2 was supposed to be the game where the Spurs start feeling their way back into the series. And for about 24minutes, they did.

Too bad it was the first 24minutes of the game. As soon as the second half started, it went back to being the Hornets' game to lose...so they didn't lose.

The Hornets may be young but they have CP3, who is one of the two best young point guards in the NBA right now (Deron Williams is the other), David West, who is fast becoming the premiere power forward of the Western Conference, as well as Peja Stojakovich, still as deadly as ever from the perimeter. Add to that Tyson Chandler and you have a pretty potent team.

Of course, you can't ever count out a team with TD, Parker, Manu and Pop in it. You just can't do it. The Spurs are just like that movie monster that gets shot, incinerated, crushed by a ten wheeler and then decapitated...and still stands up to go after the hero.

I'll believe the Spurs are dead once the Hornets win 4games...not one game too soon.