So the Spurs came up big and got the Game 7 win over our Hornets here in New Orleans last night. Four losses in five games to end your season is tough to swallow, but it was a great ride nonetheless. For the last time this season, here's your news wrap...

We'll open it up with John DeShazier of the Times-Picayune...  read more »

The Hornets took Game 5 at the Hive last night, securing a 3-2 series lead and putting the defending champion Spurs on the brink of elimination. Today, they had to delete all the porn off the internet so everyone would have room to talk about it. Here's what I found...

We'll open it up with words from Jim Eichenhofer's recap at The Official...  read more »

Game Day! Round 2 tips tonight as the Hornets battle the Spurs in New Orleans at 9:00p.m. Central. We posted the full schedule for the series earlier, so check that out. Here's what everybody be talking about ahead of the big game...

First the big news: Kobe Bryant will be named MVP. Mike Bresnahan broke the story in the LA Times...  read more »

It's almost here. Hornets-Spurs. Game 7. Tonight at 7:30 Central. Ryan just delivered a fine post ahead of the madness. So go read that first. Then come back to this one and see what the internets been saying about the 100th Game 7 in NBA history.

To tip, Jim Eichnehofer was at Hornets practice yesterday, witnessing 47-year-old Byron Scott trying to dunk and Jannero Pargo clowning around...  read more »

Game 6 is done, the Spurs held serve at home, and now we wait for Game 7 on Monday. Lots to get to today with Hornets-Spurs being the only game last night and everyone in the world wanting to weigh in on a certain incident that occurred in the fourth quarter. Buckle up. This might take a while...

So, Horry's hit on David West. Was it an intentional, dirty play? At first I didn't think so but now I'm not so sure anymore. But hey, judge for yourself. Thanks to Page 3, we've got a picture of the precise moment of impact...  read more »

Records: Lakers 54-25 (2 seed); Hornets 55-23 (1 seed) Offensive ratings: Lakers 114.6 (3rd); Hornets 113.6 (5th) Defensive ratings: Lakers 107.2 (8th); Hornets 106.9 (5th) Projected Starting Lineups: Lakers: Derek Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol Hornets: Chris Paul, Mo Peterson, Peja Stojakovic, David West, Tyson Chandler Lakers Notes: After a shaky first 9 minutes (give or take) last night the Lakers played good defense, were efficient on offense and they cruised to a win. It was a good defensive effort by the Lakers, who after the first few minutes got smart and serious about defending Brand in the post, throwing a variety of looks and doubles at him. For the game the Clippers shot just 33% (eFG%) and had an offensive rating of 85.7.  read more »

Game 3 of Hornets-Spurs is in the immediate future (8:30p.m. Central on ESPN), and we've got the usual dose of news, notes, quotes and anecdotes form around the web. You gotta love technology.

To start, Tommy Beer has nothing less than a fascinating read over at HoopsWorld.com, giving you about nine billion statistical reasons why Chris Paul should have won MVP this season (hat tip to TrueHoop for the find). I could quote so much from that article, but I'll just whet your appetite with these two...  read more »

Every season, various NBA analysts will produce a column about scoring in the NBA.  These columns always focus on the offensive side of the game, and declare the season a success if lots of teams are scoring more than 100 points a game.  (I'm not really a fan of this, since I get a lot of satisfaction when Paul rips an opposing guard for a fast-break, the team forces a 24-second violation, Chandler or David West force a bad shot inside, or when Peja moves his feet on defense. Hell, my buddy and I drink every time Peja rebounds.  Maybe I'm weird, but I enjoy defense.)

Anyways, when those inevitable columns come out, you can expect them to declare this season a success.  Just like last year, there are 9 teams scoring more than 100 points a game, and what's more, they are getting more shots because the pace factor of games are up!  Yay!  The league wants to be Phoenix - all scoring and no defense!  Go NBA!  read more »

Game 6 goes down this evening in San Antonio, with the Spurs needing a win to avoid elimination at the hands of our Hornets. Here's the usual bunch of notes, quotes and anecdotes from around the web...

Let's start it off with updates on the injuries to Tyson Chandler and David West. Here's words from Tyson himself, who blogged his ass off on NBA.com yesterday...  read more »

There isn't a player on Jazz that I don't like - except for maybe Harpring(untalented and uses aggression bordering on thugery to make up for it) and Okur(don't like his playing style), but they aren't like the Nuggets, who have two players in Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony that I despise.(I watched both of their losses to Sacramento and Seattle and giggled my head off)

I love the clever play of Ronnie Brewer.  I still have residual fondness for Andrei Kirilenko when he helped my fantasy team a ton a few years ago.  Paul Millsap is an incredible story and everything I'd want in a backup - or even starting - big.  Deron Williams is a joy to watch.  Boozer, if not exciting, is easily appreciated for all the things he does.  Their offense is amazing.  read more »