ESPN poll: 49 states want the Hornets to beat Spurs

• ethanator1088

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  yowzers. That is quite a poll.

   

  I am glad the one state was Texas :-)

   

  Posted 5/19/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Hornets-Spurs: Sunday News Wrap
Published 5/18/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... were. After all, there are literally thousands of hard fouls given during an NBA season. 99% of the time, no one gives a shit. A San Antonio woman in this video obviously didn't read that post from Spurs Dynasty, or the comments here at Hornets247 for that matter. Her thoughts on the Spurs... "They're an American team. Everybody loves them." Sorry to break it to you lady, but, via BallHype, here's proof that America doesn't like the Spurs much at all...  In a recent SportsNation poll, ...

The Rotation: Spurs' Experience Can Overcome Hornets' Home Court in Game 7
Published 5/19/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... Experience breeds contempt, as Shakespeare maybe said. An ESPN poll asked who you would want to see in the Conference Finals. And based on the over 20,000 responses, the majority of people in every single state outside of Texas will be rooting for the Hornets tonight. Even in Texas, 47% of the votes went to the team from New Orleans. ...

Reading is Great! Monday’s NBA Rumors, Breaking News, and Blog Links
Published 5/19/2008 by Andrew Thell and Brian Spencer at Empty the Bench
Reading is Grrrrrreat! - Inhistoric.com - NBA fans across the U.S. are nearly unanimous: No. More. Spurs. - The Grand National Championships - And here’s a guide to hating those Spurs. - Gilbertology - Rodney White, Joseph Forte, and Jeryl Sasser have one thing in common. - Cavalier Attitude - LeBron James and Mike Brown: good. Everybody else: garbage. - Dime - Is Paul Pierce “The greatest pure scoring machine in Celtics history”? Um, no. - MLive - Will the Pistons be rusty? Rasheed Wallace: “We still got that fire under our ...

Spurs force un-anticipated Western showdown
Published 5/20/2008 by la287 at Daily Basketball
... Just a brief post today. The San Antonio Spurs escaped from the New Orleans Hornets, winning the series in seven games. Maybe the league isn’t fixed for a Celtics-Lakers rematch in the Finals after all, as 49.5 out of 50 states were rallying behind the Hornets. Even though San Antonio has been less than overwhelming this season, they’ve got a great shot at knocking off the Los Angeles Lakers. Meanwhile, it’s hard to say how the Celtics will play against the Detroit Pistons, especially at the ...

Old Hats and New Tricks: San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers Playoff Preview
Published 5/21/2008 by Andrew Thell at Empty the Bench
... manning the middle. Now they’ve earned the treat of playing the Spurs. After their annual tradition of flying under the radar all year, nobody is surprised to see San Antonio back in the Western Conference Finals. It seems like months ago that they were pushed into double overtime by the Phoenix Suns on the opening day of the 2008 playoffs, but since that second overtime period they’ve gone back to their winning ways and looked as methodical and deadly as ever. There were a lot of unhappy NBA fans outside of Texas after the Spurs dispatched the Hornets on Monday, but none ...