The Spurs beat the Hornets: NO leads series 2-1

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I had a feeling it was coming.  As I mentioned in the things to look for post earlier today, the Hornets had an abysmal night shooting from deep(18%), the Spurs were hitting their deep shots at a nice clip(44%).  That - and some missed free throws - was the difference in the game in the end.  Otherwise the Hornets were essentially even in turnovers(even), fouls(-1), ... [link]

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Friday Bullets
Published 5/9/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... : "I'm nonplussed at Pop's rotation for the game -- namely, giving an inordinate number of minutes to the ghost of Robert Horry while (essentially) not playing Ime Udoka. Inexplicable. And stupid. For game 2, I'd like to see Bowen on Peja and Parker on Paul, come what may." Coach Popovich didn't listen to Tim for Game 2, and the Spurs lost again. Last night, however, we saw a fair amount of that! Ryan Schwan of Hornets247 on the results: "Paul scored 35 on 15-25 shooting and had 9 assists with one turnover. He spent more time in the paint than almost ...

The Internets are alive: Hornets at Spurs, Game 3
Published 5/9/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Hornets 24/7: "The Spur's execution was excellent tonight, leading to 28 assists. They were driving and dishing and swinging and driving until they found the open man. After having countered that by determined scrambling in games 1 and 2, the Hornets weren't able to keep up with it this game." ...

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