Why 48? Why not? Mad linkage from last night’s game, with relevant excerpts.

In case you haven’t noticed, Yahoo’s really been killing it with the quality Hornets coverage lately. Go over and read the whole article. It’s great.

Somehow, you just know the Spurs will make one final desperate run to hold off the inevitable: That eventually these young Hornets are going to overtake them in the Western Conference. Maybe this year, maybe next, but it’s coming and these Spurs understand they can’t hold back Paul and West and Chandler forever…

As much as anything, the Spurs are holding onto dear life now. An old man with seven rings delivered David West to the deck on Thursday night, and this happened to be the start of Game 7 here: All hell breaking loose, all the way to a champ’s desperate last stand.

Hardwood Paroxysm: if it looks like a rat and smells like a rat…

Basketbawful: On CP3 and flopping, on the game in general.

Oh, and when I play pickup basketball, it’s funny how I never seem to get run over by guys who are almost 100 pounds (!!) lighter than I am (Duncan weighs in at 260 pounds; Paul is 175 soaking wet). Uh, it’s called the Law of Physics, people. Look it up. It’ll be in a big book called “Science.”

Freeze frame of the moment Robert Horry made contact with David West. (Found via TrueHoop)

ESPN gives playoff awards, featuring Chris Paul (MVP) & David West (Breakout Player).

Yes, he’s averaging 24.6 points and 11.0 assists per game in the postseason while shooting 50.7 percent from the floor, even though he’s played the past six games against one of the league’s most accomplished defensive squads. But here’s my favorite stat: He’s turned it over on only 4.8 percent of his possessions in the playoffs. That, my friends, is insane — not even stand-still jump shooters can get their turnover rate that low, much less a guy asked to create something on nearly every trip. As a result, the Hornets have the lowest turnover rate of any playoff team.

Ron Hitley thinks it wasn’t intentional, AttheHive thinks it was– and you can go vote.

Chris Paul looks like he’s visibly trying to restrain himself from busting out with something assholeish at certain points in the press conference. Just keeps saying, “Wow… wow,” like he can’t believe it. Watch it here.

DX HEALTH UPDATE: The Hornets expect David West to be ready to go on Monday.

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