Manu Ginobli gets the start again. Hornets are in their Gold uniforms. Bowen on Peja. David West looks a little sluggish. He needs to break a sweat.

Peja hits an bucket early. One of two things needs to happen tonight: Peja heats up or Pargo heats up.

Tyson has four points and a block in the first four minutes rather than two fouls. That's a plus.

The Spurs handed out cheer sticks for this game. Basically these are just noise makers that sound like cowbells by themselves. My question... it's an elimination game for the home team. Do or die... do you really need artificial sound to create a home court advantage? Won't the refs do that for you?

This game was ties at 17... the Spurs closed the quarter out on a 19-8 run... 36-24 after one quarter.

As poor a shooting display over the final 5:20... the hornets go 2 of 11 including three air balls. Meanwhile the Spurs made 71 percent of their shots.

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