Stumbling out of the locker room, literally... Mo Pete falls, first bucket of the half goes to Parker, DOH!

Bum Phillips once said on an NFL Films classic mic'd up... "That's four holding penalties on one football team in a quarter and half... it ain't funny!"

Once again the refs have made themselves part of this series with five foul calls in less than a minute and a half span on the Hornets, capped off with a technical against David West. It ain't funny.

West plays at his best when he's angry. 8:05 to play in the third. Let's watch...

All of that foul mess coupled with Manu Ginobli's impression of Larry Bird this quarter... and the Spurs lead still just 9. It could be MUCH worse.

It got much worse... the Hornets go cold... nothing falls in the final 4:43 of the quarter. San Antonio takes a 15 point lead (their largest of the game) into the 4th.

I just saw Popovich on his cell setting up dinner plans for Sunday night in New Orleans. Game 7 in NOLA... I'll bring ear plugs

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