The San Antonio Spurs and it's superstar PF Tim Duncan were not going to go out like game one. The plan was to not let Hornets All-star forward David West have the same impact he had last game. However it seemed they forgot that there was another Allstar for the Hornets on the floor who goes by the nickname CP3. Just as he did to many opposing PG this season and in game one, he abused Tony Parker and any other defender thrown at him enroute to a 30 point and 12 assist night.

   The Spurs had no answer at all for Chris Paul and now find themselves in a very difficult position down 2 games to none. The series moves on to San Antonio now but the Spurs have not only ever been able to be repeat champions but have never comeback from a 2-0 deficit.

   Sure it's not over till the fat lady sings but it sounds like she is warming up her voice to be ready to sing the song na, na, na, na, hey, hey goodbye. That is if the Spurs do not take these next two games at home that is.

   From the start of the season I have said the Hornets are flying under the radar. Some people agreed and still others laughed at me as if I said the greatest joke ever told. Well people who's laughing now? Certainly not the Spurs fans and they are finding out that the same team that beat their beloved team out for the division just might leave them at home wondering if next season will be better than this one.

   So as the series moves to the beautiful city of San Antonio I predict the Hornets will come away with atleast one win. They'll close the series out here in New Orleans and sit back to see whether it will be the Lakers or Jazz that they'll be facing in the Western Conference Finals. A series with either just may be one for the ages.

Side Note:  In various places over the internet I have read of fans (mostly Lakers) say that the Hornets and CP3 play dirty ball. Are you kidding me! This is a game with 10 pretty sizeable guys huddled up fighting and scrapping for a ball and a win. Contact is part of this sport you know. Players from any team will do whatever it takes to help it's team win, even more during the playoffs. Get a grip folks and grow up already.

Hello to my friends here at foxsports blogs, did you miss me much? Well I know some of you may be wondering where the heck have I been, so I will fill you all in on what has been going on. A little over a month ago was the last blog entry i did. That very same weekend I went with some friends to a weekend long party at a campsite that included plenty of drinking and some other fun activities such as dirt bikes and four wheelers.

During said weekend of being toasted drunk and acting retarded on the four wheeler a friend and I decided to race and at about 45 mph we wrecked into each other and I suffered some serious injuries. The worst being a fractured skull and fluid and bleeding in my brain. So needless to say I was pretty messed up.

I have been in the hospital and was released today after careful monitoring to make sure i was ok to go home. I don't remember to much of what happened and have forgotten some other things as well. The doctors told me that most things will comeback to me but some others I may never remember again.

I am just thankful to be alive at this point no matter how much pain and suffering I have gone through and will continue to suffer from for the rest of my life. This near death experience has giving me a whole new perpective on life and just how precious every moment of it is. There are a whole bunch of things I have not accomplished as of yet but will make it a mission to do so.

I want to send a very special thank you to Kristen from here at fox blogsite. I have read and recieved your emails and truely appreciate your friendship. Also want to say thx to Mike Greenspire as well for his friendship and for being concerned as to my whereabouts. I have respected you both befor and now have a new found respect for you both.  I will always keep you and your families in my prayers.

To everyone else here that I consider good people and friends. I am looking forward to commenting and conversating with you again. I miss you all very much and also miss reading your opinions on anything and everything sports related.

If some of this makes no sense or my spelling and grammar are off a bit please accept my apologies as I am on plenty of meds. I will be around your blogs to comment because the last month is one big blur to me and I am way out of touch with what's going on in and around the sports world. Take care everyone and please do not take life for granted, it can end as easily as it began.

The Hornets David West has been on a mission. Just a few nights ago Houston PG Rafer Alston made a statement about Mr. West befor they were to play the Hornets. In an interview with TNT Alston said people were saying they beat New Orleans befor that game because the Hornets were without David West. He went on to say that David West isn't a superstar like Yao Ming.  Needless to say West helped lead his team to victory and made Alstons statement seem pretty stupid in my opinion.

Fast forward to lastnights game and West looked like he had been a superstar his whole career. Against the Celtics, West just couldn't be stopped. In a sold out New Orleans arena, West carried the Hornets who was without it's lone superstar (depending on who you ask) CP3 for most of the game due to some flaky foul trouble. The result was a Hornets win and David West making every defender that the Celtics threw at him look absolutly silly. So for those of you who believe Rafer Alston and also those that think CP3 makes David West look good only need to watch the highlites of the game lastnight. West finished with 37 points on the night.

CP3 only played 29 minutes because of the foul trouble he stayed in but hit some clutch jumpers late in the fourth quarter. 

"David West single-handedly destroyed us, but Pargo was the most important player on their team," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "They had their leader off the floor, and they actually cut the lead, got the lead, with him off the floor, and that's the time we should have stretched the lead and we didn't." Pargo had 15 points and six assists in 21 minutes, helping New Orleans surge into the lead while Paul was on the bench early in the fourth quarter.

Bonzi Wells has been a nice addition to the Hornets as well. He finished lastnight with 12 points and 8 steals, a franchise record. Being out rebounded 44-29 the many forced turnovers from a relentless defense more than made up for the difference.

If you haven't already it's time to take these Hornets seriously. Many believe they don't have the experience to go far in the playoffs and that may have some merit to it. However the Western conference is tough already down this stretch. Even as tough as it is and will continue to be, the Hornets have in recent weeks beaten the Spurs, Lakers and Rafer Alstons Houston Rockets.

No David West isn't a superstar...yet, however he is an All-Star and  both Houston and Boston have seen just why he was.

Photos of the game courtesy of the AP/Bill Haber