FINAL
79 101
Tuesday, May 13
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)
1 2 3 4 T
Spurs 23 24 11 21 79
Hornets 21 23 28 29 101

Closing Odds: NO -4, o/u 186.5

  Spurs Hornets
FG 29/77 (37.7%) 34/76 (44.7%)
3PT 9/23 (39.1%) 8/15 (53.3%)
FT 12/18 (66.7%) 25/33 (75.8%)
Reb 36 42
Asst 20 24
Stl 1 8
Blk 2 8
TO 9 6
San Antonio
New Orleans
Name Min FG 3Pt FT Reb Ast Pts
P. Stojakovic 45 3-8 1-2 2-2 11 1 9
D. West 44 16-25 0-0 6-7 14 5 38
C. Paul 43 6-18 1-2 9-11 3 14 22
M. Peterson 37 4-9 4-6 0-0 4 0 12
T. Chandler 31 2-5 0-0 0-2 8 0 4
J. Pargo 16 2-6 1-4 5-5 4 3 10
B. Wells 7 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 1 0
J. Wright 6 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
M. Ely 5 0-1 0-0 2-2 1 0 2
H. Armstrong 3 0-0 0-0 1-2 1 0 1
R. Bowen 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
M. James 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 3
R. Butler 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
T. Duncan 40 5-18 0-0 0-1 23 2 10
M. Ginobili 38 5-15 3-7 7-8 2 7 20
T. Parker 38 7-14 1-3 3-5 1 4 18
B. Bowen 34 4-5 2-3 0-0 3 0 10
I. Udoka 21 3-6 3-4 0-0 3 1 9
F. Oberto 16 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 2
M. Finley 15 1-6 0-3 0-0 1 1 2
K. Thomas 13 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 0 2
B. Barry 12 1-4 0-3 1-2 1 1 3
R. Horry 7 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 1
D. Stoudamire 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
J. Vaughn 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
M. Bonner 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
D. Johnson 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
I. Mahinmi 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

NBA Game Summary - San Antonio at New Orleans

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - David West had career playoff-highs of 38 points and 14 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets continued their success at home with a 101-79 win over San Antonio, pushing ahead after five games of their Western Conference semifinal series.

Chris Paul added 22 points and 14 assists for the Hornets, who hold a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game 6 scheduled for Thursday in San Antonio.

West, who shot 16-of-25 from the field, also had five assists and five blocked shots.

Morris Peterson tallied 12 points and Jannero Pargo 10 for New Orleans, which had just six turnovers. The Hornets are 6-0 at home in the playoffs this year.

Manu Ginobili scored 20 points and dished out seven assists for the Spurs. Tim Duncan finished with 10 points and 23 rebounds, but was hurt by a 5-for-18 performance from the field. Tony Parker scored 18 and Bruce Bowen 10 in defeat.

The home team has won every game in this series, and Tuesday brought a carbon copy of the first two games, when the Hornets won by 19 and 18 points, respectively.

The Spurs were ahead 47-44 at the half, but fell apart in the third quarter. New Orleans outscored the defending NBA champions 28-11 in the period and maintained a comfortable advantage throughout the fourth. The closest the Spurs got was eight points, at 85-77 with barely under five minutes left on a bucket by Ime Udoka.

However, the Hornets scored the next 13 points with seven coming from Pargo. Paul started the burst with a driving layup, and after Parker missed two free throws, the third-year guard drove in for another layup with 3:24 remaining for an 89-77 difference.