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These teams had some very memorable regular season games. Right before the Spurs went on the road for their rodeo road trip the Hornets went into San Antonio and pounded the living life out of them 102-78 to the shock of the Spurs fans. They also pounded the life out of San Antonio by 25 on March 12th in New Orleans. The teams split their season series 2-2 and the Hornets won each game when they reached 100 points and lost each one when they were stuck in the 80's. Great matchups here with Chris Paul vs. Tony Parker and Tim Duncan against a young rising center in the league in Tyson Chandler. The Spurs ran in the Phoenix series and they may get trapped in game 1 playing a Hornets tempo in this spot. I am looking at playing a total in game 1. I expect points will be scored in game 1 while the defenses will take over later in the series with adjustments. Play Game 1 over 183 ½ points.