Chris Paul and company are the statistical favorites winning 66% of AccuScore simulations.  They have won their three home games this series by an average of 19.7 points.  Game Seven tonight is at home.  So would a win by the Spurs be an upset?

On paper, yes it would.  The Hornets had the better regular season record, and had the better MVP candidate in Paul.  This is however the defending champion San Antonio Spurs.  Everybody should be required to call them “defending champion” until they lose.  Nobody would

Paging Tyson Chandler and Peja Stojakovic.  You both need to show up in a big way tonight or your team is done. 

For as good as New Orleans looked in Round One and in the first two games against the Spurs, they looked equally outmatched in the last two games.  Much of this I think has been due to adjustments made by Gregg Popovich (and of course homecourt).  Pop saw that no matter what he did against Chris Paul