What a way to start the NBA free agency period.  Baron Davis unexpectedly opted out of his contract and quickly signed with the Clippers.  Elton Brand also surprised some by opting out, and now is mulling over whether to rejoin the Clips with Davis or travel up north to Golden State.  The offer from the Warriors is actually bigger than the Clippers one for Brand, but his original intention was to give L.A. more flexibility under the cap to go after another star player.  GM Elgin Baylor has done that

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