Hornets head coach Byron Scott said it wasn't going to be easy, knocking off the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, but this is ridiculous. For the third time in the best of seven series between the Hornets and Spurs, San Antonio won on their home court in blowout fashion.

99-80 the latest example of how perplexing this series is to try and understand. Not only have the home teams won on their home courts, but they've done so by double digits every time. "If I could figure out what's going on with this home-court stuff I would bottle it and sell it to the other 29 teams in the league," said a frustrated Scott. "I don't think our guys were totally focused in on what we needed to do and maybe in the back of their minds they had that false sense of 'hey we got Game 7 at home'.

San Antonio was focused, sticking with their game plan to make the Hornets pay every time forward Tim Duncan is double-teamed. The Spurs knocked down three-pointer, after three-pointer, after three-pointer following Duncan kick outs. "We're happy to force a seventh game. We believe that we are good road team and we're going to do our best to make a game of it and hopefully play a little better than we have in the past."Duncan finished the night with 25 points.

The other two thirds of the big three, Manu Ginobili and Tony Paker, finished with 25 and 15 points. "We played pretty good. Defense, offense and we got our lead and then once again everybody rested in the fourth quarter," said Parker. "We need to do a better job in New Orleans." Ginobili sank a career playoff high six 3-pointers. San Antonio nailed down 11 long distance shots, while the Hornets connected on just two.

The Hornets didn't play their best basketball in the first half but were only down seven 58-51. Then the dreaded third quarter hit, a quarter that has doomed both teams when on the road.

Thursday, the Hornets managed to get just 12 points in the quarter," That third quarter got away from us and it was ugly from there," said Hornets point guard Chris Paul who for the first time this postseason showed signs of frustration. "They're the defending champs, you knew they weren't going to lay down for us. Thank God we get to go back to New Orleans." Paul finished the night with 21 points and 8 assists but quickly picked up a pair of offensive fouls early in the third quarter.

Shots simply didn't go down for the Hornets as they did in Game 5. Perhaps no Hornet had a tougher night than forward David West.

West was just 4 of 14 from the field, finishing the night with just 10 points and on the floor in pain following a hard foul to his sore back by San Antonio's Robert Horry."It's sore right now. Good thing we have two or three days here to get rest and treatment. It's the way it happens sometimes," West said. "D-West is a fighter. He's going to get back from this, luckily we got about a week until Game 7," Paul said of teammate.

The attention indeed now turns to Game 7 where the Hornets have current history on it's side. Home teams are 20-1 in the second round of the playoffs this season.