Los Angeles Lakers vs New Orleans Hornets
8:00 PM ET, April 28, 2011
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
Two transcendent playoff performances by Chris Paul made the Hornets' first-round series with Los Angeles far more interesting than the defending champion Lakers would have preferred.
The question now is whether the Hornets' four-time All-Star can summon another big game back in the Big Easy on Thursday night.
At the very least, Paul welcomes the pressure that comes with a game in which a loss ends the season for his team.
"This is all or nothing for us," Paul said. "I can't wait."
When Paul has been sensational -- with his 33-point, 14 assist performance in Game 1 and his triple-double in Game 4 -- the Hornets have pulled out a pair of hard fought victories. In the series' other three games, when Paul has still been exceptional, but short of dominant, the Lakers have won -- including twice by double digits.
Now ahead 3-2 in the series, Los Angeles needs only one more win to dispatch pesky New Orleans. If the Lakers own key statistical categories as thoroughly as they did in their 106-90 Game 5 triumph on Tuesday night, the series isn't likely to make it back to the West Coast for Game 7.
The question now is whether the Hornets' four-time All-Star can summon another big game back in the Big Easy on Thursday night.
At the very least, Paul welcomes the pressure that comes with a game in which a loss ends the season for his team.
"This is all or nothing for us," Paul said. "I can't wait."
When Paul has been sensational -- with his 33-point, 14 assist performance in Game 1 and his triple-double in Game 4 -- the Hornets have pulled out a pair of hard fought victories. In the series' other three games, when Paul has still been exceptional, but short of dominant, the Lakers have won -- including twice by double digits.
Now ahead 3-2 in the series, Los Angeles needs only one more win to dispatch pesky New Orleans. If the Lakers own key statistical categories as thoroughly as they did in their 106-90 Game 5 triumph on Tuesday night, the series isn't likely to make it back to the West Coast for Game 7.
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