Those of you who thought the San Antonio Spurs were dead and buried -- and you know who you are, and so do I because you've been sending me e-mails questioning my intelligence, sanity and ancestry for saying they were not -- might want to hold that thought after San Antonio's whiz-bang Game 3 win over the New Orleans Hornets.

The Spurs had looked like yesterday's news in their two losses in New Orleans, but Thursday night at home they withstood yet another spectacular game from Chris Paul and got back in the series with an entertaining 110-99 win. For the first time, the Spurs' Big Three -- Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili -- all had big games, Parker and Ginobili pouring in 31 points each.

Duncan, no longer suffering from the fever that laid him low in Game 2 but still suffering under the Hornets' double-teams, added 16 points and 13 rebounds.

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