For 12 minutes, Monday's contest seemed like a natural extension of the weekend for the San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets. Coming off their impressive Saturday night strangulation of the Golden State Warriors, Gregg Popovich's crew held Charlotte to just seven first-quarter points (San Antonio's stingiest frame of the season) on 3-for-22 shooting, with Kemba Walker struggling while his counterparty Tony Parker soared. And following their Saturday night defeat at the hands of the lottery-bound Denver Nuggets, the Hornets seemed several steps slow, carved up and trapped and in danger of falling off the pace in the race for home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Hornets deal Spurs historic loss thanks to a touch of Linsanity (Ball Don't Lie)
