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Manu Ginobili scored 25 points and Tim Duncan grabbed 15 rebounds to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets 99-80 Thursday in San Antonio.

The win forces a Game 7 in the series to be played in New Orleans.

Tonight, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers can wrap up their series with wins; the Celtics will be in Cleveland up 3-2 and the Lakers will be in Utah also up three games to two.

Detroit is the only team to make a conference final so far; the Pistons are awaiting the winner of the Boston-Cleveland series.