(My Sportsbook) - The San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Hornets both enter the season finale tonight with a number of playoff possibilities still on the table.

The Spurs can still lock down the Southwest Division title when they host the Hornets, who can finish in either the sixth or seventh seed in the Western Conference.

San Antonio is deadlocked with Houston atop the Southwest but the Rockets own the tiebreaker. The Spurs must beat New Orleans and hope for a Houston loss in Dallas for San Antonio to take the division and the No. 3 seed in the West. That scenario would have the Spurs meeting the Mavs in the first round while the Hornets would take on Denver. A loss by San Antonio tonight and the Spurs will be the fifth seed.

New Orleans, meanwhile, earns the sixth seed with a win tonight or a loss by Dallas. The Hornets will be seventh with a loss and a win by the Mavs.

The Spurs are coming off an important win in Oakland on Monday when Drew Gooden finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds, as San Antonio routed the Golden State Warriors, 101-72.

Tim Duncan, who sat out the team's previous contest with sore knees, returned to post 16 points and 13 boards for San Antonio. Tony Parker added 17 points as the Spurs won their third in a row.

The Hornets, meanwhile, fell in Houston on Monday when Yao Ming returned to the lineup with 22 points and seven rebounds, as the Rockets earned an 86-66 blowout win over New Orleans.

David West tallied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, who were held to a season-low in points and fell into a tie with Dallas for the sixth spot in the West with one game remaining.

It was an off night for guard Chris Paul, as he had nine points and seven assists.

Hornets center Tyson Chandler, who has missed the team's last 15 games with a balky left ankle, is expected to play 20-plus minutes tonight.

San Antonio, which is 27-13 in the Alamo City this season, has dropped two of the three meetings between the clubs this year but earned a 106-93 win at the AT&T Center on January 31.