Hornets and Suns on TNT tonight, live from New Orleans Arena. Game tips at 7 p.m. Central.

We saw the PHX just last week, when they dropped 124 points on the Hornets in Byron Scott’s last game as coach. The Suns lost to the Lakers the next night but have since bounced back with wins over Toronto and Houston.

The Hornets will of course be without Chris Paul this time, but it should be interesting to see what adjustments Jeff Bower and Tim Floyd have put in place to try slow the Phoenix roll.

Once again, I’ll be chatting live during the game over at ESPN’s Daily Dime. Should be a lot of Hornets-Suns talk there tonight as there’s only one other game on at the same time.

Linkage:

• Earlier on the blog: Next Few Games will be a Bellwether
• Journals: Rant at Non-Fans About Tanking | Positive Notes
• Rival bloggers: Bright Side of the Sun | Valley of the Suns

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