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Hornets Outlast the Thunder
The Hornets beat the Oklahoma City in an instant classic, 91-89 behind late game heroics from Chris Paul and David West. Paul came up with a steal with 10 seconds to go that allowed David West to take a game winning shot in the closing second, which he calmly nailed. It was a bittersweet victory, […]
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Game On: Thunder @ Hornets
Matchup: Thunder (28-15) @ Hornets (29-16) Off Efficiency: Thunder 107.4 (6th), Hornets 103.0 (17th) Def Efficiency: Thunder 105.0 (16th), Hornets 98.5 (3rd) Pace: Thunder 95.8 (11th), Hornets 91.1 (30th) The Hornets look to continue a fantastic January against the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight in front of what is expected to be another big crowd. With […]
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Drink, Pray, Watch Basketball
(edit- Once in a blue moon the prayer is done by a Rabbi. Not sure how I missed that over the years.) Before each and every Hornets game for as long as the team has been in existence, a Christian invocation is done at half court before the national anthem, in which everyone is asked […]
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Video: Paul Breaks Parker’s Ankles and makes Popovich sad
The Atlanta and Spurs games have me on a bit of a high right now. So . . . Parker has left the building!
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Sometimes, a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Don’t you agree? I worry about Karma with this sort of gloating, but this image was priceless.
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The Hornets beat the Washington Generals
At times, that’s what it felt like. Globetrotters v Generals. I mean, what do you say about a 100-59(Box Score) drubbing that was essentially finished by halftime? You can’t talk about the serious basketball because the game was over so quickly. Even the back and forth first quarter was a little bit of fools gold for […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Atlanta
Matchup: Hornets(27-16) @ Hawks(28-15) Off Efficiency: Hornets 102.6(19th), Hawks 105.2(12th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 99.6(4th), Hawks 102.2(10th) As always, thanks to Dariusz Ejkiewicz for the gameday banner! As the furor over Stephon Marb – er – Derrick Rose and his high-scoring game in Chicago grows more intense, the eastern conference has reached a tipping point. With […]
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Video: Hornets surge at end of Game to finish Memphis in OT
Video of the two amazing Hornets plays to end the game. Enjoy:
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Hornets beat Memphis in Overtime
My adrenaline is still going after that finish. After crushing Memphis for long periods in the second half, for almost all of overtime, the Hornets defense was struggling to get any sort of stop. Randolph was simply a load in OT and hitting some tough shots over Okafor. With less than a minute, Memphis finally […]
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Game On: Grizzlies @ Hornets
Matchup: Grizzlies(19-22) @ Hornets(26-16) Off Efficiency: Grizzlies 101.9(22nd), Hornets 102.4(20th) Def Efficiency: Grizzlies 102.7(13th), Hornets 99.6(4th) The Grizzlies have an okay defense, but for a team with Randolph and Gay, who both have a reputation for being scorers, their offensive output is pretty lame. One of the primary reasons for that is the teams propensity […]
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Hornets are Just One Injury Away From Disaster
Sometimes it’s good to take a step back from whatever you believe to be true in order to get a more objective viewpoint. I was recently asked on the Daily Dime Chat what the Hornets biggest concern is the rest of the season. Is it the attendance issue? The NBA owning the team? Chris Paul […]
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Game On: Raptors @ Hornets
Toronto Raptors (13-27) at New Orleans Hornets (25-16) Offensive Efficiency Ratings: Hornets 102.5 (19th), Raptors: 104.3 (15th) Defensive Efficiency Ratings: Hornets 99.7 (5th), Raptors: 109.3 (28th) Pace: Hornets 91.5 (29th) , Raptors 96.3 (9th) The Raptors come to New Orleans for an afternoon game on Martin Luther King Junior day. Tip off is at 2:00 ct, […]
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Tyrus Thomas doesn’t care
Tyrus Thomas doesn’t care if you can tell he doesn’t like Emeka Okafor’s face. He also doesn’t care if he’s delivering the most obvious flagrant elbow of all time in front of a referee. He also doesn’t care what you think about it, damnit. Oh and West dunked on Nazr’s face. He better stop it […]
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The Hornets come back and Edge the Rockets
For three quarters the Hornets were losing as the Rockets were nailing a ton of mid-range jumpers and the Hornets were turning the ball over way more often than they normally do. As a result, they gave up a season high 20 fast break points by the end of the third.  Then the fourth and overtime came along, the […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Rockets
Matchup: Hornets(23-16) @ Rockets(17-22) Off Efficiency: Hornets 102.4(19th), Rockets 106.7(8th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 99.7(4th), Rockets 107.0(24th) The Rockets have a remarkable number of high efficiency players, headlined by Kevin Martin and his 1.55 points per shot and low turnover rates. In fact, almost their entire team is fairly efficient offensively, with the only Aaron Brooks […]
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The Hornets Beat the Nuggets’ Scrubs
If I never see a basketball game like that again, I’ll be a happy man. The energy was contagious. Negative energy, that is. The starting Nuggets didn’t care. Melo was going through the motions. At one point, he was sent to post up, and let Ariza push him out past the three point line. Billups, […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Nuggets
Matchup: Hornets(21-16) @ Nuggets(20-15) Off Efficiency: Hornets 102.5(19th), Nuggets 107.7(6th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 100.1(6th), Nuggets 106.1(22nd) The Rumors are flying fast and furious these days as the Nuggets have now tried to include both Cleveland and the Pistons as facilitators in the trade with the Nets for Carmelo Anthony. It feels like the deal is […]
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The Warriors beat the Hornets
In a lot of ways, the loss to Golden State(Box Score) was inexplicable tonight. The Hornets threw together three quarters of solid defense, and then completely forgot what the hell they’d been doing for a four minute stretch and threw away the lead they’d held for most of the game. On seven seperate positions, a simple […]
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Game On: Warriors @ Hornets
Hello all! I’m back from my long vacation, having watched two dozen six-foot long nurse sharks feed on fish guts from three feet away, snorkeled multiple times in crystal clear water over fish-filled reefs, gone 100 feet underwater in a submarine, walked on two Volcano craters, clambered down into a pair of lava tubes, went […]
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Hornets Have Been Worse With Marcus Thornton on the Court (and other team oriented Bannerman stats)
There’s no time to waste with a provocative opening today. All I have for you is a brief rundown of some of what I find to be the more interesting statistics of Marcus Thornton. Some Stats The Hornets have been better overall with Marcus on the bench than when he’s in the game. The team […]