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The Hornets Defense – or Why New Orleans is 5-0
This morning, the Hornets awake sporting the 5th most efficient defense in the league. While that sounds good, I want to put it in perspective. Unlike many teams sporting tough defenses, the Hornets have now played the 4th, 6th, 11th, 15th and 29th ranked offenses in the league. The average efficiency of those five teams […]
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Hornets Beat the Miami Heat to Remain UnBEEfeated
The New Orleans Hornets beat the Miami Heat 96-93 in an dunk filled affair. Fans picked a great night for the first sellout of the season, and were treated to quite a show, most notably by big men Emeka Okafor and Jason Smith. The duo undoubtedly left Heat fans concerned about their front court. Fueled […]
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The Cirque de Chaleur comes to New Orleans
Game Preview Matchup: Heat(4-1) @ Hornets(4-0) Off Efficiency: Heat 109.1(3rd), Hornets 106.3(8th) Def Efficiency: Heat 87.9(1st), Hornets 97.5(5th) Yes, the Circus known as the Heat pays a visit tonight in New Orleans. There’s a tremendous amount of interest in this team, and that fuels a veritable circus of coverage, which in turn ignites more interest, […]
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The Hornets Beat the Rockets
It was a fun and fascinating game to watch tonight as the Hornets defeated the Rockets 107-99 (Box Score) in Houston. In a game that had Paul exploding for 14 points in the fourth, Jason Smith tearing it up off the bench, and Emeka Okafor dominating the paint defensively, I wanted to talk first and […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Rockets
Matchup: Hornets(3-0) @ Rockets(0-3) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.6(12th), Rockets 106.3(8th) Def Efficiency: Hornets 97.7(6th), Rockets 112.4(30th) Pace: Hornets 94.6(26th), Rockets 104.1(2nd) The Hornets roll into Houston to face an almost desperate Rockets team still looking for their first win of the season. The Rockets have the worst rated defense in the league right now – […]
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The Hornets beat the Spurs
Three. And. Oh. Before the season started, I was hoping for 2-1. I was expecting 1-2. I’m having trouble containing myself. This team has shown depth, resiliency, and the ability to get defensive stops when absolutely necessary for the first time in two seasons.  Tonight the Hornets built a sixteen point lead and then held off […]
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Game On: Hornets at Spurs
Tonight is a battle between the San Antonio Spurs 1.0 organization and the San Antonio Spurs 2.0 organization. Demps vs Buford. Williams vs Popovich. Paul(Wake Forest) vs. Duncan(Wake Forest).  The Spurs have only played a single game so far this season, and they won that one handily 122-109 vs. Indiana. (Side note: Collison went for […]
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New Orleans Hornets Beat the Nuggets
The New Orleans Hornets beat the Nuggets tonight to remain undefeated. It was a thrilling 101-95 victory that had the crowd jacked up, and left fans wanting more. When Chris Paul checked back in with 9 minutes to go in the fourth quarter you could just tell that he wasn’t going to let this one […]
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New Orleans Hornets Beat the Bucks
The New Orleans Hornets started off their 2010-2011 season hot, beating the Bucks 95-91 in a thriller to preserve their (and my) undefeated season. It was an exciting night for everyone in attendance as the energy level was high. First Quarter The Hornets came out hot right off the bat. Fueled by their starting group, […]
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The Hornets247 2010-2011 Season Teaser Trailer
Sometimes, you find a piece of music that’s just perfect. Sometimes you put video to that music. Sometimes you get this: Two days to go. Are you ready?
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The Thunder beat the Hornets
The Hornets completed their pre-season with an 86-101 loss(Box Score) to the Thunder in Oklahoma City tonight, bumping their record to 1-7 in meaningless games. Now the team goes home and gets most of a week to prepare for its first real opponent of the season, the not-to-be-taken-lightly Milwaukee Bucks. There have been a few […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Thunder
The Hornets close out their pre-season run tonight, taking on the young upstart Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC. Okafor has been sitting out the past two games with no injuries listed, so it will be interesting to see if he plays tonight. Monty seems pretty comfortable with what he’ll get from him, so he may […]
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Hornets acquire Curtis Jerrells
The Hornets link to the D-League and San Antonio continue to grow stronger as Hornets GM Dell Demps has traded a 2nd round pick to the San Antonio Spurs in return for Curtis Jerrells, a former D-league point guard that played for him for three years on the Austin Toro’s. Me? I don’t know anything […]
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The Pacers beat the Hornets
The Hornets and Pacers clashed last night in Indiana, and the Hornets lost by 98-101(Box Score) after a very close finish that could have gone either way. One thing, though, is clear. Monty didn’t care at all about winning the game. For the entire fourth quarter, the team rolled with bench players plus Belinelli, with Belinelli serving […]
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The Hornets beat the Heat
That was enjoyable as the Hornets beat a badly depleted Heat team 90-76.(Box Score) For most of the game, the Hornets held a comfortable lead – except for the stretch where Bosh got hot and put the Heat on his back. It still bugs me that people dismiss him. The dude is an efficient scorer. The […]