It started last night about six posessions in.  As Bruce Bowen started to run down the court after a made Hornets basket, Chris Paul casually stepped in front of him and delivered a hard bump.  Bowen flailed a little, raised his hands in the air, and continued down court, making no eye contact.  Paul 'stumbled' […]

So the Spurs made their adjustments. They clamped down on David West, holding him to 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting. They got a much better game from Tim Duncan, who scored 18 on 6-of-11 shooting. They hit the boards harder, they mixed up their defense even more, and Gregg Popovich gave Ime Udoka bundles of […]

Game 2 between the Hornets and Spurs gets underway at 8:30 CT this evening at the New Orleans Arena. The Hornets took Game 1 convincingly on Saturday and hope to put the defending champs on the ropes with another big win tonight. Stuff to know… Game Time: 8:30pm Central. TV: TNT nationwide. Radio: KMEZ 102.9 […]

Monday morning afternoon, and it looks like some people are starting to take the Hornets a little more seriously after their 19-point win in Game 1. Let's dive in… Kicking off with Peter Finney's words in today's Times-Picayune… I now have twin-vision about a team I picked to lose to Dallas in seven: I would […]

The Mavericks were picked to beat us because they had Playoff Experience.  The Spurs are being picked to beat us by a lot of pundits as well.  I'll give you one guess as to their reasoning.  That's right: Playoff Experience!  As always, give me some damn basketball reasons why the Hornets should lose. Every Spur Championship team has played better than the […]

The Hornets got off to a fine start with a convincing win over the Spurs in Game 1 yesterday. On a super-fantastic morning in New Orleans, here's me bringing you the latest buzz from around the web. Enjoy! Jim Eichenhofer's got a funky recap of what went down last night, diving into the usual player-by-player […]

Kick. Ass. The Hornets held Tim Duncan to a career playoff low 5 points and cruised to a big win over the Spurs in Game 1 tonight. David West led the Hornets with 30 points, Peja Stojakovic added 22, while Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler both came up big with double-doubles. Twas a glorious team […]

Hornets-Spurs gets rolling tonight at 9:00p.m. Central. Everybody's talking about it as a showdown between youth and experience. Who will win out? Call me crazy, but I think it will be whichever team plays better basketball. Stuff to know… Game Time: 9:00pm Central. TV: TNT nationwide. Radio: KMEZ 102.9 FM in New Orleans and the […]

Game Day! Round 2 tips tonight as the Hornets battle the Spurs in New Orleans at 9:00p.m. Central. We posted the full schedule for the series earlier, so check that out. Here's what everybody be talking about ahead of the big game… First the big news: Kobe Bryant will be named MVP. Mike Bresnahan broke […]

Hey look! The full schedule is out for round two. Here's when it will go down between the New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs… Game Date Day Site Time TV One May 3 Saturday N.O. 9:00pm TNT Two May 5 Monday N.O. 8:30pm TNT Three May 8 Thursday S.A. 8:30pm ESPN Four May […]

Okay – I'm going to give in to a touch of smugness and post this before we get tested by the Spurs.  Here is one more recap of the Hornets-Mavericks Series, told in accordance with the 5 Stages of Grief. Stage 1: DENIAL "We get this win, it's a new series. We haven't shown up […]

Here was me thinking today would be the calm before the storm that is tomorrow's Game 1 of Hornets vs. Spurs. But no. Millions of stuffs be on the interwebs. Here's what I found… Tony Parker sat out the physical drills at Spurs' practice yesterday. Seems he's a little banged up after the first round… […]

There's so much to address here, I had a hard time getting started.  In the end, I did my usual thing and turned to the numbers to get rolling. Like the Mavs, the Hornets and the Spurs were pretty similar teams – there must be something in the water in the Southwest Division.  The Spurs […]

May day! New month, new series. I'm (mostly) ditching the Mavs talk today and looking forward to Game 1 of Hornets-Spurs, which tips this Saturday at 9p.m. Central. Here we go… Jim Eichenhofer has a nice introduction to the Hornets-Spurs series over at Hornets.com… The Spurs possess an obvious advantage over the Hornets in experience, […]