As much fun as it was to see the guys light it up in the first half behind a barrage of long shots, I was a little worried that at some point they’d stop falling.  To my joy, they never really did as Posey kept up a barrage of three point shots all game long […]

Okay – I blame ticktock over at Hornetshype for this one, but there is a conspiracy floating around on the internet today: David Stern fixed the All-Star voting so that Chris Paul would edge out Tracy McGrady. So – let’s look at the numbers.  Let’s start with those who were getting big boosts by Chinese […]

Matchup: Hornets(26-13) @ Timberwolves(13-27) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.1(8th), Wolves 101.7(24th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.3(12th), Wolves 107.0(26th) The Wolves have ripped off their best chain of games this season over their past ten contests, going 7-3 over that span, including a five-game win streak.  I was fairly impressed, but when I looked closer at the schedule I […]

Okay, who got the Finding Nemo reference in the title?  Let me guess, you have kids too. Matchup: Nets(19-22) @ Hornets(25-13) Off Efficiency: Nets 104.8(14th), Hornets 106.9(7th)Def Efficiency: Nets 108.1(27th), Hornets 103.3(11th) The Nets come calling on New Orleans at the best possible time for them.  I’m tempted to call them a donut team – […]

I think user I Heart Becky Hammon said it best in the comments. “OH . . .” Crazy finish.  Crazy shot.  Twice.  The win was brought to you by PBS(Paul, Butler and Stojakovic) and the number 3, as those three players combined to go 9 of 19 from deep including the fade-away trey as time […]

In the fourth quarter, both Chris Paul and James Posey decided they were done, drew their second technical fouls and went off to the showers early.  I was in complete agreement with the sentiment. That was a terrible game, made more irritating by the incessant ranting provided by the play-by-play crew.  Yes, we could see […]

Matchup: Hornets(23-12) @ Cavaliers(30-7) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.1(8th), Cavaliers 110.1(2nd)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.2(13th), Cavaliers 96.3(1st) The Cavaliers stumbled last night in Chicago, falling in overtime behind an abysmal showing by LeBron James, who went 8-28 from the field and had 8 turnovers.  The Cavs also lost starting shooting guard Delonte West to a broken wrist […]

That was an excellent game.  Both teams brought it offensively, and were doing what they did best.  Things kept happening and I kept thinking “I need to remember that” and then something else would happen and I’d forget about the previous item. This game, however, was all about adjustments, and the Hornets adjusted and  won.  […]

Blogger Power Rankings First off, there is a new installment of the Blogger Power Rankings out this week.  The Hornets keep hanging around that 6-8 spot.  Can’t say I disagree.  Enjoy, though I was a little short of witty contributions this time around, but the other blogs picked up the slack. Losses to Bad teams […]

Matchup: Knicks(13-22) @ Hornets(22-11) Off Efficiency: Knicks 101.9(21st), Hornets 106.8(8th) Def Efficiency: Knicks 106.7(24th), Hornets 102.9(11th) A coaches system can generate shots, but players have to hit them.  Mike D’Antoni has implemented his Suns-style offense in New York, and the team is doing what is asked of them, averaging more than 100 posessions per game […]

The Clippers visit Tonight I’m not going to do a formal Game Preview today because I wanted to post a couple other things instead.  Still, here’s tonight’s game in a nutshell:  The Clippers are 8-27 and have lost nine in a row.  They are dead last in offensive efficiency, and 17th in defensive efficiency. Baron […]

I was worried about the Hornets coming out flat against the Jazz after last night’s game.  They didn’t come out flat at all, with Paul and West picking up where they left off last night and jumping out to a nice lead. Then the Hornets ran off the bridge, and the game was over in […]

Just because I enjoyed that game last night so thoroughly, I wanted to add a pair of things about it that I thought of while I was waiting until 2:00 AM to wind down enough to go to sleep.  (Game ended at 1:10 on the east coast) 1. Don’t buy the Hype about Pau Gasol’s […]

Two quick things for you to absorb before the Lakers game tonight: The newest edition of the Blogger’s Power Rankings is up over at The Lakers Nation blog.  I, of course, participated, and my witty comments can be found all over them.  No, really!  I am witty! I also did a question exchange with LA […]

I’ll keep this preview short.  The Hornets have already played the Lakers twice this season, and both times, the Lakers put the hurt on them in the first two quarters, running out to a twenty-point lead, and then let up, letting the Hornets come back and make it look respectable in the last two quarters.  […]

Wow.  That was a crazy game.  I watch all of my games on Time-Delay TIVO so I can skip the commercials and fast-forward through the free-throws, and typically my friend arrives about an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes after tip off and we finish only a few minutes after the game ends. Tonight […]

Matchup: Hornets(19-9) @ Portland(20-12) Off Efficiency: Hornets 106.1(9th), Portland 110.8(1st)Def Efficiency: Hornets 102.2(10th), Portland 105.7(20th) Last year, the Portland Trailblazers ripped off a thirteen game win streak that made them the darlings of the league and propelled Brandon Roy into the All-star game.  Eventually they finished the season 41-41.  This year, the young blazers have […]

I was poking around various NBA stories and had some rants and thoughts I wanted to share.  Hopefully they are somewhat interesting. Despite much early-season fluff about how the Eastern Conference has closed the gap, I’m not buying the argument.  Don’t give me a number about how the Eastern Conference teams have won ten more […]

Not the most exciting basketball game of the season.  You kind of got the feeling that only three people were working hard – Mike James to try and prove a point, Tyson Chandler, to get his rebounding touch back, and Peja, to find his three point stroke. Bullets: Chris Paul got a triple double, and […]

I’m sure by now most of you have seen this.  A similar version of it was linked up in the news and good ol’ Toney Blare posted it in the comments of the Pacer’s Recap, but if you haven’t read about it you should go take a look.  It’s another one of those articles where […]