Matchup: Hornets(17-9) @ Pacers(10-19) Off Efficiency: Hornets 105.6(9th), Pacers 102.5(20th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 102.1(12th), Pacers 104.8(18th) There is a lot said about the Pacers and their coaches desire to let fly from deep, but the reality is they don’t actually do it that often.  They are the third fastest team in the league, averaging 98 posessions […]

A win.  How sweet.  I’ll be honest, Houston usually hits you hard and fast with a pretty strong defense, and I was expecting the Hornets to lie down for it since that’s what they’ve done for several great defenses this season.  Tonight, however, they decided to go at the Rockets and played their own brand […]

Matchup: Rockets(19-10) @ Hornets(16-9) Off Efficiency: Rockets 105.2(11th), Hornets 105.7(8th)Def Efficiency: Rockets 101.0(5th), Hornets 102.6(13th) Today’s a new day, and the Hornets get a chance tonight at redemption.  Earlier this season, they suffered a pummeling at the hands of Houston.  They are now coming off a pair of pummelings that were as bad – or […]

First, I’ll give the Orlando Magic defense some credit.  They closed hard, rotated well, and stayed in front of their men.   They doubled who they needed to double, and left open who they needed to leave open. That said, none of our players were on today.  A couple could be classified as “ok” but none […]

The house is full of presents and family, my kids are on almost continuous sugar highs, and the Hornets play Orlando as the opening act of the NBA’s giant Christmas Basketball Extravaganza.  Hopefully the kids won’t take too long  unwrapping their presents so I can wander off to watch the game. Since this is the […]

The Hornets got torched by the Lakers again, once more making a run at the end that made the final score not look so bad.  Don’t let it fool you, they were terrible.  Let me list the ways: The Lakers interior defense was tough, a function of all the really tall and athletic guys they […]

The reigning MVP comes to New Orleans tonight in a classic showdown at the top of the Western Conference’s standings.  Because of the Laker’s hot start, and the Hornet’s little choke job that landed them at 5-5 early in the season, Chris Paul has routinely been around 4th or 5th on most MVP articles while […]

Matchup:  Kings(7-20) @ Hornets(15-7) Off Efficiency: Kings 100.1(25th), Hornets 107.2(6th)Def Efficiency: Kings 109.8(28th), Hornets 102.3(10th) Sacramento lands in New Orleans today to take on the Hornets after losing last night in Houston.  Just like earlier in the season, Sacramento is struggling, having gone 2-8 over their last ten.  However, one of those wins were over […]

Last night, Chris Paul stole the ball five times, he and a generous scorekeeper making extra certain that he tied Alvin Robertson for the record of 105 consecutive NBA Regular Season games with at least one steal.  Honestly, it’s a bit of a silly record, but nonetheless it’s still cool, so I went and took […]

The Comments section of the game thread was smoking tonight as the Hornets held off the Grizzlies in the fourth and pulled out a seven point win.  The Hornets put together a stink fest from anywhere within the three point line offensively, but Butler, Posey and at the end, Peja, dropped enough threes to sink […]

The Hornets started the year comfortable with their wing position.  They had signed James Posey, Julian Wright was entering his second year and promised a lot, Morris Peterson had proven solid the year before, and Peja had just delivered a career year as far as accuracy from deep.  The Hornets also had afterthought Rasual Butler, […]

The game was fairly low energy, which isn’t too surprising for a game that kicked off at 12:30 pm local time.  Many NBA players are just getting up around then.  During the game, Toronto made a concerted effort to collapse on drives into the paint, which, of course, left the perimeter open, and the Hornets […]

Matchup: Hornets(12-7) @ Raptors (10-12) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.5(5th), Raptors 102.7(20th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.1(14th), Raptors 105.6(20th) Early, early game in Toronto tomorrow, as the Hornets arrive to take on the all the Raptors in Canada just a little after lunchtime.  Hopefully the dino’s will have been fed. The Raptors sport one of the best scoring […]

Matchup: Hornets(12-6) @ Celtics(21-2) Off Efficiency: Hornets 108.5(4th), Celtics 106.9(7th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.0(12th), Celtics 95.4(1st) Tonight the Hornets play the Boston Celtics, defending champions, 21-2 record, and owners of a 13 game winning streak.  During that streak, there has been one resounding truth about them:  when they were playing good teams like Orlando, Portland, Detroit, […]

Matchup: Bobcats(7-14) @ Hornets(11-6) Off Efficiency: Bobcats 99.1(26th), Hornets 108.0(4th)Def Efficiency: Bobcats 103.1(12th), Hornets 103.3(14th) Earlier in the season, the Hornets came in against the Bobcats 3-1, played sloppy and cocky in Charlotte, and managed to lose by 3. Tonight the Hornets get a chance to avenge their loss in New Orleans, and the game […]

The recent word is that Byron Scott has removed Julian Wright from his rotation due to the 2nd year forward’s erratic play.  I’m not shocked by this – Julian has been up and down, sometimes out of control, sometimes aggressive, and sometimes indecisive.  Byron also has the luxury of several swingmen, Peja, Posey, Peterson, and […]

This game was over once the second unit had given up it’s requisite 9-0 run to the other team at the start of the second quarter.  Then Byron put inserted West and things got back under control as the Hornets eventually stretched the lead to 32 in the third quarter.  The fourth was garbage time […]

  Matchup: Grizzlies(5-14) @ Hornets(10-6) Off Efficiency: Grizzlies 99.3(26th), Hornets 107.4(4th)Def Efficiency: Grizzlies 104.8(20th), Hornets 103.7(16th) Before the season started, I called out the Grizzlies as a team that would push to be one of the worst of all time.  I was thinking they’d be lucky to hit 15 wins.  Well, so far they’re proving […]

The Suns came in wounded, playing without Shaq and Nash, and predictably couldn’t keep up down the stretch and fell to the Hornets by 13.  I know a lot of people will grumble about this game because the Hornets didn’t crush them, but they need to remember this is the NBA, and the Suns are […]

Before we get to the game, I wanted to address one item about the Hornets: Is Rebounding the Problem? The steady drumbeat coming from Byron Scott during this entirely too long five-day layoff has been that the Hornets big men aren’t rebounding enough.  Both Chandler and West have had some pretty steep declines in their […]