Game 75. Kobe and the Lakers are in town to take on the Hornets. Game tips at 7 Central. The Lakers are 54-19 on the season, 22-14 on the road and have won eight of their last nine. The beat the Rockets 109-101 in Houston on Saturday, despite a poor first quarter and a sluggish […]

With about 8 minutes to go in the third quarter, the Hornets mathematical chances to reach the playoffs finally acknowledged what the rest of us have known for about three weeks:  The Hornets aren’t going to the playoffs.  At least for the first half, the team was working to stay in it, but Brandon Roy […]

The Hornets continue their season-long five-game home stand tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, game tipping at 7 Central. The Blazers are 43-29 on the season, 19-16 on the road and have won six of their last seven. They’re in the 8-spot out West, with a nice lead over 9th-place Memphis, but you can bet […]

After losing three straight road games to the New Orleans Hornets, dating back to 2006, LeBron James came out hungry Wednesday night. In what’s becoming all too typical of the reigning MVP, James thoroughly dismantled the Hornets defense en route to a stellar 38 point, 9 assist, 6 rebound night. It sounds odd to say […]

What can the Hornets do for an encore? We witnessed perhaps their best game of the season in Chris Paul’s return against the Mavericks on Monday, and now the NBA’s best team comes to town with a comeback story of their own. Game tips a 7 Central. Should be fun. The Cavs are 56-15 on […]

After many years of enduring mediocrity from Chris Paul’s back court mates, Hornets fans can finally breathe easy. With Marcus Thornton’s huge performances, non-stop hustle, big plays, and constant scoring, it’s apparent he’s quickly become a quality starting shooting guard in the NBA. More importantly, he’s become The Hornets starting shooting guard. Thornton is obviously […]

The Hornets started the game with Paul on the floor, took and missed a slew of very long jumpshots, and watched as the Mavericks drilled every jumper they took.  At the 10:00 mark of the 2nd quarter, with the Mavs up 16,  I had in my notes “Caron Butler finally misses a long two.” To […]

The Hornets are back home at last and ready to take on the Mavericks tonight at 7 Central. It will be a game-time decision as to whether Chris Paul will play. The Mavericks are 46-23 on the season, 22-12 on the road, and had won 13 straight before dropping two of their last three. On […]

I get the people who want Paul to remain out for the rest of the season to make sure he’s 100% healthy. I understand wanting the Hornets to keep Paul out, lose games and jockey for lottery position now that they have no hope for the post-season. In fact, without the playoffs, it’s perfectly logical […]

Instead of trying to list everything that went wrong in this game, it’s easier just to list what went right and assure you that everything else was a disaster: Nobody got hurt. James Posey hit a jump shot. Yeah, that’s about it. The Jazz started out getting easy baskets both in transition and in the […]

The Hornets longest road trip of the season finally comes to an end tonight in Utah. Game tips at 8 Central. The Jazz are 44-25 on the season and 27-8 at home. They’ve lost three of their last five games, but have won five straight in Salt Lake. Last night they were in Phoenix, losing […]

If you’re looking for the Hornets player whose presence is most likely to lead to success*, your search is over. No, I’m not talking about Chris Paul, but instead a somewhat lesser known warrior. When one thinks of Aaron Gray, dominant play probably isn’t the first term that come to mind, especially since in the past he’s […]

In a game that was at times reminiscent of the 2009 first round playoff series, the Denver Nuggets thoroughly dominated the weary New Orleans Hornets, 93-80. Yet again, the Bees simply didn’t have the firepower to compete with the Nuggets. In the first half Denver pretty much imposed their will, turning a 10 point first […]

Back to the grind. The Hornets take on the Nuggets this evening to start a hellish stretch of games (combined winning percentage of next six opponents: .685). Tonight’s tip is 8:30 Central, and you can catch it on TNT. The Hornets and Nuggets met just last week in New Orleans, when the Nuggs finished strong […]

After last night I want to write a post comparing our numbers with and without a center in the game, but this is ready to go, so the center post will have to wait. A few weeks back Ryan discussed and provided a link to Dr. Dave Berri’s Short Post on the Hornets, Darius Songaila […]

The game was a complete meltdown for the Hornets.  They held a 20+ point lead in the third, and then went away from everything that got them that lead – i.e. interior scoring – lost their scoring edge, and the Warriors unleashed an absolutely crazy barrage of three pointers to win the game, feeding off […]

The Hornets have another late game tonight as they take on the Warriors in Oakland. Tip is at 9:30 Central. The Warriors are 18-48 on the season, 14-20 at home and have lost seven of their last eight. However, they did put a scare in the Lakers on Monday night and have recently gotten Monta […]

The following is a guest post by Michael McNamara (a.k.a. loveforthehornets). So far we have looked at shooting guards, small forwards, and power forwards; so in our fourth and final installment we take a look at the centers that the Hornets might consider in the 2010 NBA draft. The Hornets are very thin at the […]

Just what the doctor ordered. The Hornets got just their third win in 13 tries tonight, ending a 7-game road losing streak in the process. It was their fourth win of the season against the Clippers, and 13th consecutive overall against them. If only we could play Baron and the boys every night. The game […]

Rejoice! Here comes an opponent struggling even more than the Hornets. We shall see who sucks less tonight at 9:30 Central. The Clippers are 25-42 on the season, 18-14 at home and have lost their last seven straight. They’ve been outscored by an average of 20 points per game during that losing streak, and D.J. […]