Hornets doing the segababa thing up in Minnesota this evening. They just played the Timberwolves last Friday, with Chris Paul returning from injury and filling up the stat sheet en route to a Hornets win. The T’Wolves managed to pick up their third win of the season since then, beating the visiting Jazz on Saturday. […]

The Hornets play the Timberwolves tonight and hopefully Timberwolves’ Coach Kurt Rambis still won’t have grasped that the key elements of his best starting line up would be Love-Sessions with Big Al. Sorry.  I couldn’t resist that.  Particularly since it’s true. Anyways, here’s the preview I did two games ago.  The only change is Paul […]

Jeff Bower has said this team needs to run more. After watching his team get outscored on the break 22 to 8 in a closer-than-expected 96-94 home win against the Sacramento Kings, I have to say I agree with him. Bower’s got two young thoroughbred rookies, Marcus Thornton and Darren Collison, whose main attributes (speed, […]

The Kings are in town tonight for their third clash of the season with the Hornets. The two teams last met just ten days ago in Sacramento, with the Kings winning 112-96. This time, the Hornets will have both Chris Paul and Peja Stojakovic available, while Kevin Martin and Francisco Garcia remain sidelined for the […]

Time for another watch party, Hornets247-style. Join us at Handsome Willy’s this Wednesday to watch the Hornets take on the T’Wolves. You know, the team Chris Paul almost dropped a quadruple-double on last Friday. Details: Party starts at about 6 p.m. Game tips at 7. $100 Hornets Nest voucher up for grabs. Handsome Willy’s is […]

From this morning’s New Orleans Times-Picayune: Having been an NBA coach for a little more than three weeks, Jeff Bower admits he’s still learning, and he’s not afraid to admit his faults. So when it was pointed out to Bower that Hornets center Emeka Okafor recently had been absent from the floor in the waning […]

Both teams had players return from injury last night that made a major difference.  Kevin Love played for the first time this season, giving his usual brand of tough and intelligent basketball, leavened by unexpected spot up shooting.  For the Hornets, Chris Paul came back, and . . . yeah, he was pretty good. The […]

Hornets back home in New Orleans and beginning an cushy stretch of the schedule this eve as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Game tips at 7 p.m. Central. The T-Wolves are in the Western Conference basement with their 2-16 record, but that second win did come this past Sunday in Denver, snapping a 15-game […]

Matchup: Timberwolves(2-16) @ Hornets(7-11) Off Efficiency: Timberwolves 93.5(29th), Hornets 103.5(18th)Def Efficiency: Timberwolves 107.3(24th), Hornets 108.0(25th) First, it’s possible Chris Paul plays tonight.  I hope he doesn’t, really.  I’d rather he skip tonight and come back on Tuesday for the Kings game.  Give the ankle another four days rest, Paul.  Don’t risk it for a game […]

The Lakers showed their depth and superiority tonight, as they gradually built a big fat lead against the Hornets in the first half via their vast array of weapons. To the Hornets credit, they never really quit and battled back hard with a small ball lineup in the fourth quarter, trying desperately to deprive Laker […]

An extremely tough match-up for the Hornets tonight as they take on the defending champion Lakers in Los Angeles. The Hornets are looking for just their second road win of the season, and their first with Jeff Bower as head coach. The Lakers have all their big guns healthy and have won six straight games, […]

The Hornets got down early in this one, and kept making surges to try and break through but the Kings answered every surge with one of their own, and at the end executed while the Hornets took more and more risky shots and finished with a blow out.  It would have been nice to get […]

Hornets hoping they brought their winning ways with them on the road as they face the Kings in Sacramento this evening. Tip off is set for 8 p.m. Central. The Hornets got their first win of the season against the Kings, back on October 30th in the home opener. Rookie Tyreke Evans impressed in that […]

Matchup:  Hornets(7-9) @ Kings(7-8)  Off Efficiency: Kings 105.7(19th), Hornets 103.8(15th)Def Efficiency: Kings 106.8(23rd), Hornets 107.3(26th) One month ago, the Hornets were 0-1, so were the Kings, and they were facing each other for the first time.  At that time, I was pretty optimistic about the Hornet’s chances, but the game ended uncomfortably close, and only […]

Under Byron Scott, the Hornets offense had become stagnant and predictable. The ball was usually put in the hands of Chris Paul or David West, and they were asked to create something out of nothing. Guys like Peja Stojakovic mostly stood by on the wing, waiting for a kick out. There was very little off-the […]

A complicated game tonight, with lots of shades of gray. Practically every Hornet had multiple highs and lows against the Bucks, but came good down the stretch to get the win in overtime, 102-99 ( box | recap ). Notes… Winning Ugly After the game, Jeff Bower talked about how good teams can still win […]

Brandon Jennings and the Bucks are in town to take on the Hornets this eve. It will be a battle of the fresh-faced point guards as Darren Collison does battle with the early favorite for Rookie of the Year. Game tips at 7 Central. The Bucks have been one of the surprise teams this season, […]

Before we get to the game preview, I wanted to comment on something Toney Blare said in his Hawks-Hornets game recap over at Slam Online.  I thought it was pretty profound and it set me to thinking: In his press conference, Bower says they need everybody to win, that he doesn’t expect the rookies to […]

If I had been told what Marcus Thornton’s numbers would be (13 ppg on 46% shooting, 39% from deep in 18(!) minutes) before the season started, it would have been pretty obvious who the Hornets’ starting shooting guard should be.  Particularly since last year Devin Brown was the whipping boy for everything wrong with the […]

It was an ugly game, that’s for sure.  39% shooting for the Hornets vs. 52% for the Heat.  A nine free-throw disadvantage.  Okafor struggling all game with foul trouble.  Despite that, the Hornets were right in there at the end as fought hard,  dragging down 11 offensive rebounds to the Heat’s 4, forced five more […]