Tough game in Memphis tonight. In pretty much every way we had no business winning it — missing Paul, West and Chandler, on the road, segababa, getting out-rebounded by billions and missing more shots than we took — and yet it stings because we were right there and couldn’t come away with the win. I […]

The Hornets swim upstream this evening to play the Grizzlies in Memphis. Tip off is at the usual 7ish Central. The 14-36 Grizzlies are coming off a win over the Raptors on Saturday, and are 3-4 since Lionel Hollins took over as head coach (apparently he has them focusing more on that defensive stuff). We’ve […]

Through League Pass, I got to hear the game called by the Timberwolves announcers, and I thought they were a pretty solid pair.  The color guy, in particular, uses efficiencies and pace factor and all the little stats I love.  Early in the fourth, their color guy said “Chandler and Paul are out, West was […]

Still no Chris Paul or Tyson Chandler, but the Hornets will try build on Friday’s win when they face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves today at the Arena. With a tough schedule recently, the T-Wolves have lost 5 of 6, including a 17-point defeat to the Rockets last night in Houston. Al Jefferson went for […]

And the bleeding stops. The Hornets managed to win one without Chris Paul tonight, using a 17-0 fourth quarter run and a barrage of long bombs to beat the visiting Toronto Raptors. David West, James Posey and Rasual Butler all poured in 17 points apiece, but Peja was the number one gunner with 28 points […]

Ah yes, nothing like a showdown between two teams riding four-game losing streaks and both missing their star player. The Hornets will be sans Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler again, while Chris Bosh is out injured for the visiting Raptors. Toronto’s Jose Calderon might also miss this one with some kind of injury to some […]

The trade rumor about the Hornets that is floating around right now is a trade of Tyson Chandler to the Heat for Shawn Marion.  At first glance, this galls me no end because it’s a clear salary dump.  Marion will come off the books at the end of the year, and we’ll probably be left […]

Matchup: Raptors(19-32) @ Hornets(28-18) Off Efficiency: Raptors 104.5(15th), Hornets 106.8(9th)Def Efficiency: Raptors 107.0(24th), Hornets 103.8(13th) The Raptors and Hornets both have 4-game losing streaks going, and both are sporting injured star point guards.  The Raptors have gotten back their injured Center, Jermaine O’Neal, but no one is really certain if that’s a good thing or […]

The Bulls came out, smacked the Hornets in the mouth in the first half, and it was pretty much over.  I know last game against Portland there was much criticism about the Hornets offense with Paul out – how Byron’s schemes were at fault – how the guys aren’t cutting enough, but here’s the reality […]

Tonight should be interesting. Without Chris Paul for the first time this season, the Hornets welcome the Bulls to the New Orleans Arena. Almost at the end of a seven-game road trip, the Bulls are owners of a 21-27 record after a 7-point loss last night in Houston. They beat the Suns, Kings and Clips […]

Back at the start of the season, I launched a Blogger’s Power Rankings that has been passing its way around the blogosphere.  Today, it returns to Hornets247 for your reading enjoyment. The fine blogs that joined us in voting and providing commentary this week are; 3 Shades of Blue A Stern Warning Blue Blitz Bust […]

The reports out of New Orleans is that Chris Paul has a minor groin strain and will be listed as day to day.  Since I’ve now been relieved that Paul won’t be out too long, I wanted to bring up something that my buddy and I saw a couple weeks ago.  The game after Tyson […]

What a difference no Chris Paul makes. The Hornets looked like a lottery team tonight after CP left the game late in the third quarter with a groin strain. At the time we led by 17 points, but the Blazers flipped everything with a 38-15 fourth quarter, sending the Hornets to their first three-game losing […]

The Hornets open a four-game home stand tonight and hope to avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season. The Portland Trail Blazers will be the foe. We’ve already played the Blazers three times this season and beaten them twice. Last time we played these guys was January 3 in Portland, when Tyson got […]

Matchup: Hornets(28-16) v Trailblazers (29-17) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.0(7th), Trailblazers 110.6(2nd)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.4(11th), Trailblazers 105.6(18th) First off – the banner Dariusz put together for tonight’s game is priceless.  The Tyson Chandler-Joel Przybilla hate-fest that threatens to explode every other game between Portland and New Orleans is entertaining as hell, and that picture chronicles a […]

Though(as you’ll see in the bullets) there were some things that made me pretty hot during the game, I don’t really  feel this was a bad loss.  The Hornets missed Tyson badly as Parker and Ginobili made it to the hoop at will and had no trouble finishing, Posey continued to slump and the wing […]

Can I get a bounce back? The Hornets will try to move along quickly from their loss to the lowly Warriors in New Orleans last night when they take on those old familiar Spurs in San Antonio at 7:30pm Central. The Spurs are 31-14 on the season, 17-7 at home and winners of 6 of […]

There’s the letdown. The Hornets won four of five games without Tyson Chandler and David West, four games they didn’t really have any business winning. And tonight they came up against a team they really should have beaten. But they didn’t. Two steps forward, one step back? Something like that I guess. Let’s get to […]

Since Tyson and West went out, we’ve played a bunch of games we had no business winning, and we won them anyway. Tonight it looks like we’ll get West back, and we’re playing a team we should definitely beat. Let’s hope there’s no letdown. G-State are just 14-32 on the season, 4-21 on the road. […]