The Hornets wrap up their rollercoaster road trip with a stop in Detroit this evening. Will we see the Hornets team from Dallas or the Hornets team from Cleveland? Is there much of a difference? Game tips at 6:30pm Central. The Pistons are riding a four-game losing streak, having lost last night to the Thunder […]

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 […]

Tonight the Hornets are in Cleveland to battle the Cavaliers and LeBron James, Inc. The Cavs are unbeaten at home this season, but they’re vulnerable right now. Besides staying up late to lose in OT at Chicago last night, they’re also short a few players. Delonte West fractured his wrist in Chi-town, Big Z is […]

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.  […]

Let’s get this road trip underway. It begins tonight in Dallas in a rematch of last season’s first-round playoff battle. Will we see more cheek touching from David West, more stupidity from Josh Howard, more cat-like falls from Jannero Pargo? Methinks nay on the last two, since neither of those guys are playing. Here’s to […]

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 […]

Not as tough as you might think, actually. Sure, the Hornets will play at Dallas, Cleveland and Detroit in a four-day span, and those three teams have a combined winning percentage of .796 this season on their home floor. In fact, the Cavs have yet to lose in Cleveland this season. But let’s look a […]

Nothing short of a miserable, ugly, horrible, frustrating game at New Orleans Arena tonight. The Hornets never got in an offensive flow and seemed a little unprepared for those New York Knicks running and gunning up and down the floor, as if the game plan was to keep Charles Oakley off the boards and John […]

Pretty big game for the Hornets tonight. Sure, the Knicks are just 5-14 on the road this season and they’re coming off a blowout loss to a short-handed Houston team. But, our next three games beyond this are on the road against Dallas, Cleveland and Detroit, so we need to take care of business at […]

Three banners hang side-by-side from the rafters in New Orleans Arena. The left-most banner features the number 7, retired in honor of “Pistol” Pete Maravich back in 2002 when the Hornets played their first game in New Orleans. The middle banner, unveiled almost eight months ago before Game 1 against the Mavericks, commemorates the Hornets […]

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 Hornets barely broke a sweat as they demolished a severely depleted Clipper squad at the Arena tonight. Our guys didn’t look all that interested but still managed to win 107-80, our biggest margin of victory this season. Diving right into a bullet or two… Rasual Butler was the main event. He came out on […]

At last, the Hornets are back in New Orleans. It’s been three weeks since I’ve seen a game at the Arena so I’m all revved up for this one. The Clippers come in with a bad record and worse health. Zach Randolph (bellyache) and Chris Kaman (brain freeze) are both out, Baron Davis (being himself) […]

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 […]

Time to forget all about that win in L.A. and get focused on the Jazz. The Hornets roll into Utah tonight for an 8pm tip (that be Central time). First meeting between these two clubs this season, and another chapter in the Chris Paul vs. Deron Williams saga. The Jazz are 20-15 on the season, […]

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 […]

I’ll try real hard not to get carried away with this win, but I must admit that it’s gotten me pretty pumped. Sure, regular season results are a poor indication of how things will shake out in the playoffs, and I’m well aware that any team can beat any team on any given night in […]

Big game for our Hornets out in L.A. tonight. Thems Lakers are recognized as the cream of the crop in the West and have already beat us bad twice in New Orleans this season. The Lakers are 27-5 on the season and have won their last 15 games at the Staples Center. A win tonight […]