Two quick things for you to absorb before the Lakers game tonight: The newest edition of the Blogger’s Power Rankings is up over at The Lakers Nation blog.  I, of course, participated, and my witty comments can be found all over them.  No, really!  I am witty! I also did a question exchange with LA […]

I’ll keep this preview short.  The Hornets have already played the Lakers twice this season, and both times, the Lakers put the hurt on them in the first two quarters, running out to a twenty-point lead, and then let up, letting the Hornets come back and make it look respectable in the last two quarters.  […]

Wow.  That was a crazy game.  I watch all of my games on Time-Delay TIVO so I can skip the commercials and fast-forward through the free-throws, and typically my friend arrives about an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes after tip off and we finish only a few minutes after the game ends. Tonight […]

Whoopidee whoop, here we go again. The Hornets are fresh off their big win in Portland last night, but no time to celebrate as we roll into Denver tonight to face a Nuggets team hungry for vengeance (flashback). Tip off is at 8pm Central. The Nuggets were busy last night in Oklahoma City, needing a […]

I was going to throw a bunch of the Chandler vs. Przybilla stuff in a few Lagniappe posts, but figured it would be easier to keep it all together in a blog post instead. First, here’s some video (via Bust a Bucket) of last night’s incident: (My favorite part of that video: The same old […]

Now that’s how you start the new year. Twas a great performance by the Hornets in Portland tonight, going in and beating the Blazers 92-77, despite losing Tyson Chandler in the third quarter. The game had more drama than Britney Spears with HIV on TNT. Let’s get to it all in bullet mode… With four […]

Let’s start the new year with a big W on the road. Hornets-Blazers gets tipping at 9pm Central tonight, the first stop on a four game trip for New Orleans. The Balzers are 20-12 on the season, putting them a game behind us in the standings. They’re 12-3 at home, and beat us convincingly at […]

Matchup: Hornets(19-9) @ Portland(20-12) Off Efficiency: Hornets 106.1(9th), Portland 110.8(1st)Def Efficiency: Hornets 102.2(10th), Portland 105.7(20th) Last year, the Portland Trailblazers ripped off a thirteen game win streak that made them the darlings of the league and propelled Brandon Roy into the All-star game.  Eventually they finished the season 41-41.  This year, the young blazers have […]

I was poking around various NBA stories and had some rants and thoughts I wanted to share.  Hopefully they are somewhat interesting. Despite much early-season fluff about how the Eastern Conference has closed the gap, I’m not buying the argument.  Don’t give me a number about how the Eastern Conference teams have won ten more […]

Not the most exciting basketball game of the season.  You kind of got the feeling that only three people were working hard – Mike James to try and prove a point, Tyson Chandler, to get his rebounding touch back, and Peja, to find his three point stroke. Bullets: Chris Paul got a triple double, and […]

Yay, it’s the last game I miss before I return from the green place. Hornets-Wizards gets tipping tonight a little after the 7pm. Washington are owners of a deplorable record that I can’t even type because my keyboard gets offended. They have won two straight though, one of them just last night in Houston. Linkage: […]

I’m sure by now most of you have seen this.  A similar version of it was linked up in the news and good ol’ Toney Blare posted it in the comments of the Pacer’s Recap, but if you haven’t read about it you should go take a look.  It’s another one of those articles where […]

Where y’all at? Mikey here with your holiday guest recap as the Hornets beat the Indiana Pacers. Before I break it down bullet-style, let me first say that the Pacers did a few things tonight that impressed me. As Chris Paul said in his post-game comments, Indy is a better team than many people give […]

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 […]

The Hornets are back in New Orleans after a Christmas Day massacre in Orlando. Two straight embarrassing losses leaves us at a still respectable 16-9, but in dire need of a win against a quality opponent. The Rockets are 19-10 on the season, coming off a loss in Cleveland on Tuesday but they had won […]

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 […]