Hornets-Lakers mega-rematch in New Orleans tonight. Should be lots of ohh’s and ahh’s and hopefully an abundance of yay’s from the home crowd. The 22-5 Lakers have appeared mortal of late by dropping a pair in Florida and looking generally less dominant than they did earlier in the season. Cooler heads say it’s nothing but […]

The reigning MVP comes to New Orleans tonight in a classic showdown at the top of the Western Conference’s standings.  Because of the Laker’s hot start, and the Hornet’s little choke job that landed them at 5-5 early in the season, Chris Paul has routinely been around 4th or 5th on most MVP articles while […]

The Hornets are getting good at this whole payback thing. First the Bobcats, then the Spurs, and tonight they got some vengence against the Kings. The final score was 99-90. Mark it down as a four-game winning streak, six straight victories at home, and 11 wins in 13 tries. This team is making me believe […]

Tis time for another game. The Sacramento Kings are in town tonight, fresh off a loss to the Rockets and currently sporting a 7-20 record. They have beaten us already this season though, in New Orleans, and they stole one from the Lakers a couple of weeks back. So, you know, watch out. Game tips […]

Matchup:  Kings(7-20) @ Hornets(15-7) Off Efficiency: Kings 100.1(25th), Hornets 107.2(6th)Def Efficiency: Kings 109.8(28th), Hornets 102.3(10th) Sacramento lands in New Orleans today to take on the Hornets after losing last night in Houston.  Just like earlier in the season, Sacramento is struggling, having gone 2-8 over their last ten.  However, one of those wins were over […]

Electric times at the Arena tonight. I hadn’t felt that buzz since the playoffs last May. The crowd was into it from the opening tip, went nuts when Chris Paul claimed a piece of history, and somehow found an even higher pitch when the Hornets made that kick-ass run down the stretch. Let’s dive right […]

Big game tonight in New Orleans, as the villainous Spurs return to the Crescent City for the first time since Game 7 of the playoffs last season. Que the boos. After a 2-5 start, the Spurs are back to not sucking. Having won their last six games, they now sport a 15-8 record, putting them […]

Last night, Chris Paul stole the ball five times, he and a generous scorekeeper making extra certain that he tied Alvin Robertson for the record of 105 consecutive NBA Regular Season games with at least one steal.  Honestly, it’s a bit of a silly record, but nonetheless it’s still cool, so I went and took […]

The Comments section of the game thread was smoking tonight as the Hornets held off the Grizzlies in the fourth and pulled out a seven point win.  The Hornets put together a stink fest from anywhere within the three point line offensively, but Butler, Posey and at the end, Peja, dropped enough threes to sink […]

The Hornets roll into Memphis tonight (7pm tippage) for their last road game before Christmas (everybody say “Yay!”). We saw and beat the Grizz not even two weeks ago here in New Orleans, but they haven’t lost since, defeating Houston, OKC, Chicago and Miami to improve their record to a mighty 9-15. As a side […]

The Hornets started the year comfortable with their wing position.  They had signed James Posey, Julian Wright was entering his second year and promised a lot, Morris Peterson had proven solid the year before, and Peja had just delivered a career year as far as accuracy from deep.  The Hornets also had afterthought Rasual Butler, […]

The game was fairly low energy, which isn’t too surprising for a game that kicked off at 12:30 pm local time.  Many NBA players are just getting up around then.  During the game, Toronto made a concerted effort to collapse on drives into the paint, which, of course, left the perimeter open, and the Hornets […]

The Hornets try to bounce back from their loss in Boston when they take on the Raps North of the border this afternoon (11:30am tip). The Raptors are 10-12 on the season, 5-5 at home, coming off wins over the Pacers and Nets. (They held Vince Carter scoreless in the latter. Gotta love that after […]

Matchup: Hornets(12-7) @ Raptors (10-12) Off Efficiency: Hornets 107.5(5th), Raptors 102.7(20th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.1(14th), Raptors 105.6(20th) Early, early game in Toronto tomorrow, as the Hornets arrive to take on the all the Raptors in Canada just a little after lunchtime.  Hopefully the dino’s will have been fed. The Raptors sport one of the best scoring […]

Just wanted to remind everyone about our holiday watch party for tomorrow’s game at Handsome Willy’s. It’s all set to be the best party in the history of the universe. We’ll be getting started at about 10:30am, game tips an hour later. There’ll be good food, cheap drink, cool people, a few giveaways (Ryan Bowen […]

The Hornets didn’t go down without a fight tonight. They came into the house of the defending champs, a team that had won 13 straight games, and gave it all they had. The first half was nice to watch, with the Hornets playing some nice D, coming up with loose balls and running the break […]

The Hornets get tested big-time tonight when they square off with the defending champion Celtics in Boston (7 Central, ESPN). Boston have the NBA’s best record at 21-2, they’ve won 13 straight overall, and 7 straight at home. Not gonna be easy. Apparently new Hornet Antonio Daniels won’t be available to play tonight, but everyone […]

Matchup: Hornets(12-6) @ Celtics(21-2) Off Efficiency: Hornets 108.5(4th), Celtics 106.9(7th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 103.0(12th), Celtics 95.4(1st) Tonight the Hornets play the Boston Celtics, defending champions, 21-2 record, and owners of a 13 game winning streak.  During that streak, there has been one resounding truth about them:  when they were playing good teams like Orlando, Portland, Detroit, […]

Twas a real nice stomping by the Hornets tonight. Our starters came out and set the tone early, the bench played pretty well in the second quarter, and by halftime we were looking good with 19-point lead. The game was blown open completely in the third quarter, with more of the same dominance at both […]

First of all, in case you haven’t heard, the Hornets are already winners today since they traded Mike James for Antonio Daniels. But let’s try focus on the game, since Daniels won’t suiting up for the Hornets until Friday at the earliest. So these Bobcats beat us back in November and are now 7-14 on […]