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With the season winding down, the last two games have made it pretty clear – some of the Hornets are already on vacation.  Chris Paul, Marcus Thornton, and Darren Collison wanted that game.  The rest of the team was there. For the first half, it was the same problem that the Hornets struggled with all […]

The Hornets are in Memphis this evening to take on the Grizzlies, both teams lottery-bound and trying to keep their heads held high in the last two weeks of the season. Game tips at 7 Central. The Grizzlies are 38-36 on the season, 22-16 at home and have lost three straight, the last two in […]

With the Hornets officially eliminated from the playoffs, and their lottery position looking more and more predictable, it seems like a good time to take a detailed look at the NBA lottery, how it works, and what the Hornets’ chances are to improve their pick Why a Lottery? The main reason that the NBA uses […]

There really is no excuse for what transpired tonight in New Orleans. Coming off what may have been their best win of the season, and facing a team struggling as much as any other in the league, the Hornets gave away what some (me) had predicted as a sure fire victory. Worst of all was […]

The Hornets delivered perhaps their best performance of the season on Monday against the Lakers, and tonight they’ll try keep it rolling against the visiting Washington Wizards. Game tips at 7 Central. The Wizards are 21-52 on the season, 9-28 on the road and have lost a whopping 16 straight. Yes, they haven’t won a […]

One of the perks of writing a sports blog and focusing on advanced statistics is that sometimes you get to have conversations with the guys who came up with those advanced statistics.  Another perk is we also sometimes luck into great giveaways as a result of our unique non-traditional audience. Well, today, I get to […]

The biggest crowd of the season saw the Hornets at their best tonight, getting an early jump on the Lakers, building up big leads and refusing to surrender. They were physical and acted like they had something to play for, even though they’re just a couple of weeks away from certain vacation. Some might argue […]

Game 75. Kobe and the Lakers are in town to take on the Hornets. Game tips at 7 Central. The Lakers are 54-19 on the season, 22-14 on the road and have won eight of their last nine. The beat the Rockets 109-101 in Houston on Saturday, despite a poor first quarter and a sluggish […]

With about 8 minutes to go in the third quarter, the Hornets mathematical chances to reach the playoffs finally acknowledged what the rest of us have known for about three weeks:  The Hornets aren’t going to the playoffs.  At least for the first half, the team was working to stay in it, but Brandon Roy […]

The Hornets continue their season-long five-game home stand tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, game tipping at 7 Central. The Blazers are 43-29 on the season, 19-16 on the road and have won six of their last seven. They’re in the 8-spot out West, with a nice lead over 9th-place Memphis, but you can bet […]

After losing three straight road games to the New Orleans Hornets, dating back to 2006, LeBron James came out hungry Wednesday night. In what’s becoming all too typical of the reigning MVP, James thoroughly dismantled the Hornets defense en route to a stellar 38 point, 9 assist, 6 rebound night. It sounds odd to say […]

What can the Hornets do for an encore? We witnessed perhaps their best game of the season in Chris Paul’s return against the Mavericks on Monday, and now the NBA’s best team comes to town with a comeback story of their own. Game tips a 7 Central. Should be fun. The Cavs are 56-15 on […]

After many years of enduring mediocrity from Chris Paul’s back court mates, Hornets fans can finally breathe easy. With Marcus Thornton’s huge performances, non-stop hustle, big plays, and constant scoring, it’s apparent he’s quickly become a quality starting shooting guard in the NBA. More importantly, he’s become The Hornets starting shooting guard. Thornton is obviously […]

The Hornets started the game with Paul on the floor, took and missed a slew of very long jumpshots, and watched as the Mavericks drilled every jumper they took.  At the 10:00 mark of the 2nd quarter, with the Mavs up 16,  I had in my notes “Caron Butler finally misses a long two.” To […]

The Hornets are back home at last and ready to take on the Mavericks tonight at 7 Central. It will be a game-time decision as to whether Chris Paul will play. The Mavericks are 46-23 on the season, 22-12 on the road, and had won 13 straight before dropping two of their last three. On […]

I get the people who want Paul to remain out for the rest of the season to make sure he’s 100% healthy. I understand wanting the Hornets to keep Paul out, lose games and jockey for lottery position now that they have no hope for the post-season. In fact, without the playoffs, it’s perfectly logical […]

Instead of trying to list everything that went wrong in this game, it’s easier just to list what went right and assure you that everything else was a disaster: Nobody got hurt. James Posey hit a jump shot. Yeah, that’s about it. The Jazz started out getting easy baskets both in transition and in the […]