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Game On: Warriors @ Hornets
Warriors in town today to take on the Hornets in a merry game of basketball. Game tips at 7 Central. The Warriors are 7-20 on the season, 3-13 on the road. They’ve lost six straight and ten of their last eleven. They’re third in the league scoring 106ppg, but the 112ppg they give up is […]
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Post-Game Journal Report: Game 26: Hornets @ Raptors
Hornets could not get it done on Sunday @ Toronto to take on the Raptors. This game was very winnable and the last play left me very confused (more on that below). Game 26: Hornets 92 @ Raptors 98 –The Raptors were missing shots and the Hornets had chances to come back but could not […]
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The Raptors Beat the Hornets
The Hornets had an early game up in Toronto, and once again were unable to get it done on the road, falling to a fairly weak Raptor squad. The Hornets had several things go wrong for them tonight, but this was a very winnable game. .500 will have to wait. Chris Paul I’m a little […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Raptors
Hornets taking on the Raptors this afternoon at the Air Canada Center Centre in Toronto. Them Raps have disappointed this season, starting out with a 12-17 record. They blew out the visiting Nets on Friday but had lost four of five before that. They’re 8-5 at home this season. Meanwhile, the Hornets are coming off […]
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Contenders or Pretenders?
What do you get when you cross the league’s best point guard with an All-Star power forward and a top-ten center? It’s hard to say. After 25 games the Hornets are as much of a mystery as they were entering the season. Picked to finish anywhere from third to tenth in the west by experts, […]
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The Hornets beat the Nuggets
In a repetition of the past few games, the Hornets let a big defecit grow in the second, and then stormed back in the third and fourth behind a furiously scoring star. Tonight it was enough as Paul(and some Peja) propelled the team over the Nuggets. There was a lot of interesting things in this […]
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Post-Game Journal Report: Game 25: Nuggets @ Hornets
Chris Paul gave out assists in the first half and gave out points in the second half…now I know that doesn’t really sound correct, but CP gave an all-star MVP performance tonight against a top team in the West as the Hornets defeated the Nuggets. CP said this was another W on their record but […]
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Game On: Nuggets @ Hornets
Hornets vs. Nuggets tonight at New Orleans Arena, for the first time since… well, never mind. The Nuggets roll in with a 19-7 record and winners of three straight. Most recently they knocked off the Rockets in Houston on Wednesday behind 38 points from Carmelo Anthony; his fifth straight game scoring 30-plus. Chauncey Billups will […]
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Game Preview: Nuggets @ Hornets
Today, I’m going to eschew numbers and keep this preview on a personal level. Matchup: Nuggets(19-7) @ Hornets(11-13) Off Efficiency: Nuggets 109.9(3rd), Hornets 103.1(19th)Def Efficiency: Nuggets 102.9(13th), Hornets 106.9(22nd) Rematch. Vengeance. Or not, because there isn’t much that can be done tonight to expiate what happened last season against this Nuggets team. Even if the […]
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Post-Game Journal Report: Game 24: Pistons @ Hornets
Hornets get a much-needed win defeating the Detroit Pistons. West shined big tonight as the Hornets get another W at home. Game 24: Pistons 87 @ Hornets 95 –Hornets fell behind in the second quarter, being outscored 27-17. But the Hornets did not fall back in the past 2 losses…Hornets outscored the Pistons 28-18 in […]
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Hornets stage 95-87 comeback victory against Detroit
I came into this game wanting to write about David West. I was determined to watch him this entire game to get a fair read on his play. And after watching him almost single-handedly lead the Hornets to a 95-87 win against the visiting Detroit Pistons with a huge night on the stat sheet (32 […]
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Game On: Pistons @ Hornets
Hornets back home this evening to take on the 11-13 Detroit Pistons. Honeybee night at the Hive. Game tips at the usual 7 Central. The Pistons had won five straight games before losing 96-107 in Houston last night. Detroit’s starting backcourt of Rodney Stuckey and Rip Hamilton combined to score 38 points while Charlie Villanueva […]
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Video analysis: Hornets’ over-reliance on Chris Paul
Watching the Hornets take on the Mavericks in Dallas on Monday, I began to wonder if Chris Paul is buying into what the Hornets’ coaches are trying to do offensively. That is, get the ball moving more and cut down on the amount of dribbling. We saw moves in the right direction after Byron Scott […]
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Peja’s Charitabowl this Thursday
Some of Peja’s people sent along info about his 3rd Annual Charitabowl fundraiser this Thursday. All proceeds from the event go to the Peja Stojakovic Children’s Foundation. This year, the whole thing will be streamed live online at peja16.com and on swaggmedia.com. Turns out SwaggMedia was co-founded by David West, which is nice. Here’s all […]
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Speed Kills . . . the Hornets Frontcourt
This started as a response to comments, but it got huge. So I’ll go full out blog post here, because that’s how I roll. People are focusing on the end of the game last night, and the two bad shots Paul jacked up. They should. They were bad shots. Honestly, however, those are pretty rare […]
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The Mavericks beat the Hornets
The Hornets played some of their worst basketball of the season to fall into an early 21-point hole tonight in Dallas, but clawed back into the game thanks to some unlikely contributions from the likes of James Posey, Julian Wright and Hilton Armstrong. In the second half it was Chris Paul putting on a show […]
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Post-Game Journal Report: Game 23: Hornets @ Mavericks
Even though coming back from a 21 point deficit made the game interesting, it was not enough to get the W as the Hornets fall in Dallas. Barea and Terry’s free throws at the end were too much for the Hornets to handle. Hornets fall to 10-13. Game 23: Hornets 90 @ Mavericks 24 –What […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Mavericks
Tough game for the Hornets tonight as they’re back on the road and taking on the 17-7 Dallas Mavericks. Game tipping at 7:30 Central. The Hornets and Mavs met six weeks ago in New Orleans, with the Hornets prevailing in overtime thanks to some bricked free throws by Dallas and a clutch three from Peja. […]
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Game Preview: Hornets @ Mavericks
Matchup: Hornets(10-12) @ Mavericks(17-7) Off Efficiency: Hornets 103.4(18th), Mavericks 106.2(11th)Def Efficiency: Hornets 107.4(24th), Mavericks 99.8(5th) The Hornets beat the Mavericks earlier this year – in a game they really had no business winning. It’s not often that you can spot a team a three point lead and four free throw attempts with less than a […]
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Evaluating and Improving the Hornets
With one quarter of the NBA season in the rearview mirror, we have been completely silenced about our team’s title chances. Only the most optimistic, myself included, thought the Hornets really had a chance at competing this year and even then only if a number of things went perfectly. With all the recent talk about […]