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Game 82. Final night of the regular season. Tyson set to return. Lots of drama left to unfold. Hornets-Spurs tips at 7 Central, but there are two other games to keep an eye on tonight, the results of which will decide who the Hornets draw in the first round of the playoffs. Those games: Rockets […]

A year ago, Hornet’s Blog At The Hive and I both put up posts talking about Chris Paul, using what limited statistical measures exist to try and rate his defensive production.  The measures weren’t particularly encouraging, and Paul came out looking like he was a pretty weak defender, despite my arguments that he was likely […]

Real quick and dirty: With the Jazz losing to the Lakers last night, those two teams are set as the 1-8 match-up in the West. There’s no way we can play the Spurs, as a commenter on the Big Easy Buzz Blog explains: Basically the only way the Spurs can move up high enough to […]

The Rockets have a very, very strong defense.  They have for years.  Their ability to contest shots and force you away from what you want to do makes it even more vital that when you get the shots that you want, you knock them down.  The Hornets did that in the first quarter – and […]

Simple fact: the Hornets need to win one of these final two regular season games to secure the 6 seed. Otherwise, the Mavs and Jazz will have a say in our playoff positioning. For more info, check Ryan’s thorough breakdown of the seeding battle posted over at today’s Daily Dime (#9 in the sidebar). Regarding […]

First to the seeding stuff: You should all go check out Ryan’s breakdown of seeding possibilites for the Hornets, Mavs and Jazz posted on today’s Daily Dime at ESPN.com (#9 in the sidebar). A quick excerpt: Though the three teams only have two games left, the possible outcomes of those games combine to form 27 […]

The Hornets got a much-needed win in their final home game of the regular season, beating the Mavs 102-92. Chris Paul and David West did the heavy lifting once again, but they got a lot more help in this one than they did on Friday in Dallas. James Posey gave us some toughness, defense and […]

Not much to talk about ahead of this one, since we just played these guys on Friday. Needless to say it’s a big game with playoff positioning on the line. Keys will be getting some scoring help for Paul and West, and limiting the Mavericks’ second-chance opportunities. Game tips at noon Central. Catch it on […]

100-92 the final score tonight. The Mavs came out amped and were up 20 in the blink of an eye; looked like they were going to do to us what the did to the Jazz and Suns earlier this week. The Hornets wouldn’t go down without a fight however, leaning heavily on Chris Paul and […]

Game 79. Hornets in Dallas to play the Mavericks, who are just a game behind us in the standings. Big game. The 47-31 Mavs have looked serious their last two games, blowing out the Suns and Jazz at American Airlines Center. Nowitzki has been stepping up, averaging 31.3 points on 64.3 FG% the past three […]

I’m not going to do a full game preview here.  New Orleans fans know Dallas.  Maybe not as well as Debbie does, but after last year’s playoff run and the two games earlier this year, most of us have a pretty good feel for what we can expect from Nowitzki and crew as the Hornets […]

As the season winds to a close, there’s been a lot of anxious energy flowing around due to the tight race in the Western Conference.  Tonight, however, I’m not really feeling it – and though I can’t pretend I’m the Hornets or their staff, I’m not sure they were feeling it either. Anyways, the Hornets […]

Game 78. Hornets back in New Orleans to face the Phoenix Suns, whose playoff hopes have all but evaporated. One more Suns loss or Mavs win will mean no postseason for Phoenix; should be interesting to see if they have any fight left in them. The 42-35 Suns haven’t played since suffering a humiliating beat […]

Playoffs, baby! Lots of storylines from tonight’s game in Miami. It was ugly as sin through most of the first three quarters, with constant turnovers, fumbles and bricked jumpers by both teams. Q4 saw Miami seize control while Chris Paul did all one man could possibly do to keep us in it. Then there we […]

Game 77. Hornets in Dwyane’s house. Game tips at 6:30 p.m. Central. NBA-TVness. Miami are 41-36 on the season, 26-12 at home, already clinched a playoff berth, coming off a win in Washington on Saturday. We beat them 100-89 back in November. Peja will be back in the starting lineup, JuJu to the bench. Posey […]

First, I wanted to make you all aware that Manu Ginobili is out for the rest of the season, including the playoffs.  If Manu had been able to come back to strength, I thought the Spurs could be a darkhorse contender and crash the big four’s party.  Now?  The best they can aspire to is […]

About the only good thing I could say about the game tonight was that they at least showed some signs of life in the third.  The Jazz offense was on target, and the Hornets didn’t once manage to keep them from scoring more than 20 in a quarter.  That’s not going to get it done.  […]

Seven games left in the regular season, all of them against teams with winning records. The stretch starts this evening with a visit from Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz. The 46-30 Jazz are coming off an embarrassing home loss to the TWolves on Friday. They’re 1-16 on the road this season against teams currently […]