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Psychic Powers, Paul, and a Game against the Wizards
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 […]
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Hornets Out-Pace the Pacers
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 […]
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Time to Trip some Pacers
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 […]
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The Hornets Beat the Rockets
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 […]
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More questions than answers
Rough patch for the Hornets in the final 2 of the recent 5 game stretch. Overall, we’re 3-2 in the stretch and are currently 16-9 (3rd Southwest, 5th West). Hornets’ last 5 games: at Memphis, W 91-84 vs. San Antonio, W 90-83 vs. Sacramento, W 99-90 vs. Los Angeles, L 87-100 at Orlando, L 68-88 We’ve sucked […]
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Game On: Rockets @ Hornets
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 […]
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Let’s Make like Patriot Missiles and Intercept some Rockets
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 […]
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Keeping faith in a long season
I love the NBA, and most of all the Hornets, but the sport I follow even more fervently is baseball. I watched about 150 Marlins games last season. As a baseball fan I know what it is like to feel the woes of a long season. The team loses a few games ugly and it […]
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The Magic beat (on) the Hornets
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 […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Magic
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 […]
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Why “Playing for 48 Minutes” Is So Important
You know what frustrates me to no end; when my beloved Bugs cannot play a complete 48-minute game. Is it just me, or does it seem like every game this season, the Hornets have had what I like to call a “trainwreck”. Some of you know what I’m talking about, especially if you play golf […]
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The Lakers Beat the Hornets
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 […]
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Game On: Lakers @ Hornets
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 […]
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NBA Today Podcast for December 23rd – is Chris Paul the nicest guy in the League?
The question was posed last week after the hosts discussed the steals streak. I was on a high from the game (The Spurs are Austin’s adopted pro team, so I hate losing to them) and wrote in to the guys saying something to the effect of “all the people from San Antonio who are going […]
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Lakers at Hornets and Some MVP Thoughts
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 […]
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Hornets fan from Philly
I’ve been meaning to write this for a long time because I wanted find out if there were other Hornets fans out there like me. I figure now that I’m home for the holidays, sitting in the room that I grew up in and surrounded by Hornets posters, now’s a better time than any.. I’ve […]
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More pictures
Many of you seemed to like the game pictures that I posted from my first live game, so I decided to post a few more of these. There are some cool ones in here, like JUJU showing off dunking off the backboard before the game, or all of them in the huddle. I didn’t say […]
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The Hornets beat the Kings
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 […]
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Game On: Kings @ Hornets
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 […]
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Let’s make like Oliver Cromwell and Behead us a King
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 […]