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It ended with the Hornets coughing up an 13-point fourth-quarter lead to the Denver Nuggets. A disappointing end to a disappointing season. Byron Scott didn't want to accept defeat, and didn't hang around after the final buzzer. His words postgame… "I didn't want to go back there. I didn't want to start reflecting. First of […]

Big, big game for the Hornets tonight as they host the Nuggets at the Ford Center. A loss effectively ends our season, while a win lets us live to fight another day. Of equal importance will be the Warriors-Kings matchup in Sacramento. It would be nice if birthday boy Baron Davis was to lose that […]

So here we are in limbo. So much at stake and nothing we can do but wait. The Clippers play the Lakers at 9:30pm Central and I'll be rooting for Kobe and Co in that one. Hornets back in action tomorrow in OKC against the Nuggets. Some shizzle to pass the time… The Sonics' Chris […]

Ah yes, it's a great day to be alive. Still alive, that is. The Hornets prick-teasing OT win over the Clippers last night keeps our Playoff hopes afloat for at least another few days. I'm jumping right into bullet-mode for this one… Linkage: box | recap | video Regulation came down to a 15-footer by […]

After six months of mediocre highs and vomit-inducing lows, the Hornets' whole season pretty much comes down to tonight's game against the Clippers in Oklahoma City. If we win, the Playoffs remain a very realistic possibility. Should we lose, well, we're screwed. The Clippers got beat in Dallas last night, 86-96, while them Golden State […]

Couple things… The Hornets beat the T-Wolves on Saturday behind a super-fantastic effort from Chris Paul. He was like a black Leonidas out there. We've crept to within two games of the Clippers, the very same team we play tomorrow at the Ford Center. The great news is that the Clips play in Dallas this […]

A surprisingly good effort by the Hornets last night, despite being without Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, Desmond Mason and Peja Stojakovic. We did of course lose to the Suns, 103-95, but I'm just glad the final score wasn't more like 216-62. Diving into news and notes… Linkage: box | recap | video The Suns raced […]

Looks like that fragile three-game winning streak will get smashed to pieces this evening when the really really good Phoenix Suns roll into Oklahoma City to take on our really really injured Hornets. As discussed earlier, Desmond Mason is out indefinitely, while Chris Paul and Tyson Chandler are listed as doubtful. Also, Peja Stojakovic is […]

So the results of Desmond Mason's CT scan are in and it turns out he has a broken face. More specifically, he has a broken nose and a fractured cheekbone after colliding with Chris Wilcox's elbow on Wednesday. He may require surgery to fix the snout. Ever the warrior, Mase should be good to go […]

The good: The Hornets have won three straight games at a time when they cannot afford to lose. The bad: The two teams above us in the standings (the Clips and the Warriors) have also won three straight, and the Hornets remain 2.5 games out of the eighth and final Playoff spot. The ugly: Chris […]

Hey, people. Just a quick post so you know I'm still kicking. As you no doubt know by now, the Hornets beat the Bucks last night, behind a balanced offensive attack and another beastly game from Tyson Chandler. Young Ced Simmons even got some burn. Hornets are back in OKC this evening to host the […]

A small dose of trivia further down, but before we get to that… Marcus Vinicius scored 28 points for the Tulsa 66ers yesterday. Last Friday he scored 33 and on Saturday he had 27 and 10 rebounds. Not too shabby. This coming Friday, the 66ers will wear Hornets jerseys for their home closer. Ok then. […]

Aw, man. I've been waiting so long to use that title. Back in the Baron Davis days, I was extra pissed whenever the Hornets lost to the Mavs because I had to hold back on my "Diddy Does Dallas" headline. I never did get to use it. Except for just now. No, the Hornets didn't […]

So, the Hornets beat the Knicks last night, 103-94 in overtime. Unfortunately, the Clippers also beat the Blazers which means we're now closer to the end of the regular season but no closer to the Playoffs. Bummer. Still, it could be worse. The Hornets came pretty damn close to throwing this one away, letting the […]

Plenty of storylines ahead of tonight's game against the Knicks. Let's dive in… As noted yesterday, Peja Stojakovic won't be making his return tonight. Bobby Jackson is questionable, although we knew that when he signed last summer. The Knicks will likely be missing key contributors named Steve Francis (ankle), Quentin Richardson (back surgery), David Lee […]

Just caught wind of this story over on ESPN. In a nutshell: Peja Stojakovic suffered a setback in practice this afternoon and will need to chill for a few days, pop some pills, and get re-evaluated early next week. You know, early next week when the Hornets are even further out of the Playoff race. […]

The Hornets may have lost both games of that tough back-to-back, but here's the super-happy-fantastic news: at least they kept it interesting for us loyal fans and lost them in very different ways. The Dallas game, they were never really in it, and the Mavs delivered a good old-fashioned blowout. In San Antonio last night, […]

In a shocker yesterday, the Mavericks beat the Hornets by quite a convincible margin. Everything about the game sucked, and I'm just glad I have no time to talk about it right now. Bottom line: that ever-shrinking speck the Hornets see on the horizon is the eighth and final Playoff spot. Moving on, we've got […]

The Hornets play the Mavericks in Oklahoma City tonight, and the Spurs in San Antonio tomorrow. As mentioned yesterday, the Hornets have had a wee bit o' trouble beating these teams in recent years. And be "wee bit," I do of course mean "shit-load." The Mavs in particular have been a massive thorn in our […]

Wow. The Hornets actually beat the Rockets last night, 106-94. I remember the last time they beat a team with a winning record. The TV was black and white and I wasn't watching for lack of being born yet. Those were the days. I kinda wish the Hornets would stop teasing me, flirting with the […]