Tag: Detroit Pistons

  • Digging Into the Proposed Chad Ford Trade

    In ESPN’s recent Insider piece on trades that Eastern Conference teams should do, NBA Beat Writer Chad Ford proposed a trade between the Detroit Pistons and the New Orleans Pelicans. The deal has the New Orleans Pelicans trading Ryan Anderson and Tyreke Evans away to the Detroit Pistons for Ersan Ilyasova, Brandon Jennings, and Stanley […]

  • Pelicans Outplay Pistons from Start to Finish in 105-94 Victory

    With Jrue Holiday out with an injured ankle, the New Orleans Pelicans trotted out a starting lineup of Evans, Gordon, Cunningham, Davis, and Asik. This decision was an interesting one, as there is little data from this season to support the notion that it would be good defensively or at spacing the floor. Seven minutes later, Anthony Davis […]

  • Game On: Pelicans @ Pistons

    Tonight, the New Orleans Pelicans continue their Eastern Conference road trip with a stop in Detroit to take on a revitalized Pistons team after the release of Josh Smith. A team that was an abysmal 5-23 before parting ways with Smith, has gone an incredible 9-1 since that point, including wins on the road in Cleveland, San Antonio, […]

  • Pelicans Puncture Pistons’ Tires in Overtime

    This was always going to be a close game. The Pelicans were facing an opponent with two solid bigmen while still without Anthony Davis. Yet that didn’t faze them and for three quarters Monty Williams’ team did exactly what it needed to: keep Detroit off the boards. Going into the 4th quarter the Pelicans held […]

  • Game On: Detroit Pistons @ New Orleans Pelicans

    It’d be easy to write off the next two weeks for the New Orleans Pelicans as just…I don’t know…whatever, really. Tyreke Evans is out; Anthony Davis is out; the schedule gets rougher with tough road games; the NFL playoffs are around the corner; we’re not going to see the real team; it’s the holidays; more […]

  • 5th, 6th, or 7th – What the Numbers Say About Where We Will Draft

    We will know in 9 days how many lottery balls we will have for the May 21st Draft Lottery. Some teams have seperated themselves, and now the Hornets find themselves in a tier with Detroit and Sacramento fighting for the 5th, 6th, and 7th spots in the draft lottery. Detroit has 26 wins, while New […]

  • Unrelenting effort on offensive end helps short-handed Hornets top Pistons 100-95

    Despite getting outplayed in several areas, New Orleans’ energy on offense was enough to collect a narrow home victory over Detroit on Friday night.   First, some stats from tonight’s game: FG%: Pistons – 39/78 (50.0%), Hornets – 35/81 (43.2%) 3P%: Pistons – 5/19 (36.8%), Hornets – 5/20 (35%) Assists: Pistons – 26, Hornets – […]

  • Game On: Pistons @ Hornets

    Detroit comes to New Orleans in a battle of two teams in the bottom third of the NBA standings. Just 18 days after the two teams’ only other meeting of the season, the Pistons will again face off against the Hornets tonight. New Orleans achieved a decisive victory in Detroit just a few days before […]

  • Hornets Rock Rock City

    The 105-86 victory by the New Orleans Hornets over the Detroit Pistons brings the road trip record to 2-1. The now 18-34 Hornets return to New Orleans Wednesday night to take on the Trail Blazers at 7 p.m. This final game before the All-Star break will be televised. The Hornets just flat out out-shot the […]

  • Game On: Hornets @ Pistons

    The Hornets conclude their Mardi Gras road trip, hoping to end it with a winning record after starting off with a victory against Atlanta, followed by a loss last night at Toronto. Since it is a back-to-back, the Hornets will likely be without the services of Eric Gordon (unless Monty counts last night as a […]

  • Scouting the NBA: Week Fifteen — Hornets Home For Suns Then Back On Road

    By February the 11th the New Orleans Hornets will have played 8 of their last 9 games on the road. For a young team this is the signs of growing, development and all around perseverance. If the last two games were any indication it was that this team was tired and in need of rest. […]

  • The Pistons beat the Hornets. Yay, ping pong balls?

    New Orleans Hornets 87 Final Recap | Box Score 89 Detroit Pistons

  • Game On: Hornets @ Detroit

    The Hornets travel to Michigan to take on fellow bottom-feeder Detroit. 

  • Do the Cavaliers have a little Yankees in them?

    For several reasons, I must admit that I have had a little soft spot in my heart for the Cleveland Cavaliers. After “The Decision,” I could not help but root for them last season and since the Hornets didn’t have any ping pong balls, I also found myself pulling for them in the draft lottery. […]

  • The Hornets beat the Pistons

    Detroit’s starters are kind of depressing.  While Maxiel and Wallace worked hard here and there and Hamilton ran around alot there wasn’t a feeling that they were a team – or that they cared much.  Most of their shots were of the sort where they let the defender square up on them, and then they […]

  • Game On: Pistons @ Hornets

    Matchup: Pistons(7-15) @ Hornets(13-7) Off Efficiency: Pistons 100.8(24th), Hornets 102.5(21st) Def Efficiency: Pistons 107.8(23rd), Hornets 99.7(6th) As I said in the Podcast, if the Hornets were looking for a team to get back on track against, it would be the Pistons.  One of the common threads between the Hornets wins is that Emeka Okafor generally […]