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Beneath the Screen: When Time Runs Out
Being an NBA head coach must be hard. Not only do you take criticism when you’re team loses but even when they win on a last second play, as the Hornets did on March 20th against the Celtics, you still hear it. Recently, Monty has taken a lot of heat for his isolation play calls […]
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Hornets Non-Historic Win Streak Ends
The Miami Heat’s winning streak isn’t the only one that ended tonight. The Hornets 3 game winning streak over playoff teams came to an end at the hands of Los Angeles Clippers. Those cheers you’re hearing come from those on the tanking train. More ping pong ball combinations! But that’s the future and tonight is […]
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Game On: Clippers @ Hornets
The Hornets welcome their former favorite son to town tonight. These two teams have had a few interesting games between them the past two seasons, namely the Smith-Blake foul game and the three point contest which broke out earlier this season. Coming off a Nuggets-streak-busting win, where Brian Roberts played phenomenally (18 assists!) and the team shot 62% […]
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Anthony Davis Tips the Hornets past the Celtics.
The Hornets were not about to let the Miami Heat upstage them tonight as they pulled off a last second win. Those on the tanking train might not be too happy but it’s tough not to be excited about the cornerstone of the franchise tipping in the game winning shot as time expires despite fighting […]
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Game On: Celtics @ Hornets
The Hornets welcome the Celtics to the New Orleans Arena tonight and I have a feeling we’re going to be seeing an angry Boston team. Shorthanded on Monday, the Celtics had a 17 point lead over the Miami Heat before blowing it and losing by 2 points. The national media story lines will be about […]
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Hornets Lose to Wizards in Standard Fashion
Towards the end of the 3rd quarter I realized this was, more or less, just going to be a standard loss. The Hornets got killed from deep, the offense had flashes above mediocrity, blown out in the 3rd quarter, Monty confused us with Davis’ minutes, Eric Gordon faded in the 2nd half, blah blah blah…you know the […]
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Game On: Hornets @ Wizards
On the Ides of March, The Hornets head to Washington D.C. to take on some familiar faces in the likes of Trevor Ariza and Emeka Okafor. Will the Wizards stab New Orleans with a knife made of victory? Or will the knife be in the form of a loss and a blow to the Hornets’ […]
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Beneath the Screen: Upside Down
As I wrote in my post on Tuesday, the Hornets have been breaking out an inverted offense somewhat frequently over the past handful of games. I’m going to illustrate how this creates offense in today’s post. If you want a deeper breakdown of how this works, especially against the Lakers, click here. To the Madistrator! […]
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Observations, Thoughts and Ruminations on the Lakers game and Monty Williams
Now that the dust has settled some, and we’ve had a moment to take a step back from the debacle that was the last 7 minutes of the game last Wednesday against the Lakers, I want to be slightly masochistic and revisit it. In the aftermath of the game, the Achilles-like rage at Monty Williams […]
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Hornets Blow 25 Point Lead in Loss to the Lakers. Everyone is Sad.
Monty Williams That’s the narrative after the Hornets blew a 19 point lead at home over the Lakers. Monty Williams On twitter, in the comments of the Game On, in text messages to me. It’s all about Monty Williams–in particular how it’s his fault for the loss. Except that it’s not only Monty’s fault. Yes […]
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Game On: Lakers @ Hornets
As we hit the stretch run of the season the narrative looks the same as last year: To tank, or not to tank, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous ping pong balls, or to take arms against a sea of playoff teams, and by opposing end […]
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Beneath the Screen: Give Me Some Space
Good to see you all again! I’m back in the land of video after having trouble with my internet connection for the past few weeks. And I’m here to talk about Anthony Davis. As you may have seen/heard Davis has jumped to the top of David Thorpe’s Rookie Watch list. There are multiple reasons why: […]
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Poor First Half Dooms Hornets, Leads to 101-97 Loss To the Nets
For the first 24 minutes of the game I was incredibly disappointed. The Hornets looked like zombies on the court. Defensively, the Hornets kept leaving wide open shooters, letting the Nets shoot an incredible 75% from 3-point range and a robust 62.2% overall. On the offensive end the Hornets took 6 more shots than the […]
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Game On: Nets @ Hornets
The Hornets take the court again after a nice win on Sunday against the Kings. It’s been rough for the Hornets since the All-Star break but the win on Sunday could be a momentum changer. Everyone who played significant minutes looked good and it was nice to see the team step up their level of […]
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Bulls Keep a Consistent Lead in Victory Over the Hornets
I could write a couple of clichés and tell you long term the Hornets are going to be all right–and they are; did you see Anthony Davis tonight? But I’m not going to do that. Maybe it was because of the All-Star break and the chance to take a step back from the Hornets, but […]
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Game On: Bulls @ Hornets
The Hornets look for their 5th win in 6th games as the Chicago Bulls minus Derrick Rose come to town. But just because they are missing the former MVP don’t write the Bulls off. They are currently 8 games over .500 and playing tough basketball. Let’s jump right to it… 3 Things to Watch For […]
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Trade Deadline Video Chat Recap
In our 90 minute chat, we hit on everything from Eric Gordon to Vasquez to Lopez, and we even have a special preview of Jason Calmes brand new cooking show. Enjoy!
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Beneath the Screen: The Extra Pass
Despite the win the other night, the Hornets have looked pretty bad on the court over the past week–with Saturday’s loss to the Timberwolves the worst. After that game Monty Williams had a very interesting quote. “We had 100 possessions, but only had 164 passes. That’s not how you’re going to win games. Typically you […]
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Turnovers Doom the Hornets in 113-98 Loss
The first thing Hornets play by play man Joel Meyers said after the final buzzer was, “Tough loss.” In a way, yeah, any game where you turn the ball over 22 times (versus 9 for the Nuggets) and allow 32 points off those turnovers (7 for the Hornets) and yet really only lose by 12, […]
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Beneath the Screen: The Passing Bigman
One thing I’ve noticed more and more in the Hornet’s game plan is the effort to get Anthony Davis looks on the blow block under the basket. I looked at the film to see what he’s doing to get open. And it turns out it’s not that hard. No matter how the play is designed, […]