Game 7: Hornets vs. Lakers Open Thread

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 3:00 PM CST in Game Threads Comment 13 comments

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According to Mr. Hollinger

It’s 1 vs. 3.

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 4:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And one more link, from the Times Pic

Not a must win mathematically, but a must win psychologically?

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hornets shoot 23.8 eFG% in the 1st quarter

Not to take too much from the Lakers, but that’s all on New Orleans. Tons of wide open shots, ugly misses all around. Lakers dominating this one.

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 7:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Ugh, not looking great.

The Lakers are really good…

Giving [Batum] the freedom to go for steals is going to be like giving a redneck six boxes of ammo and a quarter mile of empty Bud cans. - Dave

by Cablinasian on Nov 12, 2008 8:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It'd help if we could make some of these wide open shots

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah.

Overall, West just doesn’t seem like the same player as he was last year.

Giving [Batum] the freedom to go for steals is going to be like giving a redneck six boxes of ammo and a quarter mile of empty Bud cans. - Dave

by Cablinasian on Nov 12, 2008 8:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, unless something magical happens to start the 4th

this one’s in the bag.

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 8:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Chris Paul easily outduels the MVP, but this one not in the cards for New Orleans.

BUT, that second half is the type of basketball the Hornets haven’t played all season. That was the Hornets of last year, the first time we’ve seen that in 7 games this year. Win or lose, regardless of the fact we were down 20+, this game is a huge positive simply because of that.

Other random thoughts: I’d bought into all the Andrew Bynum hype from the offseason- gained 10 pounds of muscle, etc, etc. But you know what? Tyson Chandler matched him very, very well. Didn’t have the same points, but most of Bynum’s points were off point blank lay ins, rather than iso play versus Chandler. David West will likely take the blame for this one (6 turnovers) but Peja and Mo were probably at fault more than anyone else. 3-18 from the field on mostly wide open shots simply won’t cut it.

Most teams pack it in, down 21 heading into the 4th. We cut it to three, and very easily could’ve tied things up. Big props to the guys tonight. Lee should have some more thoughts up later.

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 9:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

by Cablinasian on Nov 12, 2008 10:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hah, that should be a good game

The Hornets need to re-affirm that they truly are a top 3 West team. Hopefully they can replicate tonight’s second half. I should have a Q&A with Dave up some time before the game

by atthehive on Nov 12, 2008 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs