Game 9: Hornets @ Rockets Open Thread
by Rohan on Nov 15, 2008 5:14 PM CST
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@ ffensive Efficiency: NOH 108.5 (7th), HOU 102.2 (25th) Defensive Efficiency: NOH 104.5 (15th), HOU 100.1 (3rd) >>> Ron Artest Frontcourt Luis Scola || Yao Ming In Real Life...
Houston, TX, 7:30 CST
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A Rocket would probably set a Hornet on fire. Or crush it.
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Decent start
Houston’s offense looks good. But 10 of those points were off long jumpers, so I’m sure the Hornets will take that.
Interesting first quarter
Rockets lighting it up from the perimeter- 61.8 eFG% That’s sure to decline a little bit. Otherwise, real good job by Houston of getting to the line.
New Orleans has 0 turnovers after 1, Chris Paul plays all 12. I’m looking forward to the Brown/Wright/Butler/Pose bench here in the 2nd quarter.
I love the defense from Brown-Butler-Wright-Posey. Defensively that’s a powerful unit.
I also love it when Devin Brown is playing off the ball when at the point. Getting to run around screens and act as a scorer at times. That looks very effective.
Those final two possessions where Brown had to create off the dribble from the three point line weren’t pretty.
I think that unit will have to rely on ball and player movement, cutting and passing, in order to score. I’m not convinced any one of them can create consistently enough off the bounce as a penetrator.
I think Wright’s problems are fixable. I think his biggest problem is that he plays at 100 miles per hour when he’s on the ball penetrating, and he plays at one speed for too often. So too fast and no change of pace. Stuff you mostly see from rookies ….. which Wright hasn’t gotten past yet.
Once he slows down and learns where his options are I think we’ll see a big bump in decision making and his ability to get the most out of his skills.
That time looks further off than we’d all like it to be though.
This second unit looks pretty awful
They’re playing adequate defense, but scoring wise, it’s not working. Nobody can penetrate, there’s no inside presence. So basically it’s a bunch of 6’7" guys taking contested 20 foot jumpers… not a good strategy if you want to win.
Totally
Devin Brown and Ju-Ju looked great, but it didn’t translate to nearly enough points. Everyone is missing shots.
Stupid play from Posey
Just walk back to the bench. That was a good call on the loose ball foul on Posey.
I thought he was walking away
So he WOULDN’T curse off the ref.
Unbelievable what’s happened to this game. They looked great in the first quarter. The hell?
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Ugh, pretty sad to see how that bench stint went down.
This is looking like the Lakers game in terms of deficit. Hopefully, we can start coming back a LOT sooner.
Rockets have allowed a lot of teams to make runs against them this season. Their offense has stuttered with regularity. So there should be a good window of opportunity at some point.
If I Was Byron...
…I’d tell the team to stop drinking before the games. And/or to practice. Shooting. Ever.
Anyone else hate how
NBA TV gets local commentators to do their games? This is so ridiculously biased.
Yeah.
Word on the street is it’s almost never the Hornets guys. We have the local CST here in Nola, so we don’t even have the option of watching that feed.
Yeah, I watch on League Pass
and I get Licht and Gil for home games. But roadies are always the road guys. Don’t know about NBA tv though, this is the first game I’m watching on there this year.
I prefer most of the local commentators to the guys NBA TV and ESPN choose.
Some teams wreck my head though.
Haha
Some guys are really good- the Clippers and the Sonics are generally enjoyable.
But yeah, I agree on the ESPN. Unless it’s Hubie Brown or Jeff van Gundy, they generally suck.
My favorite is when he makes fun of his fellow commentators
Like when Marc Jackson complimented some Knicks player last year, and JVG goes ’You’re just doing this to get that coaching job, aren’t you?’?
Peja
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Peja get steadily better last year? I wonder if he maybe spends too much time on the beach in Greece with his supermodel wife and tanning, instead of working on his shot. Maybe he just needs to get back into rhythm.
Peja
Did look very tan coming in. Compared to how pasty he got by the winter of last year.
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Peja's real life
is completely a mystery to me. He has kids, right? He had A kid at his bowling thing…. As far as I know, he just shows up on the court to be a vicious sharpshooting killer with an accent. Then he disappears again… until next game.
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I wonder what Chris Paul drives.
I know Mo has a ridiculously awesome car. Let me see if I can find the link.
Yeah, I remember being worried about Peja during the early parts of last season. He was only scoring 13-14ppg at that time. For the rest of the season he was dropping 17-18ppg.
I thought that slow start was mostly due to him working back into game shape after the long spell out with injury though
Hornets come back a little, but Rockets doing it to us
Some halftime numbers:
eFG: Houston 51, New Orleans 36
FT/FG: Houston 30, New Orleans 20
OREB: Houston 24, New Orleans 21
TOr: Houston 15, New Orleans 7
So they’re outplaying us pretty much.
Hmm the vid doesn't work any more
But there is this ironic quote at the end of the page:
Question: Stupidest thing you ever did with your money?
Peterson: I try not to do anything too stupid with my money. Me being from Michigan, me being from Flint, I don’t really try to live outside my means. I try to save my money. I ain’t going to make it rain.
LoL
I remember that from last year.
Where he drove around and talked in his car. Black Benz, right?
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He needs to Keep Running Him.
They need to run more. Let CP go nuts and them try to figure out what he’s going to do and lose TC to the CC’n.
Wow, we can't guard anyone
Chris Paul is finally going strong. But the lead hasn’t been cut down at all.
They are calling the offensive fouls tonight.
I mean West dipped, but Scola’s feet were clearly shuffling. I mean. He didn’t even have position at all.
No I mean seriously
Tell me how where our offense is coming from now makes sense at all.
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Too quick for Yao.
Yao isn’t moving well to start the season, either carrying an injury or recovering from injury, either way he isn’t moving well.
I want to see Chandler run Yao on the fastbreak more often. Try to wear Yao down. Maybe get a few easy hoops.
I said that very early
That it was obvious in the first quarter they couldn’t match his speed. And they should run the CCC over and over. Right over the top of Yao.
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It did here
It was like the ONE COOL THING Bob and Gil ever made up. Keep in mind they come up with cheesy puns and giggle over them every game.
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Hahaha, like calling "Deep Frye" yesterday
I don’t get to watch Bob and Gil often, but when I do… man…
Sorry guys
I just now saw the email with the questions for the preview. We’ll have to get together for the next game. I can still answer them if you would like
BTW, I have tickets to the March game in NO, so my wife, Dave and me will be making the trip from Houston there.
I said it over at the Dream Shake, but how is it that there are 3 awesome Hornet's blogs?
I mean, it’s nice to have the market cornered and all, but it’s also great for fans to have lots of points of view
I think one of the great things...
…is that we all kind of take a different approach. It gives people three unique content providers, not just three blogs spouting the same stuff.
It's all good
… because I don’t blog about real stuff anyway. :-P
I would do another Posey diary tomorrow, but I think the poor guy is gonna be suicidal.
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Who said I wasn't a Hornets fan?
I mean, the Rockets are my team. But CP3 and David West are my two favorite non-Rockets, I’ve always liked Peja, I think the greatest play in the NBA right now is CP3 to Chandler for the oop, Posey spent a year in Houston and I was pissed when he left, and I like Julian Wright a lot
They are the only team I will just randomly watch in the NBA
Yeah
http://hornetshype.com/wp/2008/11/10/the-real-diary-of-james-posey/
I don’t know. I have to channel my inner Posey for awhile to get inspired. That one kinda had to percolate the whole day.
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And yes, that's Clyde Drexler that just repeats what Bill Worrell says
Or says lot of words together that may, or may not work
Also, Matt Bullard of 3 pointers from the corner fame and that ESPN show where he dominated but got screwed out of the job
I completely forgot about that!
Ya, I loved him on the Rockets. I owned a Matt Bullard #50 jersey, let’s put it that way
"If that had gone in we were going home"
Our guys are not great on the basketball end, but very, very funny. If by funny you mean like your grandpa who everyone sort of humors.
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And to be fair, it's not like he's shooting well tonight 5/12
That’s how awful he’s been so far, I’m excited about 5/12
They just said CP3 hasn't been effective
Yet he has a double double 10 points and 10 assists with only 2 turnovers
This is just one of those games...
…where he hasn’t been assertive on offense, so doesn’t have many points. He’s been getting TC involved really well, and has brought out that little backwards bounce pass to DX, but West is missing the jumpers mostly.
If we can't cut this to 10 with around 4:00
it’s probably a lost cause. And given Houston’s D, it doesn’t look very likely. Well played game by the Rockets.
Byron just brought the starters back to the bench (instead of having them check in)
Throwing in the towel
But like seriously?
He’s in the NBA and he consistently is that bad?
Like he was so bad our announcers had the cameraman intentionally close up on his feet… and sure enough! WOW.
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It's comedy for the whole family
Chuck is the worst offensive player in the league. He’s also one of the top 3 or 4 defenders in the league at the PF spot. We love him. At Kentucky they adored the guy
Wow
Houston is totally owning Chris Paul. And absolutely no movement by the other Hornets. They were all just standing around, glued to the ground, watching Paul get quadruple teamed. Brilliant.
There was more movement with the bench in
This is just weird. Because the issue is the guys who were all here dominating last year. Just not doing what their strengths are.
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By the way
Anyone know what the new HAck a Shack rules are? Can we keep fouling Landry under 2:00? Or is there some rule against that.
Me: Thanks, West.
Thanks for the three, West. Good job, David. Thanks for coming to the second quarter, David.
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Stay away from the forums
I cannot handle reading the idiots who want everyone to be traded. NOW.
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