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Game 19: Hornets @ Celtics Open Thread

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Thought I'd toss up the Game Thread a little early

Road game, ESPN prime time, this one’s big. Apparently, AD may be playing after all. Posey will get his ring pre-game.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 3:51 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

hahaha

woooo!

Any posting of Peja pictures will result in random comments by me. My apologies. Though, I’m guessing you guys don’t mind the wasted bandwith.

Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'

by iashwash on Dec 12, 2008 6:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha

Peja pictures are always worth it

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 6:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That sucks...

Gonna miss those blocks and offensive rebounds.

http://www.hometownhornets.blogspot.com/

by hldomingue on Dec 12, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

We’ve got “Rasheel” Butler though. Good one Hubie…

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 7:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That was the kind of foul by Marks...

…that Byron likes to reward by immediate benching.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 7:35 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Can't even remember the last time I complained about refs

But not a big fan of the officiating that quarter. Big Baby clearly sliding on that “charge”, Paul gets tackled in the backcourt no call, Allen gets “fouled” in the lane. This should not be a tie game. They’re the better team, but we outplayed them in the 1st and got nothing for it.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 7:37 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I thought the fouls and shots kind of evened out.

We started getting all the goodness, and then the ended with it.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 7:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Better hold on here

Crowd in the game for the first time

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 7:52 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Even his turnover..

..was really a great move on his man, and the guard tapped the ball out.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 7:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well there's one for the Chris Paul highlight archive

Speaking of which, I need to update some time…

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:05 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Man, good on Hilton

Again he comes through

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Are you kidding?

We held the Celtics (of NBA Finals glory) to 39 points in a half… without Tyson. We’re doing great. Paul just needs to foul a little less.

http://www.hometownhornets.blogspot.com/

by hldomingue on Dec 12, 2008 8:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Walton:

“Chris Paul is Mozart. Playing the Turkish Rondo.”

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

LOL

Hilton dunks and pops KG in the face. There’s your toughness

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:28 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

What the hell kind of plays are these?

West stands still for 6 seconds until Armstrong decides to chuck up 15 footers? Seriously Byron?

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Big shot from DX

Maybe we see CP close out this game after than 7-8 minute rest in the first half

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:50 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

So...

…Marks before Ely, and Brown before Peterson. Why not just leave CP out for the next seven minutes and put in AD?

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 8:52 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Do you have to "declare" whether a player is available before a game?

Or is it somewhat possible that we can see Daniels tonight? But I’m with you on Marks before Ely. Ely played well and moved around in the first half. Marks has struggled to rebound, score, defend, everything really.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 8:55 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeesh

Pejas has played 21 minutes and attempted 2 threes, in the middle of a super hot shooting stretch. Beautiful.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 9:06 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

4 team fouls with 9 minutes to go.....

Long road back for us if we’re gonna win this one.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Byron has completely lost his mind.

No Mo. No Hilton. Mo got 16 the other night and looked great. Hilton has been on a force. Yet we’re getting Brown and Marks. Posey’s a good 3 shooter, but why not more Rasual and Peja? What the hell?

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 9:07 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Ughhhhh

This is really, really sad. A lane violation??

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 9:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

ESPN really, really sucks on replays tonight.

There have been several calls or no-calls that I would’ve liked a second look at, and no luck.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 9:12 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I mean...

…the emotional response is always to side with your team, but I’m a pretty honest guy on the replay. Just let me see it.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

OMG

I thought they were not going to give Posey that foul.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 9:16 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

That's game

Ice cold from three

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 9:34 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Depends

Maybe for an encore Byron will start Brown, Daniels, Ely, Wright at 1-4, and then sign Master P to play the 5. I love his line-ups tonight. Brilliant. Let’s see him dare to blame the players for this one.

by m-W on Dec 12, 2008 9:48 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

byrons rotation was horrible

the players didn’t match for what was going on in the game at the time. we took out hilton who was a rebonder to put in marks

by Ace Boogie on Dec 12, 2008 9:53 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

we were saying that

ALL NIGHT. And the shooters weren’t put back in when they needed shooting. And look what we get: a perfect 3 kickout to Brown who of course bricks it. I won’t say outcoached, because I don’t believe Doc does that much coaching, but… I’ll say I disagreed with Byrons’ decisions.

http://hornetshype.com

by ticktock6 on Dec 12, 2008 10:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Haha

Yeah, it’d be tough to get outcoached by Rivers.

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 10:04 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i didn't expect juju to do much in limited minutes

he was thrown into a tough situation with the pressure of not making a mistake. byron can be very stubborn sometimes.

by Ace Boogie on Dec 12, 2008 9:55 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

FREEJULIAN.COM was wrong

I’m starting FREEMOPETE.COM

Why? Devin Brown. Why? I will not easily forgive BS for this.

http://hornetshype.com

by ticktock6 on Dec 12, 2008 10:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Seriously, what was UP with Mo not playing

JuJu whatever. He’s given out the excuse. Is he “fearful” of Peterson’s game now?

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 10:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

devin brown has been playing bad

i guess scott trusts him. mopete had a good game on wednesday yet got limited playing time. if we make any other trades we need a legit sg who can get his own shot. i still can’t get pass the rotation tonight. marks killed the momentum with a bad turnover to end the third and fouled to send the person to the line. aarghh!

by Ace Boogie on Dec 12, 2008 10:24 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

The rotation made no sense whatsoever

The guys that contributed well in the first half (Ely, Armstrong) got extremely limited or odd minutes in the second half. Peja got very, very few plays run for him. Mo-Pete was pretty much left out the rotation. The list goes on and on…

by atthehive on Dec 12, 2008 10:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm glad

we’re not the only ones who noticed this. I hate to complain, but I really do feel we were not outplayed this game. The players on the floor did their best, but they just weren’t who should have logically BEEN on the floor.

http://hornetshype.com

by ticktock6 on Dec 12, 2008 11:38 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I ranted on Sean Marks early

I believe he did redeem himself with several good defensive plays/blocks, but I still maintain that fouling Ray Allen behind the 3 point line is possibly the be all and end all of NBA retardation.

http://hornetshype.com

by ticktock6 on Dec 12, 2008 10:29 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

i hate to complain

i got my wish for a backup pg lol. byron managed the game badly and didn’t execute when we had chances.

by Ace Boogie on Dec 12, 2008 10:39 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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