Game 26: Hornets vs. Rockets Open Thread
by Rohan on Dec 26, 2008 3:52 PM CST
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vs. Offensive Efficiency: NOH 108.8 (7th), HOU 108.3 (8th) Defensive Efficiency: NOH 105.1 (12th), HOU 103.6 (5th) >>> Shane Battier Frontcourt Luis Scola || Yao Ming 30.5 (9th all time) Chris Paul PER Watch
New Orleans, LA, 7:00 CST
16-9 AP 19-10
Injuries: Ron Artest Out, Peja Stojakovic Questionable
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Should be a real tough game tonight
If Peja’s not back, I expect Devin Brown to get the starting nod. Again.
In other news
Tracy McGrady has passed Chris Paul to be a starting guard for the Western Conference. Current starting roster: Kobe, T-Mac, Amare, Duncan, Yao.
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I just want to see a Roy-Paul backcourt
the way they played basketball together in last year’s ASG was beautiful.
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Roy will never be voted into the starting lineup...
Portland’s just too small of a city… I wonder how long it will take for Chris to get the starting honors.
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I THOUGHT
He was going to get in this year. He was #2 in the last voting results. Give me a break. This is why they should divide it up by real position.
I dream about Roy/Paul. I love Roy/Paul. My all star voting, even though it’s not going to ever work until Kobe retires, reflects this.
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It sux that
CP probably won’t get voted to start because people vote for Tracy due to previous season and don’t realize Tracy hasn’t even played that well to be in the all-star game this year.
Chris will be voted in for future games though.
Peja won’t play tonight according to Scott before the Magic game. He said he’d look to him for Sunday’s game. But then again they thought he’d be ready for the Lakers.
I just hope the guys play with some pride and heart. They can easily get another beat down if they don’t believe in themselves.
Thanks for the Peja note
You’re right about tracy. Now that I think about it, we’re actually super lucky that Iverson got traded to the East. Otherwise, he would get it for sure.
He always seems to come out well against Yao
Now will he come out SMART? That’s more important with no Hilton.
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No, no Devin.
I want a long rebound. Either shoot it way too short or don’t shoot it at all.
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Mo Pete for THREEEEE!
Oh wait, that was Devin Brown standing in his spot. Never mind.
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I love it when CP
speeds back down the court after a free throw. Always catches the opponent off guard
Yeah
I dunno if there’s anyone elsein the league that can go that fast across the court.
Maybe Aaron Brooks
I know Greg Oden pre-surgery
was one of the faster times in Orlando… he was about Brooks speed.
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stole the words off my keyboard.
I was about to say: zero sum: Rafer vs. Devin
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Rockets announcers:
“We were told Antonio Daniels was not going to play tonight.”
BUT THEN THE HORNETS REALIZED ALL THEIR PLAYERS WERE DEAD.
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I'm moving to Seattle next year
which I just found it blacks out Blazer games on LP. I mean, go to Seattle and they will tell you they are not a Blazer market. At all.
The NBA blackout zones make so little sense.
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the entire state of Oregon is in blackout
and barely anyone outside of Portland can get the Blazer games. So… there are a lot of angry people. It’s a messy situation.
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It's been in effect since the start of last year
FSN had the Blazer rights for 4 million per year. Comcast Sports Net comes in, offers ten million. They then don’t work a deal out with any dish companies, and request that the league broaden the blackout area to the whole state of Oregon and parts of Washington.
It’s the ultimate move of greed by Comcast. They want Dish to get an extra few dollars a month from every customer… and obviously Dish doesn’t want to do that.
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The Seattle blackout was caused by the move
The whole ordeal makes me so angry…. the Thunder moved into my “most hated” list this year.
Lakers, Celts, Robber Barons, Jazz, and Nuggets.
I know a lot of Seattle fans that are angry at David Stern. I am not a huge Bill Simmons fan, but he’s done a great job giving the fans a voice to complain about Stern.
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Haha
I really, really wish they had ended up being called the Buffalos. I think that was one of the final names.
My favorite part
is that the Thunder have sky blue as a color…
Thunder comes in a freakin’ storm. There is usually an absence of blue sky in a storm.
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Lol good point
Did you see that one “logo analysis” some blog did of the Thunder. Absolutely hilarious.
I think the OKC logo is just misused
It’d be excellent as a postage stamp… or team seal.
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Dwest is doing great on Offense
But the team isn’t playing great defense
They're actually pretty funny announcers.
“Veteran post up players get to the line… where he always hits them.”
“Maybe you’ll jinx him.”
“Not with these 90% guys.”
“They have to miss 1/10 though.”
“Not when we’re in town.”
LOL!!!
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that was a thing of beauty
just dribbled through the defense and sinks the floater.
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Yao is just a tough cover.
I’m not mad at Tyson. We gotta get some fouls on Yao though
Ely has been
surprisingly good. I dont know why he doesnt get more time as backup center with Armstrong
He's been a +1 on the floor tonight FWIW
Not the greatest defense, not the greatest offense, but he’s brought a lot more than Hilton
I feel like I'm watching the Olympics
the Houston guy sounds like Tom Hammond.
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Yeah, I'm not upset with that.
Except losing the lead earlier due to giving up stupid layups and lazy D. And I’m wary of the fouls on the big men. But all we gotta do is hit some threes and keep it going, try to pull away.
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CP hit one
Mo attempted 1, so did Marks, Brown 0-2
Good half
This will be a tight one. Hopefully they get their defense scheme better organized and somebody can hit some 3s because TMac hasnt even got going and he loves to get going at the end of a tight game.
We're
outshooting (eFG%), outrebounding, out getting to the foul line the Rockets. Only thing is too many turnovers, or this could be a 7-8 pt lead.
I have a code built in to my firefox
that calculates eFG, turnover rate, pace, offensive rebound rate, offensive efficiency, and FT/FG every time I look at a ESPN box score.
Amazing how those predict success so incredibly well.
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of course
if you’re shooting and rebound well with keeping turnovers down, you’re obviously having a good game.
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Yeah I love Firefox for that
I’m currently writing one that puts in Gamescore of individual players, hopefully I should get it dunn some time.
nice
write that up on here when you do… I’ll definitely add that.
Any other good addons you know of?
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Add ons or scripts?
I don’t really use that many other scripts. The only other one I really use is a dual G-Mail thing where you can be logged into 2 accounts at once. That’s pretty useful.
As far as add-ons, I use way, way too many. The best one is definitely Mouse Gestures (and Speed Dial). I can’t imagine browsing wihtout those.
my favorite is probably
DownThemAll… does a really nice job with downloading files neatly. I actually downloaded NBA Jam and played it yesterday… played as Muggsy for while. Great fun.
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Mhmm.
I started using emulators more recently… pretty good quality out there. I’ve been playing Tecmo Bowl and Jam. Great fun.
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So my interest was piqued and I looked at the Orlando measurements.
Two things jumped out at me.
1. Wasn’t OJ Mayo’s knock that he wasn’t athletic enough? He’s close to the record vertical leap and court sprint.
2. Pavel Podkolzine is really, really slow.
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OJ Mayo looks much, much better than I thought. I thought he’d end up being around league average around the end of his rookie year. He’s hanging around a 17-18 PER right now, just 30 games in. Looks legit.
And I have no idea who Pavel Podkolzine even is.
Pavel was heralded as the next great foreign center
in the LeBron draft.
I heard someone joke at the time:
Strengths: size
Weaknesses: genetic defect
Apparenty Pavel suffered from Andre-the-Giant-itis
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Draft measurements are so much fun to look up
I like how Chris Paul can outjump Deron Williams. Score one more for CP in the “debate.”
great quote on SLCdunk their recent game thread
stop with the turnovers!
Deron… 7?
No wonder people call Paul better than you… he steals the ball, you let it get stolen.
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I remember seeing that the other day
There was another one like “Stop shooting like Paul” when deron missed a three. I was gonna comment on how Paul actually shoots better than Williams this year, but then decided against it.
You know...
I like this outing by the Hornets.
A win would feel good… really tough stretch of games they’ve been playing recently.
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And more to come
After Indiana and Washington, they got Jazz, Nuggs, Lakers, Port all on the road to begin the new year. Hope the new year brings winning.
I kind of like
These Rockets guys. I don’t know who they are but they’re funny. Except probably, like Bob and Gil, you get sick of them joking around with each other after awhile.
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OMG
I can’t listen to Gil and Bob. 5 plays have passed and they say nothing about it.
The Charlotte game we dropped on the road
We swore they were drunk. They were giggling about nobody knows what. Back and forth for the entire second half. Hee hee! Hee hee, Gil!
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ever heard the Mikes that do the Blazer games?
Mike R is literally sauced every game. He likes the gin and tonic.
Anyway, the entire game is him being slightly incoherent while Mike B just laughs. It’s great entertainment.
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Don't think I remember
Though I probably must have since League Pass literally had the opposing commentators 99% of the time last year
Yeah this year has been a little better
But still too many random ones missing . I believe the last Portland one was also.
I just wish
somebody else would score to take the load off them 2.
Devin just
cant hit a 3 to save his life. My goodness.
Unbelievable
I don’t even look at him. I don’t hold my breath. I don’t hope. I just look back up the court and think, “Next.”
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Have you seen those Lakers "The Machine" videos?
I camp! I shoot! Camp! Shoot! You pass, I shoot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwTDPvXszhw
He doesn’t camp, but I’m still reminded of that. LOL.
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Tyson Redeeming himself
The CCC has been a little different in style but just as affective. They needed to find another way to make that play and they’ve shown it tonight. Hopefully he makes the freethrwo
This is the difference
from this game being a 2 point lead or a 10 point lead. Poz had 2 wide open looks from deep that he’s hit many times. Just off week for the team from deep I guess.
I think so
2 steals, that awesome block on the break, most of his 6 rebounds he was nowhere even near them. Just out-ran a guy to get to them.
Lol @ McGrady being 2-9
I love how Vince Carter has been slammed for settling for jumpers the last few years, but how bout McGrady? Has he even ventured within 15 feet of the hoop tonight?
It's insane that he is leading all-star votes
Paul, Roy, and Billups are all easily better players. EASILY.
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"Paul will check into the game with the purpose of staying with Brooks"
or it could be that he is a good player and plays in fourth quarters.
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"Chris Paul will check back into the game"
“With the express purpose of trying to stay with Aaron Brooks.”
Or because he’s our best player and it’s the end of a close game. LOL
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CP with very uncharacteristic
4 turnovers. But you have to have your hands ready with CP.
I go to bed and night
and dream of a Roy/Paul backcourt… a land of few turnovers.
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Hahaha
Some guy wrote on the feed I’m watching: “Right Guard: Official Sponsor of Chris Paul’s Pits”
That sounds wrong somehow.
So… who endorses your product?
Chris Paul’s pits. We have ’em locked for a few more years.
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HA!
The Houston above the rim highlight of the game was an average layup by Landry.
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Hahaha
I kind of wish I’d watched the Rox guys for this game. Gil and Bob are entertaining as usual, but your experience seems to have been hilarious…
Bob:
“He has not looked like the Tracy McGrady of old. He’s looked like an old tracy McGrady” very true.
He always relied on his athleticism...
Now that it’s leaving he doesn’t have much game left.
Except he’s starting over Chris in the ASG.
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Maybe he'll do a Vince Carter
giving up his starting spot to MJ and let the more deserving CP start.
Rafer Alston had the same number of votes as Roy last time they released the numbers.
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He's been getting a lot of tips.
That is such a huge part of his game. When he’s on, he gets a hand on nearly every ball.
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I really want them
To gut this one out. This would be a huge huge “heart” night.
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They're playing "Shout" as we head to commercial
We know what that means. Well, if you’ve been to New Orleans arena regularly, you know what that means. :-P
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