Game 86: Hornets vs. Nuggets Open Thread
by Rohan on Apr 27, 2009 6:47 PM CDT
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The season comes down to tonight. Let's even this series... GEAUX HORNETS!!!
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A good start is imperitive
I don’t think the Nugs will let up 2 games in a row.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions
Here you go
If that doesn’t work I have alternates
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 7:36 PM CDT reply actions
This is too familiar...
Gotta stop the turnovers early.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 7:47 PM CDT reply actions
Chris has to be more assertive on offense
He’s looking to pass too much
David West just doesn't have anything this series
There’s just no way Chris Paul can outmatch Chauncy & Co without West, and he just refuses to show up
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
Can't hope for two Posey miracles
in 2 games. This might be game over here unless something crazy happens. Denver is simply waay better.
Shocking Defense
Nene’s last basket was so incredibly soft for a game of this urgency, really need to pressure every Nugget on the court. Good to see Marks get a rousing reception :)
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 7:59 PM CDT reply actions
Yeah
It’s like “we’re not going to get swept. That was our goal. We can’t beat these guys”
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
by Mikethetiger on Apr 27, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
It's not over yet
There’s not really a whole lot of reason to hope otherwise, mind you, but there’s still hope.
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
by Mikethetiger on Apr 27, 2009 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
What team are you talking about?
The Lakers or the Hornets
New Orleans Hornets: The most inconsistent team in the NBA.
Billups has almost as many points as we do.
Just unbelievable
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
This is ugly
A 10 or less lead at the half would be the best possible result from here. But if this keeps up the game is gone big time.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 8:04 PM CDT reply actions
We cannot get a bucket if we paid for it.
When it can’t drop for CP, and he only has 2, we’re in trouble
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
As weird as it is to say this
I think Sean Marks is the key to the game. He’s shown more intensity than anyone else, and right now he’s far better than tyson
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
I think the difference is Marks is 33 at the tail end of a pretty l;ong career and this could be his one chance to contribute to a playoff team whereas Tyson is young and injured and probably thinking about his future a lot.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
They let the nuggets waltz in the paint without a bump but CP has hit the floor 3 or 4 times already
When is his team gonna give it back as much as he’s taking?
They're not
David West is as un-physical a defender as you’ll find out there. Tyson really can’t move. The most contact in the paint is gonna come from Sean Marks… which tells the whole story.
On the bright side.
In my 2k9 playoff series against the Nuggets in the second round I am up 45-30 mid second Q.
New Orleans Hornets: The most inconsistent team in the NBA.
I think that's where
The Hornets have their best chance in this series
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
by Mikethetiger on Apr 27, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Start losing on purpose, you may reverse jinx the real life versions.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Sigh.
Season down the drain.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
This is just sad
I feel so bad for the people that paid good money to watch this live
It's sad
that the only team with a shot at LA- Portland- is pretty much done. Denver will get beat down by LA, Houston maybe takes it to 6 at most, Dallas gets beat down… LAL-CLE, here we come.
I'd like to think so
But from what I recall of regular season matchups, those were massacres without Andrew Bynum.
They'll get beat.
they will put up a better fight but they’ll get beat in the end.
Portland really gives LA huge problems
it sucks that the Blazers pulled their worst matchup in the first round.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
I think portlands regular season games were flukes against LA.
They got them twice after back to backs.
only one was on a back to back
Portland has beaten LA eight times in a row in Portland, and LA has won about 15% of their games in Portland since 1993.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
Maybe so,
But regular season doesn’t matter. And LA plays D like Houston so it wouldn’t matter come playoff time.
LA plays D like Houston?
I disagree. Houston is the exactly wrong matchup for Portland, as they have two elite defenders to throw at Brandon Roy, and a bad matchup for Travis Outlaw. Brandon reguarly owns the Lakers, as Ariza and Walton have no chance at stopping him. Kobe didn’t fare well in the most recent battle either… Phil doesn’t want him on Roy, using all his energy on the defensive end.
Rudy is a bad matchup for LA… he’s far too athletic for Vujacic. LMA plays extremely well against Gasol. Oden has shut down Bynum, scoring and rebounding.
It would probably be a seven game series.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
whatever you say. Kobe/ Ariza come playoff time will play just as tough of D as Battier/ Artest.
Portland is too young and inexperienced/ dont play any D to win in the playoffs. In a few years that should change though.
Ariza was hopeless guarding Roy
there is no chance that Ariza and Kobe are anywhere near as dominant as Artest and Battier.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
Portland
They can challenge LA but so can Denver. Bottom line is it will be hard for any team to battle them on their floor. Did the Blazers win the season series with LA? I give props if they did, but you have to win in on the road in the playoffs. It’s not a mistake the Lakers murdered the west by 10+ games. I hate them, but I give credit where credit is due.
by runningdonut on Apr 27, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
LA
faced Minnesota March 6th, and had two days off before facing Portland on March 9th.
draft dejuan blair
Yao Ming: "Over time, [Oden] can even go beyond the Magic’s Howard."
Pelton: "Always love Hinrich’s D. Nobody on the Blazers (or most teams) gets into people like he does."
come on!
It’s still earlY! Surely our intensity will pick up?
i am from NY and don’t have NBA TV so can’t even watch the game… but it’s just halftime and there is still the other half of the game to consider so probably we can pick it up???
the score is pretty sad right now...
but defensive stops and our players getting going… that is the key.
And Scott may yell their heads off to get them back into the game.
pleaseeee!!!! i dislike every other team (other than Mavs and Magic) out there and really want at least the Hornets to come back to NO for Game 6… (and i still BELIEVE!)
It's over
Marks
Posey
Peja
Mo Pete
Paul
Throw that lineup out there Coach Scott and while you’re at it get Juju out there, something has to change.
by Ryangle Offence on Apr 27, 2009 9:12 PM CDT reply actions
Im not all that surprised.
These guys are pretty bad. I mean we didn’t play that well last game. This offseason I also wouldn’t mind cleaning out the closet.
New Orleans Hornets: The most inconsistent team in the NBA.
Does anyone have any optimism that if the Hornets revert to game 3 form, they could possiblely win in Denver and force a game 6?
Devin Brown is a basketball God!
Losing by 30 at home in a must-win game doesn't provide much optimism
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I definitely agree. But is there the slimmest of hopes remaining in the Hornets' season?
Devin Brown is a basketball God!
by chandlerfan6 on Apr 27, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
You barely won Game 3 at home
Playing probably your A-game.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions
No I think they are demorablized and don't even want to play.
They were blown out the first two games and barely mustered up enough energy to win game 3. You would think they would come out hard after actually winning. But no. it’s more of the same
The truth is the team does not have the right players to play with any athletic team.
It's more than that man
they need an overhaul from the front office to the ball boys lol
it’s possible only if they get their act together and play like how they were back in Jan when they went on a 7? game winning streak?
Gritting out 7 ugly wins against bad mediocre teams
Isn’t exactly the same as winning 3 straight against a 2 seed lol.
This is fucking embarassing.
Devin Brown is a basketball God!
I feel like crying man
this is really a debacle. embarrassment to the game of basketball.
I think I’m numb to blowouts. It’s happened so much
Cmon Shinn
Time to ante up for once, buy out Scott , fire Bower’s retarded ass, and try to package these worthless, overpaid scrubs for something at least respectable. You’re paying TC, Peja, AD, Mo, and Posey roughly $45 million combined. DW and Rasual have decent contracts but they are also the only assets with ANY value at all so they will probably have to be moved as well. I’m willing to go through a rebuilding year or two due to being a Saints fan, maybe other Louisiana people won’t be, but you have to take the risk.
The good thing about this
is that there’s no way we’re going to stand pat. We should see a major house-cleaning. Injuries just don’t account for this kind of ass-kicking.
I hope Scott gets canned.
I'm proud of my damn strong football team. Have a great day!
That may be true
But this offseason certainly holds no positive promise. In all probability we trade away Chandler for a couple expirings, after which we’re still over the cap, and can’t sign any new players. Highly doubtful that next year’s team is very different from this incarnation, certainly from a core perspective.
And even if they fire Scott… who else is out there to coach us? Why would anyone want to coach this mess of a team trying desperately to trade away its 27 year old center?
who knows
but at least they’ll FREE MOPETE!
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
We have no assets really
W/o CP this is the worst team in the NBA. If we can fire Bower and Scott and find a way to jettison at least two of the following scrubs: AD, TC, Posey, Mo, and Peja i’ll be somewhat happy.
If we could find a way to package
one of them + AD’s expiring contract and DW maybe for some cheap young talent like Rudy Gay or? TC’s limited trade value is even less now, Mo is a bum
Exactly
The only way we get rid of those is if we include someone actually good like DX. Which would really hurt Chris Paul’s chances of staying in New Orleans.
I have it!!!
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cg55ab
DW and AD for Buckner, Jaric, and Gay of Memphis lol.
by kitsunegari on Apr 27, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
problem is will cleaning house affect their win now goal?
And when that happens how does that affect CP wanting to be on this team. CP signed a deal for 3 years with an option in the 4th correct? So basically he saying in case the team did not deliver as far as building a winning team I’m out. If this end to this season does not make them change things, they will lose CP
Good points all
I think the biggest issue is that we CANT clean house this summer. If we could clean up in one season, hold on to West and CP, we’d be back up after a couple drafts. The biggest issue is we have to wade in mediocrity until 2011 and THEN start the rebuilding process. Of course, that’s right around the time Paul’s new contract expires (2013 I believe). All in all, the Posey and MoPete deals could very well end up costing us Chris Paul.
I have a loong post coming up about Jeff Bower. Suffice it to say, he has the future of this franchise in jeopardy.
The Hornets might trade CP3 (he'll probably demand something behind the scenes)
Shinn is a notorious cost-cutter, the team is losing money, and there’s no way the team can compete for titles in the near future. New Orleans is in deep financial trouble, esp. with the economy. And Paul isn’t going to wait for the team to rebuild.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Good for him
CP3 doesn’t want the Clippers.
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I want to get rid of Peja
What does he do other than shoot? He is a bench player.
New Orleans Hornets: The most inconsistent team in the NBA.
This team is similar to manuless spurs
With only one playmaker (Parker/Paul) and one Post player (Duncan/West) The rest are bad roleplayers if they dont hit shots. Both teams need a slashing/playmaking guard
I wish there was a way we didn't have to go to Denver for Game 5
Just start the offseason right now.
I just came home and saw the score. What the hell happened?
The BEdger previously known as BR7formvp.
Got down by 20 in the first
never recovered. CP was beat up all over the court while Nuggets got whatever they wanted. He couldn’t get anywhere on the court to either score or pass. They locked him down and was totally taken out of the game. Pretty much the same as games 1 and 2 but far worse as the final score displays.
25 turnovers
Peja was a -39… record?
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 27, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Another thought considering our limited talent
Could we maybe package TC and/or DW + a pick + AD (expiring contract) for Amare and Garic or Barbosa? Suns are rebuilding and may buy into TC and DW being able to work in a new system. My only other suggestion would be a move at some of the Grizz cheap young talent (assuming they are the new Clippers). We could also throw in Scott and Bower as assistant trainers or ball boys lol.
The front office probably convinces themselves
that it was all injuries. And sits pat after getting rid of Chandler for peanuts. In case you can’t tell, I have no faith in Jeff Bower after 5 years of idiotic moves.
Somehow that wouldn't surprise me
Front office is such a joke.
by kitsunegari on Apr 27, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Paul and Amare would be something
"The brownies,'' Fernandez said after the game. "The brownies are good for me to make three-points.''
by Sabonis4Ever on Apr 27, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha at C-Webb
“You don’t make any adjustments. You go home to your family, remember that life is good. Take your kid to see Madagascar 2.”
Bork bork bork!
by Avinash Kunnath on Apr 27, 2009 10:36 PM CDT reply actions
one of the worst playoff performance of all time, if not the worst
how could they lose by such a big margin? it appeared they didn’t even want to play anymore. this is utterly humiliating! this im sure, you will not recognize the hornets team next season, with all the personnel changes.
by vancouver_grizzlies on Apr 27, 2009 10:38 PM CDT reply actions
In case anyone didn't notice
I’ve deleted troll comments. Next comment by him calling us a JV Girls Team- only I can make fun of this team dammit- and you’re banned MavsFan1.
It is hard to handle the truth isn't it?
I understand your frustration, Hey I’d be frustrated if my team tied an NBA record for worse playoff loss ever… But look I read here often, in fact one of my favorite activities is hating the hornets.. so ban me if you want, but I’ll be back as Mavsfan2 etc etc… the alternative is to allow discourse. It is the bigger thing to do, so I fully expect you to do the opposite.
See this is an actually all right post
If you had said this at the beginning, minus your troll-speak, it would have been totally fine.
I don’t mind people coming on here and pointing out our mistakes. Doing it in a clearly inflammatory is what got your comments deleted.
Just ban him. What is he going to do about it?
From Russia With Love
by L-TrainFTW! on Apr 28, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Come back
when your Mavs can beat this sorry ass team more than 1/4 roflmao.
That or spend some time outside of your mom’s basement.
by kitsunegari on Apr 27, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I found it!!
My good ol’ Saints Fan paper bag.
by Tigernut on Apr 28, 2009 7:40 AM CDT reply actions
hahaha ...
The Aints days … that one made me laugh.
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