Hornets 100, Hawks 59: Demolition in Atlanta

That was pretty terrific. Even nicer to hear Monty single out Thornton on NBATV after the game to mention how great he’s played as of late. As far as the game is concerned, there’s nothing better. This was terrific. They played great, starters got some rest, second night of a back to back at home against a top team tomorrow and let’s hope the team continues that efficient play then.

Just not tonight. Whether the Hornets D stifled them, they had an off night, or a combination of the two: I’ll take it.

Great game all around. Atlanta best overall player was out as was Marvin Williams who has been a part time starter. But still, Atlanta has won 8 of 10 and has firmly established itself as a tough midtier playoff team the past few seasons and they’ve been tough in Atlanta. So great win.

Good play from pretty much every player. Great defense (29% shooting by Atlanta). Balanced offense from starters and bench. Domination on the boards. Hornets made more than half of their 3-pointers and 20-22 FTs.

Monty has now reached his goal of playing at least 0.500 on the road in addition to being good at home.

Bellinelli bounced back to hit 5-8 including two some parking lot 3s. Mbenga gave some quality minutes. I liked his fastbreak dunk and his powerful rejection (although it was a foul by another player). I’m glad to see him play for a change instead of gathering rust, because we may need him for the playoffs. Anderson 3-3 on his jumpers. He played well, and he’s ok to have as a 11th or 12th man. Thornton has now had 2 good shooting games in a row and he gave good rebounding as well. Better play from Marcus has resulted in more looks and playing time.

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s game ^^

Woodson or no Woodson, the Hawks are one of the most manic teams in the league

Swatting & dunking def. isn’t in Gray’s repetoire, it was great to see D.J. have a little fun out there (esp. that seismic dunk).

Of course we wouldn’t have won as handily if Horford had been in the game, but does anyone think we still would’ve won by a comfortable margin? Sorry it’s a sloppily delivered hypothetical, but you get the gist

I think this team has a fair shot of making the 2nd seed in the West. Not saying it’s a good shot, but they definitely have a shot. That’s what I want the Hornets to aim for.

This is how i see it:

Dallas is in a tailspin and Butler’s out all season. They are still a good and will snap out of it sooner or later and they are a deep team with Marion replacing Butler and they have depth at center like they’ve never had before, but they’ve struggled lately. I think we can pass them.

Utah is deep and well coached, but although he’s played fairly well, big Al is not quite as good as Boozer. We can pass them—in fact with this win, we have passed them for the 5th seed.

Portland has a shot at making the playoffs, but they won’t threaten us. With Oden out and now Roy having surgery on BOTH knees, they’ll limp into the playoffs at best. I actually think that the Clippers have an outside shot of catching them for the 8th seed. anyway, they’re in the rearview mirror.

OKC. They have Durant, but they’re not an elite defenisve team. I think that’s our edge against them.

Denver – they could in fact be a little scary if they keep the team intact. They’ve added some good talent to the core that made the conference finals a couple of years ago. Still, I think at some point, even if the Melo-drama ends without any trades, the perpetual chaos will catch up to them at some point.

That leaves the Lakers and Spurs. We won’t catch the Spurs, unfrotunately that’s a given. But we’re only 3 games behind the Lakers. Not an insurmountable edge. The 3-peat season is said to be the hardest for championship team. Lakers have shown flashes of that complacency and, though they’ve rallied recently, we still have a half a season to go.

We have a favorable home/road schedule in the 2nd half and and less playoff opponents than non-playoff ones left to face. After some struggles, I think we are jelling as a team.

It won’t be easy, but I think 2nd seed is what we have to aim for.

Go Hornets!

I’ll go out on a limb and say we can actually beat our early season 11 game winning streak. Ha ha!

Is the 10-0 run we had to start the 3rd. I think the game could still have gone either way at that point if Atlanta had come out of the locker room with intensity. But we ended up sealing the game in those first couple minutes instead.

should be good. We’re riding as high as we have all season while they could be missing a big part of their gameplan with Hill and Bonner possibly out again.

Does anybody here have Xbox Live and 2K11? I was thinking about an ATH crew. I anyone wants to add me my Gamertag is JH39.

Have now allowed just 101.7 points per possessions, behind only Chicago (99.8, Thibs is doin’ it again) and Boston (100.7- it ain’t all about Thibs). And they are now first in opponent points per game at 91.4… a lesser stat but one that’s more likely to be talked about in the mainstream.