Pictures from Marcus Thornton's New Orleans Return

by Rohan on Mar 15, 2011 4:11 AM CDT in Photos

Matt McIntosh was courtside Saturday night for At the Hive during the Hornets-Kings game. After the jump, you can find a selection of some Matt's best shots from the game. For starters, here's a shot of Will hard at work.

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Great pics!...

That close up of CJ Paul is a bit too close for comfort though. LOL!!

Look at how there are 3 Kings surrounding Ariza. Ready to swing. It’s dangerous out there! LOL!!

mW, ticktock and friend (is that snavetrebor?) looking nice keeping up their Team Thornton support.

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 6:01 AM CDT reply actions

for the record....

Ariza was the first Hornet I saw go over and talk to Thornton. CP was next. Eventually most of them did.

Team Thornton = the #twittersection without Will who was in nearly his normal seat, but one row back and on the exact opposite side of the arena.

Rohan has a thing for shoes, so I’m under orders to take pictures of them. Don’t ask me….

Cj was sitting with CP3s son. I would have taken a pic (Layne, the NBA photographer was), but without explicit permission from CP, I wont take it. I’m not a paparazzi.

As I mentioned in Will’s stellar recap, watching Marcus in a Kings jersey was like seeing my ex wife with her new boyfriend.

by mattmc89 on Mar 15, 2011 8:22 AM CDT reply actions

I saw CP's mom sitting...

next to CJ with little CP on her lap.

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions

Ive seen his mom before

and took her picture but I couldn’t ID her her convincingly.

by mattmc89 on Mar 15, 2011 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah seeing Marcus...

with another jersey on does seem strange. But just like I learned to let J.R. Smith go, I’ll learn to let Marcus go too.

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 8:31 AM CDT reply actions

Good Work

It’s pretty cool that this site has its own photographer in all honesty. And he’s pretty damn good too. I, in particulary, liked the one picture from behind West where we see him getting a rebound. Pretty neat.

However, I noticed in the clarity of your photos that there are starting to be a lot of empty seats again in the New Orleans Arena. That’s kind of a shame.

"You play to win the game."

by MrWayneKeller on Mar 15, 2011 10:01 AM CDT reply actions

I wouldnt judge the crowd by those first pics

That was before team intros and many people hadnt arrived/were still getting tanked at Buzzfest.

That one of West is my favorite. The guy sitting next to me was the NBA official photographer and he has something no other photographer has: a remote to fire the flashes from the roof. That’s why the shot is blow out (and the black line on the right is there). Even blown out, the shot looks like DWest has the light from heaven shining on him. You can almost hear the choir singing….lol

by mattmc89 on Mar 15, 2011 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh

Yeah I wasn’t judging by the pregame shots. The crowd wasn’t awful in terms of numbers but it does suck (for lack of a better word) that the crowd was rocking and sold out back in January to meet the deadline and then now it’s just not up to that capacity or that level of excitement. But that was just an aside.

"You play to win the game."

by MrWayneKeller on Mar 15, 2011 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions

I agree ....

those empty seats look especially bad in photos. Also, the arena should be full with the team making a push towards the playoffs. It wouldn’t surprise me if Saturday’s game is the last time they sell out a regular season game this year.

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions

Layne Murdoch?

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

that would be him

I threaten to steal his equipment every time I see him or Pat. Their equipment costs more than my annual salary. I am GREEN with envy watching them.

by mattmc89 on Mar 15, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions

LOL!...

Your shots are really great though.

by QueenBee on Mar 15, 2011 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanks!

Its not as glamorous or fun as it looks. You cant really follow the ebb and flow of the game while youre shooting. But I love getting a good action shot (even if it was a miss!)

by mattmc89 on Mar 15, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Wonderful shots

Thanks Matt.

by Caleb462 on Mar 15, 2011 10:53 AM CDT reply actions

Nice pics there Matt!

You got some great action shots under the basket. I agree with you about the David West picture – even though it ended up a little overexposed, the lighting gives it a very unique look. And I hear you about “photographer’s envy” – as soon as you buy a DSLR, you discover all the extra ways you can spend money on it. :) (“Okay, I need some extra lenses, and a flash, and then maybe another flash, and some radio triggers, and what the heck, let’s get an additional body so I don’t have to swap lenses and….”).

#2 Sean Marks fan on the blogs

by Icebird on Mar 15, 2011 1:02 PM CDT reply actions