Hornets-Spurs gets rolling tonight at 9:00p.m. Central. Everybody's talking about it as a showdown between youth and experience. Who will win out? Call me crazy, but I think it will be whichever team plays better basketball.
Stuff to know...
Game Time: 9:00pm Central.
TV: TNT nationwide.
Radio: KMEZ 102.9 FM in New Orleans and the super-fantastic WIBR 1300-AM in Baton Rouge.
Linkage:
- Ryan's series preview
- Our latest news wrap
- Big Easy Buzz: Game 1 key questions
- Hornets Asylum: It's Game Time
- Spurs blogs: 48 Minutes of Hell | Pounding the Rock
Looking forward to a packed and vibrant Hive again tonight. The late start time means everyone will be a little drunk and buzzed from the Jazz Festness. It's gonna be rowdy in there. Let's come out and sting 'em fast, Hornets.
[UPDATE] Hornets play some great D and pull away in the fourth for the 101-82 win.
18 articulate comments post your own
ticktock6
05/03/08 01:37 PM
<em>Masterfully</em> subtle photoshopping there...
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mW
05/03/08 01:46 PM
Buzzfest!!!!!
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Ron Hitley
05/03/08 01:57 PM
Photoshopping?
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Mark
05/03/08 02:21 PM
My prediction of the winner isn't really whoever plays better basketball, moreso whoever scores more points. With that reasoning, I should be a senior commentator for ESPN. But seriously. Awesome picture. I told my friend of our team's eccentricities (Peja-on-a-stick), and he just looked at me like I was on something.
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Dave
05/03/08 04:17 PM
Great start! The crowd is awesome! Wish I was there.
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Emir lidan
05/03/08 04:49 PM
your crazy
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Steve H
05/03/08 05:24 PM
Why the fuck are they not playing defense? Uh guys? That Bowen guy can shoot 3s- you might consider guarding him.
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Emir lidan
05/03/08 05:35 PM
steve bowen hit a lucky streak kinda like when shaq makes a free throw i missed the 2nd quarter but wer down by 4 so im guessing it went pretty good
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Steve H
05/03/08 06:15 PM
MUCH better perimeter D so far in the 3rd. We are going to be OK I think.
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k
05/03/08 06:18 PM
"Great flop by CP3" is what Reggie Miller of TNT said. What is it Hornets fans? I thought only the Hornets "opposing teams" were floppers. Seems like your CP3 can do his fair share of flops, too. And, I LOVE the way CP3 throws up his hands like he has "nothing to do with it" when there is any kind of confrontation.
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Emir lidan
05/03/08 07:00 PM
we earned the right to flop when the refs wont call fouls on the other team when ther obviously is a foul so if by anychance reggie miller finds this site i wanna tell him to go suck a horses dick and now to more important things good game by every1 nice win lets keep it up and try a sweep =p
#11
XXL
05/03/08 07:25 PM
Message to all the random Hornets doubters that might be lurking: They're #1 in the playoffs in defensive fg%. They just made the Spurs shoot 40%. Keep telling yourselves the Hornets don't have a chance. Nobody can stop you when you're doing it on both sides of the court.
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Ron Hitley
05/03/08 07:40 PM
Beautiful game. Recap coming.
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Mark
05/03/08 07:48 PM
k~ CP does flop. Of the few teal games I've seen (damn you mainstream media!!), I've made the point that CP has cut off Brandon Bass and Ginobili and somehow drawn the foul, pretty B moves to me. But fact of the matter is, his game doesn't depend on flopping to draw fouls. And I also love how CP throws his arms up when there's some sort of engagement too. <3 CP.
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Mark
05/03/08 07:51 PM
Ron, does this comment sheet not allow 'less-than' symbols?! Geez. Allow me to reiterate, with CAPS LOCK: 'HEART CP'
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Steve
05/03/08 08:34 PM
Lakers fan here, and I just wanted to stop by to give you guys props. I've been incredibly impressed with the Hornets this year. CP3 is my 2nd favorite player in the league; we need more old-school PGs like him. I never bought the no-experience argument, because most teams don't have an unflappable PG like Paul. Ihave to admit, though, that although I thought they would win,I didn't think they would smash the Spurs the way they did. Paulmade Bowen look silly, doing something that neither Lebron nor Steve Nash could. The real props, I think, should go to Jeff Bower.As talented as CP3 is, talent can go to waste (look at Cleveland). Bower's surroundedPaul with the perfect pieces. Kudos on a great win, and a sick team.
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mW
05/04/08 07:10 AM
Anyone catch Bowen's post-game comments where he admitted he was faking it when he was laying on the ground like a wounded duck after that allegedly flagrant foul on Bonzi? Yeah. Thanks for sharing what everyone but the refs knew. It's why most people in the crowd booed when you got back up, unlike the clapping that actually injured players can get.
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Ron Hitley
05/04/08 07:13 AM
I caught that, mW, although I imagine the crowd would have booed Bowen even if Bonzi had castrated him with his nunchucks.
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