The Hornets are in Minneapolis today to take on the T-Wolves. Those guys are just 13-27 on the season but they've won seven of their past nine overall, and four of their last five at home.
Minnesota won't be a pushover inside with the likes of Al Jefferson and Kevin Love in the paint, so we'll sorely be missing the injured David West and Tyson Chandler tonight. Hilton Armstrong practiced yesterday but remains questionable for this one.
Game tips at 7 Central.
Linkage:
- Ryan's game preview
- Lagniappe: JuJu blogs, Stern conspires, Alonzo retires, and lots more.
- Rival blogger: TWolves Blog
Quick trivia:
The T-Wolves are the only Western Conference team we have yet to play this season. Meanwhile there are three Eastern Conference teams we haven't played yet. Sixteen super-cool points for each one you can name.
16 awesome comments post your own
Mark
01/23/09 05:05 PM
FREE MIKE MILLER
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Caleb462
01/23/09 05:16 PM
Sixers, Bulls and Bucks. Right?
neworleansbasketball.blogspot.com #2
Niall Doherty
01/23/09 05:29 PM
Right. Thanks for ruining everyone else's fun so fast.
j/k
www.ndoherty.com #3
At the Hive
01/23/09 06:36 PM
Yeah, seriously Caleb. Was just rummaging through the old memory banks before the answer was so abruptly revealed : )
www.atthehive.com #4
mW
01/23/09 07:05 PM
Ummmm.....let's NOT free Mike Miller. At least night tonight. Free Mo Pete!
www.hornetshype.com #5
JChangNZ
01/23/09 07:15 PM
YES!! SEAN MARKS!!
#6
fsumatthunter
01/23/09 08:13 PM
guess who has 10 and 5 without missing a shot at halftime?
inthehuntwithhunter.blogspot.com #7
Diane
01/23/09 08:14 PM
Wow - Mo Pete till he got his eye pocked out.
If you have league pass - are you having trouble hearing the announcers?
Ryan Bowen spotting?!!!
#8
stormsurge
01/23/09 08:14 PM
The Kiwi is on FIRE
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Caleb462
01/23/09 08:25 PM
Sorry guys. I just wanted to show how awesome I was.
neworleansbasketball.blogspot.com #10
flowerfeeder
01/23/09 09:16 PM
Wow. What a disappointing end to this one.
www.myspace.com/noroomforsaints #11
Andrea
01/23/09 09:25 PM
Wow. Losing sucks.
I'm not too broken up about it though. I'm surprised at how well we've played up until this point without our 2 best bigs and Hilton but like I said, Minnesota has been playing well lately. When I saw how they almost won at Utah a few nights ago, I knew they could beat us especially with the injury situation.
#12
Diane
01/23/09 09:33 PM
For crying out loud, what a time to forget how to play defense. Oh well, now to the second game of the double header - hope it turns out better.
#13
byronscott4
01/25/09 05:08 PM
I was at the game and loved to see Marks play well in the first half. I didn't understand why the Wolves didn't pound it low to Jefferson until later in the game when the middle was suspect from the start. I loved watching CP3 down the stretch and Posey was fun to watch as well. For those of you who watched the game, did any of you see a shot of an old Sports Illustrated that featured Byron Scott and his son? If so, that was from me as Byron's son was on the trip and I was showing it to him when one of the media saw it and decided to film it.
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Niall Doherty
01/25/09 05:25 PM
I missed that on the broadcast. How old is that copy of SI? I'm guessing a decade or two.
www.ndoherty.com #15
byronscott4
01/28/09 02:04 PM
I do not know if it was really on the broadcast. They borrowed it and said they were filming it for the show. It could have been on the pregame or not all for all I know as I was in the arena. The issue was from 1988.
#16