Hornets back to the cozy confines of the New Orleans Arena tonight, taking on the visiting Heat and hoping to avenge that November loss in Miami.
The 16-12 Heat have won five of their last six and are sporting a 6-4 road record. They're coming off a 34-point win over the Pacers on Sunday. Dwyane Wade and Michael Beasley have been doing most of the damage. No injuries to report for Miami.
The Hornets are coming off last night's loss to the Rockets in Houston, a game that saw both David West and Chris Paul put up big numbers but receive little help from their teammates.
Game tips at 7 Central.
Linkage:
- TrueHoop: Trade/non-trade were big deals to Hornets
- Journals: Hornets-Rockets post-game report
- Rival bloggers: Hot Hot Hoops | Peninsula is Mightier | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
(Many thanks to Dariusz for the banner, today featuring Maciej Lampe. Be sure to check out more of Dariusz's designs in our Wallpapers vault.)
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YoungFella
12/30/09 04:16 PM
Let's hope that CJ spiked D-Wade's drink last night while he was playing Xbox in CP3's condo.
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Mark
12/30/09 05:39 PM
Hopefully we can best D-I-can't-spell-his-name-right-Wayne Wade and hold onto the 7th seed in the (L)eastern conference. Oh wait, we're in the tougher conference.
Dariusz: Did you kind of saturate the colour on the banner picture? I don't ever recall a third jersey with that hue, but I like it!
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downtowndave78
12/30/09 06:14 PM
I have have one free ticket for tonight's game in section 109. It is located in the Irish Channel (Uptown). If anyone is interested post something here. I will check back at 6:30.
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mW
12/30/09 06:15 PM
Can Bealsey stop West? Chalmers/Arroyo Paul? Q-Rich Peja? I don't think so. But could Wade score 50? No comment.
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commentcava
12/30/09 08:54 PM
CP's spinning toss-up was the number 10 play of the decade on ESPN. In my opinion, the play he made in the 3rd was much better. Dude's going off tonight.
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sergio_alj
12/30/09 09:22 PM
Another bad 4th period... unbelievable!!!
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sergio_alj
12/30/09 09:24 PM
Just horrible...what happenned at 1m10 to the end...
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sergio_alj
12/30/09 09:28 PM
uff!! Great defense by Okafor!
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Mark
12/30/09 09:35 PM
Exciting as it is, can we have ONE win where I don't suffer from a heart attack?
Guess we're on the level of the Heat. Which is bad.
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Julia
12/30/09 09:42 PM
The NBA. Where Chris Paul Happens.
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downtowndave78
12/30/09 09:48 PM
Spectacular line Julia!!!!!
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Julia
12/30/09 09:49 PM
Thank you!! :)
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notoriousBEE
12/30/09 11:04 PM
Ohhhhh. Now I get it. The hornets wanted to wait to hit 500 so they could do it in Utah. It'll be so much sweeter in Salt Lake City.
#13
420ftJesus
12/30/09 11:08 PM
Good game. Even though we stopped scoring in the first half of the first again, the boys played tough throughout and that paid off at the end and we weathered the storm. Lots of activity around the basket.
And Chris got a little swig of that Gummi Bear juice or hatever he has. He'll uncork a whole flagon soon.
Nice.
Keep up the good work.
#14
JCS
12/31/09 11:19 AM
CP3 is currently ranked as the number 1 point guard for efficiency. Kind of a big deal...
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