The Hornets showed plenty of energy and fight tonight, pushing the pace, keeping their hands active on D and holding their own on the boards until the final minutes. Unfortunately, tonight's visitors, the Utah Jazz, are quite good at basketball and can win despite excessive turnovers and lousy transition defense.
Still, an enjoyable evening of effort from the Hornets. 98-90 the final score.
Utah's execution down the stretch
They kept it simple in the final two minutes, running the pick and roll with Williams and Boozer on three consecutive trips. Boozer got to the line the first time, then made a nifty jump-hook over West and Okafor the second time. Not necessarily easy points you might say, but those two efforts set up the back-breaker which was Andrei Kirilenko's cut and throw down from the weak side on the third trip. West and Posey were so concerned about another pick and roll that they completely forgot about AK47.

Back from the All-Star break, and the Hornets have a tough task to start the home stretch. The Utah Jazz are in town, ready to cause trouble at 7 Central.
The Hornets are back on the road, and they've got a tough test tonight in Utah facing the 18-15 Jazz.

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