Brutal playoff bruising left no apparent marks on Hornets

Posted by Ryan Schwan November 04, 2009 at 08:34 Central

-- Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com

"Just got beat," Scott repeated. "Didn't quit. Just got beat by a better basketball team."

The coach, and the team's front office, didn't see the 121-63 debacle that became the banana peel into a 4-1 elimination as a flashing neon sign that the Hornets lacked a title contender's heart. And the players didn't try to flip it into motivation that would drive them to redemption in the 2009-10 response.

It happened, that's all. It's over.

"No," point guard Chris Paul quickly replied when asked if that bad of a loss in that critical of a situation says something about the will of a team. "It says that the Nuggets were good and we lost. But whatever happened last year has nothing to do with this year."

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