From At The Hive:

Ultimately, the defense was what cost us against New York. The offense is slowly finding its way, which is good to see. For one, Chris Paul has seemingly found a new dimension to his game; the routes he takes across the key strike me as a little different from last year. He won't sustain these shooting percentages, but man is he on right now. 32/13/5 with 2 turnovers? Yes please. To quote my SBN Knicks counterpart over at Posting and Toasting: "Chris Paul, for his part, is a near-perfect basketball player. Good lord."

And Emeka Okafor... I love this guy already. The moves he was busting today were plain awesome. The little shimmy, cut back across the paint, soft fade? He has it down pat. I've never, ever seen him do it with Charlotte. Now granted I watch Charlotte maybe twice a year, but still. In completely unrelated news, Tyson Chandler went for an 8/8 on 2-8 shooting tonight, as the Bobcats picked up Win #2.