Hornets-Nuggets thread

[Pelicans78]

D-West is out tonight. CP3 is starting despite eye injury.

Songalia starts out PF.

[Pelicans78]

quick 6 points for Darius.

[Pelicans78]

Darius with 8, but Denver seems to be scoring too easy even with Carmelo 0-3 so far.

[redzero]

I don't know why Carmelo doesn't just take it to Peja.

[Pelicans78]

I don't know why Carmelo doesn't just take it to Peja.

That is true, but I have seen Devin on Carmelo for a few possessions.

We need to do a better job getting back on defense. With Peja and Darius, we're average defensively.

[badfish22]

lets go hornets

[Pelicans78]

Pretty good quarter, especially offensively with Darius, Okafor, Peja, and CP3. Still, I'm not sure we can keep the scoring up so the defense can't keep allowing 30+ in each quarter.

Time for the bench to play strong against Lawson, JR, and Bird...

[Allanon]

Gotta put the Nuggets down.

[Pelicans78]

Good start for the bench so far. Wright has been playing better lately. Marks seems a step slow since missing the last 21 games. Defense will be the key right now because Denver can score quickly.

[redzero]

Good thing Denver is missing their free throws.

[Pelicans78]

Seems like Wright is the smaller version of Okafor. Athletic, good defensively, suspect offensively.

Bench is still playing strong.

[Pelicans78]

Refs are calling things closely.

[redzero]

The Nuggets just can't take the lead.

[Pelicans78]

Sloppy end to the half. Hornets couldn't get any easy shots. Offense became stagnant. Denver slowly cut the lead to one. I'm worried the offense will continue to struggle and Denver will get things going in the 3rd quarter.

[redzero]

Sloppy end to the half. Hornets couldn't get any easy shots. Offense became stagnant. Denver slowly cut the lead to one. I'm worried the offense will continue to struggle and Denver will get things going in the 3rd quarter.

That's probably what will happen.

[Pelicans78]

Nice start to the quarter, but Denver comes back quickly. Our bench is gonna have to really outplay Denver's bench tonight.

[Pelicans78]

Denver on a roll right now. Hornets need to get better looks on offense and get back on defense.

[redzero]

Denver on a roll right now. Hornets need to get better looks on offense and get back on defense.

Exactly. They are jacking up 3's like the Magic right now.

[Pelicans78]

Hornets cut the lead to one. Bench will have to win this game tonight. Defense is not bad, but rebounding is allowing Denver to get more looks.

[redzero]

Hornets are being murdered on the boards.

[Pelicans78]

Bad shot selection leads to easier looks for Denver. Not sure what the Hornets can do except take tough shots. Thornton needs to attack the basket more. Game is about to get out of hand.

[redzero]

Bad shot selection leads to easier looks for Denver. Not sure what the Hornets can do except take tough shots. Thornton needs to attack the basket more. Game is about to get out of hand.

Not yet. Thank Ty Lawson for that blown dunk.

[Pelicans78]

Typical Hornets game. Going to be decided in the final minute.

[redzero]

Hugo, stop trying to pump up the Nuggets' crowd, you traitor.

[Pelicans78]

Chauncey is an asshole

[Pelicans78]

Wow, offensive foul call.

[Pelicans78]

Good traveling call on Carmelo.

[redzero]

Chauncey kneed the fuck out of Okafor. Ouch.

[Allanon]

Game coming down to the wire.

Come on Crescent City.

[Pelicans78]

Chauncey hits another one. Shit!

[Allanon]

Damn.

24 seconds left and Hornets with the ball down 2.

[Pelicans78]

Chauncey or Melo?

[23LeBronJames23]

cp3 !

[Allanon]

Ot?

[Pelicans78]

Close to being a charge against Chauncey.

[Pelicans78]

Posey almost drew a charge. Might have been a charge on that play.

[redzero]

Okafor saved the Hornets the game.

[Allanon]

Wow, wide open shot for Melo after that block.

[Darthkiller]

lol@ melo missing a gimme 2 footer

[Pelicans78]

Refs missed two charges in the final seconds. Still hard to call those in the waning seconds. Probably a good no-call.

[Pelicans78]

Why take out Posey and Thornton? Peja and Devin now? What?

[Allanon]

That Billups charge on Songalia was very close.

[Pelicans78]

Don't like Devin and Peja in the game instead of Posey and Thornton.

[KidCongo]

Cp3!!

[KidCongo]

Fuckin AA

[Pelicans78]

No reason for Peja to start overtime when he didn't do crap in the 4th quarter. Even Devin Brown. Posey and Thornton should have been in OT.

[Pelicans78]

Peja couldn't get it done tonight. Damn.

[badfish22]

melo hurt?

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

sons, don't 4get who Afflalo is :toast

[Allanon]

Peja with a missed wide open 3.

Game over.

[Allanon]

melo hurt?

Rolled his ankle in the OT, looks ok right now.

[redzero]

It's too bad the Hornets decided to do a LeIso for Chris Paul in overtime.

[Ghazi]

bout time the luck runs out on the HOrnets. I havent seen a team win as many games it deserved to lose than the Hornets the past 2 years. When you have guys like Rasual Butler and James Posey hitting game winners you know you're a lucky ass team.

[Pelicans78]

Jeff Bower became Byron Scott all of a sudden in OT. WTF? Our lineup of Okafor/Songalia/Posey/Thornton/CP3 did really well in the 4th quarter, yet at the start of OT he takes out one of our best defenders in Posey and our best perimeter scorer in Thornton for Peja and Devin Brown.

Peja was uselss offensively and became a liability on defense forcing Affalo's defender to leave him wide open.

Devin Brown is useless offensively and wasn't guarding Carmelo well anyway.

Great effort on a second night of a B2B without DWest, but all I can think about is how the coaching staff made a mistake in OT.

Oh well, hopefully 24 hours from now, I'm gonna be celebrating the Saints going to the Super Bowl. Only thing to look forward to this weekend.

[Pelicans78]

quick 6 points for Darius.


bout time the luck runs out on the HOrnets. I havent seen a team win as many games it deserved to lose than the Hornets the past 2 years. When you have guys like Rasual Butler and James Posey hitting game winners you know you're a lucky ass team.

Well this Hornets loss might cost Dallas home-court against Denver in the second round unless you think the Mavs can win there anyway.

[Pelicans78]

This game would have been a huge win considering the Rockets and Thunder lost.

[Allanon]

This game would have been a huge win considering the Rockets and Thunder lost.

With Seeds #4 through #11 only separated by 2 losses, every game is going to be a big game.

Great WC entertainment, the East just blows.

[NRHector]

with seeds #4 through #11 only separated by 2 losses, every game is going to be a big game.

Great wc entertainment, the east just blows.+1

[ClippersDynasty]

Melo 9-28 from the field. Where's all the MVP hype gone?

[redzero]

Melo 9-28 from the field. Where's all the MVP hype gone?

Yep, Chris Paul just outplaying the entire Nuggets team again. Melo got the love from the refs, so he got all the free throws.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Melo 9-28 from the field. Where's all the MVP hype gone?

He had a kobe-esque night, so if anything he should get more MVP hype :toast

Lebron is the only real MVP candidate.

[mavs>spurs2]

I watched the end of this game and the Hornets are just Chris Paul and a pile of crap. I honestly feel really bad for him. One thing I noticed is he really has a knack for just bulldozing down the lane like a running back for such a little guy, even over much bigger guards. Strong enough to finish to boot.

[BRHornet45]

sons no big deal. it was a tough back to back road game and no David West in the lineup. with all of the help Melo received I am actually surprised the game was even as close as it was.

[duncan228]

J.R. Smith could face ramifications for behavior (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-nuggets-smith&prov=ap&type=lgns)

The Denver Nuggets are talking about a possible punishment for sulking guard J.R. Smith, whose behavior has rubbed management the wrong way.

Smith didn’t attend an optional practice Sunday, after which coach George Karl described his behavior on the bench Saturday night as “eclectic.” Karl said he would meet with the team’s brass before deciding what to do.

One possibility is a suspension for Smith, who has been mired in a season-long slump and evidently was pouting Saturday night when he played a season-low 12 minutes in Denver’s 116-110 win over New Orleans.

Smith pledged more maturity this season after pleading guilty to reckless driving in a car crash that killed a friend. He spent 24 days in a New Jersey correctional facility and was suspended by the NBA for the first seven games this season.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

i can't stand JR anymore but the Nuggets can't trade him. They won't get anything for him and he can still be a force off the bench sometimes.

I'd say that CB will chat to him and get this stuff sorted out :lol Billups is the real coach in Denver, not George

[Hornets1]

i can't stand JR anymore but the Nuggets can't trade him. They won't get anything for him and he can still be a force off the bench sometimes.

I'd say that CB will chat to him and get this stuff sorted out :lol Billups is the real coach in Denver, not George

Agreed. Chancey is like a baby-sitter to Thuggets like smith and martin. I can't believe Iverson was on that team at one time as well. Take away Billups and the Nuggs are in trouble. Billups does it, b/c he knows how much true talent and potential the nuggs have.

BTW, gutsy effort by Hornets. No West, paul half-blind, brought the nuggs to OT at the Pepsi Center. Great WC game~! The East simply blows.