Clippers@Hornets Game Thread

[DeadlyDynasty]

Call your bookies up and bet big (Harlem, here's your chance to cash in, son). The line is NOH (-8) and the Clippers are w/o Gordon and most likely Davis as well. Come on Paul, I'm betting the house tonight:toast

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Bets that look obvious rarely are

[TheMACHINE]

score: Clips 5- NOR 20

[Poirot]

Kaman needs to retire

[BRHornet45]

Kaman needs to retire

son at least he shaved his head so that he doesn't look like a child molester anymore.

[Giuseppe]

Note to myself:::shave head.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Good start...i'm nervous as shit.

[duncan228]

Note to myself:::shave head.

:lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

Clippers are already in the bonus with over 8 minutes left...goddamnit

[BRHornet45]

Clippers are already in the bonus with over 8 minutes left...goddamnit

son its ok don't sweat it ... you should know by now how the WWE/NBA works. It doesn't matter if one team has a 35pt lead or a 3pt lead at halftime ... the only half that matters is the second half. The league does their damnedest to keep each and every game somewhat close so that it is more entertaining for the fans. The NBA and team owners absolutely hate blowout games because fans will leave early resulting in loss of concession revenue, tv ratings, etc.

[DeadlyDynasty]

son its ok don't sweat it ... you should know by now how the WWE/NBA works. It doesn't matter if one team has a 35pt lead or a 3pt lead at halftime ... the only half that matters is the second half. The league does their damnedest to keep each and every game somewhat close so that it is more entertaining for the fans. The NBA and team owners absolutely hate blowout games because fans will leave early resulting in loss of concession revenue, tv ratings, etc.

No doubt, god bless

[DeadlyDynasty]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.....what is this shit, I could start for the fucking clippers.

[HarlemHeat37]

DD, did you bet on the Lakers game?..

[BRHornet45]

fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.....what is this shit, I could start for the fucking clippers.

son please have faith in the King ... he never gets aggressive with his scoring until the second half. During the first half he tries to get everyone else going, but if they refuse to do so, then he will go ape shit.

[DeadlyDynasty]

DD, did you bet on the Lakers game?..

no brah, I never bet on Laker regular season games...they're too schizo to trust the spreads

[DeadlyDynasty]

son please have faith in the King ... he never gets aggressive with his scoring until the second half. During the first half he tries to get everyone else going, but if they refuse to do so, then he will go ape shit.

That 3 at the end of the half was money...I'm just nervous cause I may have overextended myself tonight. Suffice to say I'll be taking a couple months off the spreads if this one goes south:lol

[BRHornet45]

son also I notice that King Paul has yet to get to the free throw line tonight ... surely he will be told about this in the locker room and IF NEEDED he will begin flipping and flopping and selling those flops like only he can do.

[Pelicans78]

Hornets really haven't blown out any team this season. Every game they have 14-15 point lead and slow the game down just enough to win at the end.

[BRHornet45]

Hornets really haven't blown out any team this season. Every game they have 14-15 point lead and slow the game down just enough to win at the end.

son they whipped the shit out of the Spurs by 9 or 10 pts

[DPG21920]

Why can't Ariza shoot? All he is getting is good looks? Also, surprised to see Boom Dizzle back. His energy looks better...

[DeadlyDynasty]

son also I notice that King Paul has yet to get to the free throw line tonight ... surely he will be told about this in the locker room and IF NEEDED he will begin flipping and flopping and selling those flops like only he can do.

son I swear to god if the Hornets get the job done I will root for them in all but 4 games this year

[Pelicans78]

son they whipped the shit out of the Spurs by 9 or 10 pts

Same story there too. Hornets had a 18 point lead, Spurs cut to 3 late and Hornets stop them and put it away late.

[BRHornet45]

son I swear to god if the Hornets get the job done I will root for them in all but 4 games this year

son what do they have to do again? (spread)

[DeadlyDynasty]

son what do they have to do again? (spread)

win by 9 or more

[BRHornet45]

Same story there too. Hornets had a 18 point lead, Spurs cut to 3 late and Hornets stop them and put it away late.

son who cares? this is the NBA ... do you really expect the Hornets to just blow out every team they play by 20pts? just be happy they are gelling together well so far and are winning all of their games.

[BRHornet45]

win by 9 or more

son the Hornets should take this game by about 15pts ... if not more. the real game starts next. the first half is just a bunch of foolishness for the most part.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I have faith...no way Hornets don't improve on 38% shooting

[BRHornet45]

Why can't Ariza shoot? All he is getting is good looks? Also, surprised to see Boom Dizzle back. His energy looks better...

son he is slowly starting to show some signs of scoring for us (Heat game) ... but he still appears to be struggling a bit. However as long as he stays healthy, he SHOULD do nothing but get better because thanks to King Paul he will have wide open shots all year long. Its up to him to knock them down and I think he will.

[BRHornet45]

I have faith...no way Hornets don't improve on 38% shooting

exactly son ... so sit back, relax, and go crack open another beer. Plus King Paul needs to have a 25-30pt game tonight because his scoring numbers have been slacking a bit. He is only averaging 18.7ppg and 10.2apg right now which is unacceptable for him ... the assist are fine and once Rondo comes back down to reality he will regain the lead, but his points per game needs to get back over 20ppg. he knows that.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Ariza!

[DPG21920]

Ariza may not shoot well, but he is hitting timely shots.

[BRHornet45]

sons what most people are failing to notice about Ariza is that he fills a huge gap that we have lacked for years .... he can actually play defense and efficiently guard some of the top players in the NBA ... which is something that Peja could only dream about. Hence why Peja hasn't played a single minute since about the 2nd game of the season. Between Ariza, Belinelli, Thornton, etc. ... there just simply is no time to waste on putting Peja in and hoping that he can hit a couple 3pt shots. He is too much of a defensive liability to even play.

[Pelicans78]

West is off tonight.

[DPG21920]

I notice what Ariza does, but his value to the Hornets takes a hit if he is not shooting well, especially from 3.

[DeadlyDynasty]

David West is playing like shit tonight

[Pelicans78]

Man, Clippers aren't going away. Sigh...

[Pelicans78]

I notice what Ariza does, but his value to the Hornets takes a hit if he is not shooting well, especially from 3.

It takes a hit, but not a big hit. His main job is to defend. If he can just settle for the wide open threes and dunks, his FG% will be high. He needs to stay away from mid-range shots.

[DeadlyDynasty]

ok I've officially hit the panic button

[fevertrees]

props to the refs for letting the players know who REALLY is in charge this game :toast

[BRHornet45]

David West is playing like shit tonight

yes he is

[DeadlyDynasty]

Put the fucking starters back in or I will fly to NO and murder the coach

[DeadlyDynasty]

20 point lead!

[Pelicans78]

If Bayless can play like this consistently off the bench, the Hornets will be really dangerous. He's so important this season.

[fevertrees]

Put the fucking starters back in or I will fly to NO and murder the coach

lol bench owning the Clipshow now. Glad to see Bayless step it up! :downspin:

[BRHornet45]

son Coach doesn't want to waste a lot of our starters minutes on garbage teams like the Clippers. 30min at most.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Looking good BR!

[BRHornet45]

Looking good BR!

son how much did you win tonight? Coach only played Paul for 27min and he still put up 13 and 8 ... really no reason to waste his talents on trash teams like the Clippers you know?

[DeadlyDynasty]

son how much did you win tonight? Coach only played Paul for 27min and he still put up 13 and 8 ... really no reason to waste his talents on trash teams like the Clippers you know?

Son it's gonna be a merry fucking christmas!!

[Pelicans78]

Nice to see the bench finish the 4th quarter. Bayless with 15 pts, 9 assists. Green with 19 points. Rookie SF Pondexter with 7 off the bench. Nice win.

Portland will be a tough matchup. Need our bench to step up and our shooters to make their shots. Defense will be fine. This game will be a grind since both teams like to slow the pace.

[BRHornet45]

son our bench is very solid. its nice to have a solid bench when against garbage teams like the Clippers so that Paul and the starters don't have to play much.

[Pelicans78]

Team has 3 days off before the Portland game. Should give Monty enough time to carve up his former team.