New Orleans Hornets at Charlotte Bobcats 11/7

[dnbman]

Best moment for me tonite; during the pregame warmups:
Keetch to Dnbman: So what do you think of the uniforms?
Dnbman to Keetch: Which ones? Charlotte or us?

Did I not express the absurdity immediately after making the comment??!!


Et tu, Keetchte?

Wonderful game. Everybody make contributions. Nobody was particularly bad, save for the errant bonehead play here and there.

Oh, and it was good to meet Ziggy! Good guy and cool kid!

[ALong13]

I was at the game tonight, and wow was it a good game, I was really thinking they were going to lose when they blew the 12 point halftime lead, but they fought back and kept the lead to win...When Peja hit that three with like 20 seconds left, I was thinking Ray Allen all over again...(Ray allen was the first Bobcats game I went to before that...)

[Keetch]

Sorry I didn't hear you Dnbman; I was laughing too hard at the absurdity.

[BobcatsAllDay]

Was at the game tonight and I thought we played a solid game tonight.

Ray shot the ball very well
Oak was solid
DJ shocked me w/ his 4th quarter play
Adam hit some oh so timely shots along w/ Matt
I thought Jared stunk it up tonight
It appeared that Wallace was in and out of the game tonight (trade rumors may be the cause)
I thought J-Rich had a quiet 20

It feels so good to see the team come out of timeouts with set plays. Last year we would come out of timeouts and look like garbage. I thought Larry made a gutsy decision going with the bench for so long in 4th but ultimately it worked out. I said this after the Knicks game and I really believe it....This team will be tough to beat at home I just have this feeling. We have stretches on the road when we look very good (3rd qt vs Cavs, same w/ the Knicks) and hopefully the Pistons game was an aberration. Lastly the trade rumors, man it would be hard to see Raymond go with the way he has been playing lately. I know Crash has seen this coming since the summer so it's really "what to do about nothing?" from his POV.

I can see Ray and Crash leaving simply b/c the writing is on the wall. They tried to bring T.J. Ford in via Wallace of course, the recent trade rumors w/ Wallace involved, they drafted DJ, and didn't offer Ray the extension. Its not a question of if, but when...great game tonight 'Cats!

[TheBeagle]

I too was getting Ray Allen flashbacks, but I'll be damned if we didn't knock down our FTs (except for JR's 1 of 2) the entire night. Shot it over 95% for heaven's sake!

Probably the most fun Bobcats game I've been to. It was a hoot seeing Raymond and DJ giving Chrissy all he could handle tonight; DJ forcing the jumpball was beautiful, not to mention him breaking down his ass before the sweet dish to Gerald for the slam. Also, the obligatory GW swatting of a CP layup was a thing to behold!!!

Me and cuz got to the arena at 6:45 and we got our 107 handicapped seats, so I hate I got to miss out on the preliminary BCP meet 'n greet, but the fact there were quite a few of us there to see such a game was a good thing!

Those fouls on Lexy were nickel dimers that were called because he's Lexy; the more the refs get to know him and he gets respect, those won't be fouls. I loved seeing him and Mek out there together: that's our frontcourt of the future, and me likes!!!

Also so much fun to see Matt and Ammo out there together busting Hornet ass on both ends of the court!!!

Still, DJ was a revelation and I'm glad I was there for his coming out party....sure he'll have setbacks along the way, but he survived Larry's trial by fire with CP, and he excelled and helped win us a sweetass ball game in the process!!!

Also, how bout Mek and GW's defense against Chandler and West? Jeez, West's panties were in a wad the entire game, and when he fouled out we had the perfect vantage point of him running to the end of the bench, hunched over with his chin resting on his fists in full-fledged pout mode; that was hilarious. The morose looks on Hornets fans faces as they left the arena was good entertainment too!

[tamburello]

This is one of the very few games of our history where almost all players did what they are expected to do (maybe except Dudley). Congratulations to Larry Brown, DJ, and all our players for this nice victory.

[ziggy]

The image of Gerald Wallace holding his junk in one hand while reaching out to the ref with the other will stick with me for a while...

"He took my manhood, can't I at least get a foul!!!?"

When he took that shot to the package, he dropped like he had just been shot with an elephant gun, it was painful to witness

[Keetch]

Tamb I think you summarized this game perfectly with one simple sentence.

Right on.

[spectre]

[amour217]

Tonight's victory was a showcase of what last season's team was sorely lacking: FUNDAMENTALS. Good ball movement, hard-nosed defense, and making your freakin free throws. Excellent game, guys!