KokoTheMonkey

November 5th, 2005 - 7:30 PM (Central Time)


New Orleans Hornets (1-1) @ Houston Rockets (1-0)


Previous Meetings:

N/A


Projected Starting Lineup:



PG - Chris Paul (13.0 PPG - 3.5 APG - 6.0 RPG)
SG - JR Smith (17.0 PPG - 3.5 RPG - 3.5 APG)
SF - Bostjan Nachbar (2.5 PPG - 1.5 RPG - 4.5 APG)
PF - David West (9.5 PPG - 8.0 RPG - 1.0 STL)
C - PJ Brown (12.0 PPG - 7.0 RPG - 1.5 APG)

Reserves:

G - Speedy Claxton(16.5 PPG - 3.0 APG)
G/F - Desmond Mason (3.5 PPG - 3.0 RPG)
F/C - Chris Andersen (5.5 PPG - 2.0 RPG)
SF - Rasual Butler (3.0 PPG - 3.0 RPG)
F/C - Jackson Vroman (4.5 PPG - 1.5 RPG)
SG - Arvydas Macijauskas(1.0 PPG - 0.5 RPG)
F - Brandon Bass (2.0 PPG - 0.5 RPG)

Projected Starting Lineup:



PG - Rafer Alston
SG - Derek Anderson
SF - Tracy McGrady
PF - Juwan Howard
C - Yao Ming

Reserves:

SG - Jon Barry
PF - Stromile Swift
G - David Wesley
C - Dikembe Mutombo
F - Ryan Bowen
G - Luther Head
PF - Lonny Baxter



Gonna be a very tough game for New Orleans. If New Orleans wants any shot, they will have to keep the tempo up and limit T-Mac and Yao as much as possible. Desmond Mason should see more minutes because he's the best option to defend T-Mac.

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Southwest is best (Combined records):

Southwest: 125-84
Central: 118-85
Pacific: 108-96
Northwest: 96-112
Atlantic: 87-119
Southeast: 83-121

qross1fan

Hornets: 87
Rockets: 104

as much as i like under dogs pulling upsets, this just wont . .well i dont think so

KokoTheMonkey

Supposedly T-Mac had to leave practice yesterday because of back spasms, so I'm not sure if he's expected to play or what.

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Southwest is best (Combined records):

Southwest: 125-84
Central: 118-85
Pacific: 108-96
Northwest: 96-112
Atlantic: 87-119
Southeast: 83-121

supermati

I expect a close one till the 3rd

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supermati

And we won again!
Hehe, a possitive record team, like it or not...
Paul was lighten up giving 8 assists versus 1 TO, he also contributed 4 boards, 2 steals, and 15 points


And again: My expectations were right once again

Hornets 27 25 13 26 91
Rockets 23 29 19 13 84

Right now, i'm loving this team, we're demostrating that they do not have to underestimate us.

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girllovesthegame

Really good game tonight.! I'm glad I went to support the Hornets. Would have liked to seen more of J.R. though. He didn't play in the 3rd or 4th.

G-Force

Wow, what an upset on the road! Congratulations.

Looking at the boxscore, a handful of things stand out to me:

As a team, the Hornets had 23 assists and only eight turnovers. That is darn good, especially playing on the road against a heavily favored opponent. Both Paul and Claxton had eight assists and only one turnover apiece. That's takin' care of the ball.

The Hornets attempted zero three pointers. I do not see that very often in a boxscore.

The Hornets had five players score in double figures.

The Hornets outscored the Rockets, 26-13 in the fourth quarter. Way to finish the game after being down by five points after three quarters.

Keep playing like this, and the Hornets will have to be taken seriously. Good win.

G-Force

KoBe & BeN GoRdOn!

The Hornets are AWESOME!

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