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KokoTheMonkey · 12-02-2005, 01:15 PM

December 2nd, 2005 - 7:00 PM (Central Time)

Philadelphia 76ers (8-8) @ New Orleans Hornets (7-7)

Previous Meetings:

76ers 103, Hornets 91

Leaders:
Allen Iverson - 24 points, 9 assists
David West - 20 points, 9 rebounds
John Salmons - 19 points, 3 assists

Projected Starting Lineup:

PG - Allen Iverson
SG - Kyle Korver
SF - Andre Iguodala
PF - Chris Webber
C - Samuel Dalembert

Reserves:

G/F - John Salmons
C - Steven Hunter
PG - Kevin Ollie
F - Lee Nailon
PF - Michael Bradley
PF - James Thomas
F - Shavlik Randolph

Projected Starting Lineup:

PG - Chris Paul (16.4 PPG - 6.8 APG - 5.5 RPG)
SG - JR Smith (12.8 PPG - 3.1 RPG - 2.2 APG)
SF - Desmond Mason (8.7 PPG - 3.8 RPG - 0.9 APG)
PF - David West (15.6 PPG - 7.6 RPG - 1.6 APG)
C - PJ Brown (10.9 PPG - 8.3 RPG - 1.1 APG)

Reserves:

G - Speedy Claxton (13.7 PPG - 4.7 APG)
C - Chris Andersen (5.8 PPG - 6.1 RPG - 1.3 BLK)
SF - Bostjan Nachbar (6.8 PPG - 2.5 RPG)
G/F - Kirk Snyder (6.4 PPG - 2.8 RPG - 2.3 APG)
SF - Rasual Butler (4.4 PPG - 1.7 RPG)
F - Brandon Bass (2.3 PPG - 2.3 RPG)
F/C - Jackson Vroman (2.0 PPG - 1.5 RPG)

New Orleans has a chance to top .500 against a fellow .500 team in the Philadelphia 76ers. Philly is both one of the highest scoring teams in the league and allows one of the highest opponent's PPG as well, so they like to play fast. New Orleans is a young team, but they don't need to get caught up in playing fast pace ball, because that would be going away from what they are doing good. I'm guessing Mason will start again, so it will be interesting to see how he performs following his big game against Denver.

Tooeasy · 12-02-2005, 01:33 PM

i finally have time to post, yee ha. I watched the last matchup between these two teams, and the hornets got burned somethin awful. Paul was pretty well contained, iverson went off for like 28 in the first half, and the only hornets players that were producing were West, claxton, and to a lesser extent nachbar( he was attacking the basket pretty efficiently and making use of his height advantage.) nonetheless, the game was much more of a blowout than the final score wouldve indicated, which is something I'm sure Byron harped on to his team. Look for a much more fast paced team now that mason has been implemented in the starting lineup, I would really like to see him prove himself as our solikd 3 man for the rest of the season.(nachbar has never had a 26/7 game, mason had it in his first start.) this is definately a winnable game as philly has been struggling a little bit lately, our only problem is we have nobody to contain iverson, seeing as paul doesnt have the lateral quickness yet, speedy isnt that great of a defender, and j.r. smith is a huge defensive liability. We may see a little bit of kirk snyder defending iverson when paul is on the bench, hes the only name I can think of that could be even the slightest bit effective, as Mason will have his hands full with the other A.I. Im calling this a high scoring game, and actually giving the hornets the edge simply because these two have already played this season, and byron has had enough time to help his team patch up some of their crucial errors from the first game.
hornets 107
sixers 102

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:10 PM

Tip off! I love watching Iverson play...

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:18 PM

I would love to be Kyle Korver on this team. All the attention on Iverson and Webber I could just camp out all day and burn three's...

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:20 PM

Hornets are getting to the line early. That's a good sign...

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:32 PM

David West is rockin my socks this year. Im so happy with his play...

**girllovesthegame** · 12-02-2005, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jsimo12

David West is rockin my socks this year. Im so happy with his play...

Me too! He's been doing so good. If the Hornets keep it up, they'll get the W tonight!

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:44 PM

The Hornets are ON FIRE!

**girllovesthegame** · 12-02-2005, 05:45 PM

Hornets must remember Dalembert didn't play last game. He will try to swat everything that comes his way.

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:47 PM

Someone tell JR to shave that mustache and get rid of that headband. I think he looks better without the headband...

**girllovesthegame** · 12-02-2005, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jsimo12

Someone tell JR to shave that mustache and get rid of that headband. I think he looks better without the headband...

I kinda like the headband but that mustache does need a trimming or something.

**Geaux Tigers** · 12-02-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by girllovesthegame

I kinda like the headband but that mustache does need a trimming or something.

He doesn't have a good "headband head"...that stache is gross haha...

**girllovesthegame** · 12-02-2005, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jsimo12

He doesn't have a good "headband head"...that stache is gross haha...

You're killing me! Maybe he thinks it makes him look "older". West has GOT TO BE an MIP candidate this season!

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