This is the Hornets. This is the Hornets at the top of the Western Conference.

ESPN should not be showing anything on Sportscenter except the Hornets. There should be nothing on the front of their website if it’s not the Hornets. Do not even open your mouth to speak unless it is the Hornets of which you speak. The Times Picayune should plaster the Hornets all over the entire paper tomorrow. In color. Because not enough people know they exist. And this is unacceptable. Huge win tonight. So hyped up.

ESPN: And now, a possible preview of the Western Conference finals.

Me: It’s us!

ESPN: … the Lakers and the Spurs.

Me: Is he talking?

ESPN: blah blah Spurs blah

Me: Did the Spurs win? Did the Spurs play? I wasn’t looking.

Mike: (dies)

I have pretty much been going on like this for half an hour…

Check out who’s on top of the Hornets in the Southwest Division.

Oh, that’s right. NO ONE.

Daily Dose of Positivity:

1. Hornets have won 4 straight since the unfortunate bitchslapping by the Lakers.

2. If the All Star Game was tomorrow, Byron Scott would be coaching for the West.

3. Friday’s attendance was up from the horrendous showing on Wednesday night.

4. If the TP keeps up the good work with the front page coverage, I might have to remove them from my Shit List.

5. My Tyson Chandler bobblehead is standing on top of my entertainment center, surveying the living room with an air of confidence and bad-assery. Now all it needs is for someone to take a sharpie and give it some tats…

The game is at 2:30 against the Bucks. Kids get in free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Click here to get the coupon.

Plus WWL is still offering free tickets for the Portland game 1/23.

There appear to be FREE Hornets tickets available! Click here!

Also, have you voted for the Hornets All Stars today? Only 8 days left.

The Saints have Who Dat? I think Hornets fans need a catch phrase. Maybe even a secret one, so if people see it around town, they’ll be like, “Huh? What’s that? Clearly it must be some super amazingly cool thing that I am missing out on.” I don’t know what it is yet. But when I find it, I’m thinking of putting it on stickers and flyers and going viral with it. That’s what the Hornets need: viral grassroots marketing.

The highlight of this game is not that the Hornets rebounded after the ugly loss to L.A. Or the fact that the bench made a huge contribution after weeks in the doghouse. (Well, it is. But it isn’t.)

We looked GREAT on ESPN. The arena looked full, the yellow flags were a nice touch, and the team rocked it out. This was just what needed to happen to get them to pick up more of our games.

Who’s on the list this week?

1. Governor Blanco. Why sign that new $#*tty lease? The Hornets were locked in, and now they have an out. Several outs. Whoever looked at that lease and said, “This here is a great idea” obviously did not go to law school or understand the concept of negotiations. There is a word for what the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana will look like if they lose a pro sports team. And that word is “bush league.”

2. Cox Cable & Charter Communications. Getting people on the Northshore to see the games is huge.

3. ESPN. We don’t get no love from ESPN.

4. Kobe Bryant. Some cheese with that whine?

5. The hordes of losers who came to the game to see Kobe instead of CP3 on Wednesday, blocking us out of our usual parking spot and making us late.

6. The Times Picayune. Deserves a spot for last Sunday’s paper alone. OK, the BCS was a legitimate sporting event. But the Saints retrospective (complete with color photos) and the freakin’ Crescent City Classic spread could have given up A LITTLE space to the Hornets’ huge road win over the BEST TEAM IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. CP3 and Tyson’s monster game at Golden State the previous night? Ended late and got barely a boxscore.

7. NBA.com. Don’t order a jersey from their store. It will take at least 2 weeks.

8. The NOPD. We sat at the light at the top of Poydras for four entire minutes last night. I was looking at the clock. You know, some vehicles would like to actually get to the games.