Oh wow. How much fun was that game? How much more Julian Wright can we get? Correct answer: there is never too much Julian Wright!
How did I love that game? Let me count the ways.
But first. Birdman sighting on the bench. Accompanied by Bonzi (he remembered to wear clothes!) and D West (even when supposedly dressed up, he’s wearing what looks suspiciously like his usual black shirt and sweats. Were they… dare I say it… dress sweats?)
- Ryan Bowen gets the start… and two nifty steals. And HUGE RANDOM WHITE GUY DUNKS.
- We didn’t think we shot 15 3-pointers and tied a franchise record. I mean, we knew the Hornets made a bunch, but I think it’s not that they took any more than usual… they just lit them up. I did notice we didn’t have a whole lot of those “ILL ADVISED THREE- WHY WHY WHY?” moments.
- The other night the Knicks had the gall to bust out a fake Chandler. Tonight we’ve got the poor man’s West.
- Fourth Quarter. Stupid DanceCam. But wait! They’re dragging out a ladder. There’s apparently something wrong with the net, and it takes a huuuuuuge timeout to fix it. This means… extended DanceCam!
- Hilarity is about to ensue.
- Hilton Armstrong, seemingly chill with his recent benching, keeps popping off the bench and dancing around. I keep wondering aloud when they’re going to start going there with the camera. Because come on. It’s fun just begging to happen. GO THERE, arena people.
- Dude in a suit and tie up in one of the boxes dancing. I think he’s totally a plant, because haven’t we seen that guy before?
- Finally they go to the bench, where Hilton, Julian, and CP are sitting in a row. JuJu is persuaded to get up and “Jump On It.” He dances. The crowd goes crazy. The players fall over laughing.
- The woeful Hawks were even good sports about the silliness, though at this point they’re behind 99-82. At one point, they put the Kiss Cam on Josh Childress and Tyson Chandler. Tyson is sort of standing there smiling up at it and shaking his head, and Childress sees the camera, sticks his tongue out, and lunges toward him. AWESOME.
- The Hornets’ players who are waiting at the scorers’ table to go on the floor, tired of playing with the camera, start shooting the ball around in a circle with each other. Pargo’s dribbling around his legs and over the back and doing all sorts of crazy shit. Mike James spins the ball on his finger for a good long time, and Tyson passes to a little kid courtside, and the kid passes back.
- Julian Wright dunk + Sportscenter = Meant to Be.
- Tyson Chandler: 16 rebounds, 11 of which are offensive. Do you think Atlanta is sitting there tonight thinking they’re missing, let’s see… souls?
- WTF, LeBron. Why you gotta crap all over CP3′s MVP fun like that?
- CrowdWatch: 12, 430. Attendance was crap. But who cares? They missed out.
- I just wrote an NBA recap that included approximately 2% actual basketball! Everyone’s got a talent.
What a cool game! Byron your “shake-ups were brilliant! Loved the net replacement sideline show. Ju-Ju’s Dance Cam, Tyson/Childress Kiss Cam, and My very own kiss cam, and the demonstrations of derring do by the scorer’s table with Janero, James, Tyson and a host of other jugglers. Great show! guys. Great game, too.
I think that guy in the suit does video editing for the Hornets. Cool guy. A couple of months ago he dunked off a trampoline during a timeout, then signed the ball and booted it into the crowd. Legend.
Ticktock, trust me, you’re not the only one that was glad Bonzi was wearing clothes. Although the more I think about it, a streaking Bonzi Wells was the only thing missing last night. I’m certain he got some fine fashion advice from Ryan Bowen.
Ron– Yes! I knew I recognized him from some silly stunt,
It’s always great to see a good home game. Hopefully word will spread on this one and we’ll see an attendance bump for the rest of the games.
Oh wait, and I had to log back in to say HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA to “streaking Bonzi Wells”!
Everything awesome but the attendance. Grrrrr.