It’s funny, I spent so much time getting hyped up for “THIS IS THE .500 GAME GUYS, AND WE HAVE THE KNICKS/RAPS/CRAPPY TEAM!” only to have the team continue to lose. And then the Hornets end up getting to .500 in about the most unlikely and unpredictable way possible: 1) On the road, where they were 2-13, B) Against the Jazz (yes, I consider the Jazz the most unlikely road win, even over the Lakers. The Hornets have put together some great wins in LA). And then they actually went into OKC and put in a nice balanced effort last night to string together their first road win streak of the season and a 4-game win streak overall.
It wasn’t until about ten minutes after the game ended that I realized the Hornets were a winning team for the first time this season. I think At the Hive put this aptly when he observed that this year the Hornets have “a very random resilience.” I don’t know if it’s having young rookies with fresh legs come off the bench or Byron Scott getting fired or what, but the Hornets aren’t caving and getting steamrolled when things aren’t going their way quite as badly as they were in the beginning of the season or even last year. They’re winning games they aren’t supposed to win. They’re taking care of business at home. They’ve got to be up there at the top of the list in terms of the percentage of close games they’ve played in/won this season. (Hello, stat people? Does this observation have validity?) And they’re winning games against teams that are ahead of them in the standings, ie: the teams they need to beat to grab a playoff spot. And they have the Nets this Friday.
And… oh, what the hell. Go team.
P.S. I’m going to be at Chris Paul’s bowling event this afternoon. It’s being taped to air on ESPN in February, so I can’t tell you who won or anything. But check my twitter @ticktock6 for updates!
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@ticktock6- A little off topic but is ESPN filming CP’s bowling event as they did last year?
Duh! I completely skipped over that last paragraph. Silly me. LOL!
Yeah, I don’t know who’s in it or anything, but it is going to be on TV on Super Bowl Sunday. I shall report as I find out.
I sure hope it doesn’t air at the same time frame as the Super Bowl! LOL! I see Keene is tweeting that Steeler’s Hines Ward and rapper Ludacris is there. Should be fun. Can’t wait to see it. Have fun!
Oh cool, I haven’t been on Twitter all day. That’s more than I knew!
P.S. are you on Twitter? Do I follow you?
It feels good to be cheering for a winner again. Hopefully they make a run and validate our faith in this team.
I’m definitely jealous about the bowling event. Looking forward to your observations of course.
@ticktock6, no, I’m still not on twitter. I really should have gotten on by now. Don’t know what’s holding me. My daughter says by the time I get on twitter people will have moved on to something else. LOL!
Oh and by reading some people’s twitter they’ve already spoiled who won.
Haha, I was waiting for this post. Finally over .500 feels awesome.
And we’re 3-1 in “3 points or less” games apparently, which would be the 4th best % in the league for teams that have played at least 4 such games, behind both L.A.’s and Dallas.
I’m not sure if that stat really does it for me. Mostly because of free throws. Games that are close in the last minute sometimes end up as a more than three point win. I wonder if there’s a way to measure how many games come down to the last two minutes….