At the game last night. Too bad they had to watch our streak end. That number is sort of surprising to me because I thought we had about as many as we had Monday night. Everything was pretty much packed except the upper corners. But for a Mardi Gras game I guess it was all right. I just keep waiting for that first elusive sellout that will really cement the Hornets’ growing awesomeness. This wasn’t it, but there’s still time.
Oh, and people need to stop being all New Orleanian and get there on time. The arena didn’t fill up till halftime. I mean, if people want to waste their money, then I guess that’s their prerogative, but for once it would be nice to be able to show the team our (loud!) appreciation right from the intro. It’s a fun intro, people! There’s Kanye, and low fives, and everyone holds hands and has love! Come on.
About 2/3 of the way through the game I started cringing every time the crowd booed Baron Davis, because I got the distinct feeling it was just making things worse. He would just nail a 3 pointer every time we did it. At that point, when the game was still really close, I thought it might have been better to rock the place with a positive cheer. (MVP! MVP!)
All Star reserves are announced today. Hopefully the Hornets will get a second player besides CP3.
Today, in the T-P. This is huge buzz (ha ha). Chris Rose is a guy who seems to have his finger on the pulse of the New Orleans metro area. Especially since his Katrina columns, people go out of their way to read him. And, more importantly, they listen to what he’s saying. And today he says to get on board with the Hornets. What a perfect way to go into tonight’s game.
This site, of course, is not satisfied with mere hype. This site loves the vibe that’s been happening this week. But we’ve got to move on up. Higher and higher. Bigger and bigger.
This site will not rest until it sees us on the front page of the Times Picayune and the sports section, the morning after a standing room only sellout game that we won, after driving to work on a highway dotted with Hornets flags, listening to the morning DJs talk about the Hornets on the radio.
But you have to admit things are picking up.
… to the stands, toward the end of the 2nd quarter, and thought, “WHOA. Where did all these people come from?” And then there was this possession that just went on and on and on, and people were hustling, and the ball kept coming back to us, and back to us, and suddenly everyone was on their feet screaming, and we hadn’t even scored yet, it was crazy. And then we did. And the place was loud.
This is what it’s about.
Official attendance 15, 601 on a Monday night. It was a great, great crowd. And of course the Hornets rolled, extending their streak to 9 games. You think Denver saw it coming?
No way. They didn’t see this coming.
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 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.
Oh, and people need to stop being all New Orleanian and get there on time. The arena didn’t fill up till halftime. I mean, if people want to waste their money, then I guess that’s their prerogative, but for once it would be nice to be able to show the team our (loud!) appreciation right from the intro. It’s a fun intro, people! There’s Kanye, and low fives, and everyone holds hands and has love! Come on.