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Jazz might be w/out Hill

Hornets have 3 players on the fence - MKG, Frank and Roy

Even though we know the Jazz is a respectable foe I still view this as a trap game, especially if George Hill don't play. Watch Shelvin Mack have a career game from 3pt range or something. I hope we can keep winning beyond this one. After having slow starts the past couple years it'll be great to keep this good start thru to ASB.

We have not dealt well with teams that have great shot blockers. Look had bad we've struggled with Whiteside lately. Gobert takes away any threat of Kemba getting into the lane for easy buckets. If we are cold from 3, we'll probably have a hard time winning.

The Jazz are so damn good right now, even without George Hill. I'm pretty sure barring injuries, they will clinch a playoff spot in WC this season.

A must win for the Hornets. Gobert has to be put in foul trouble early (through a good agressivity on pnr as his screen settings is far from perfect, through posts up..) and the Hornets have to secure the def. rebound. Unless the bench does not shoot well at all, i don't fear them, even Hayward and his (supposedly) superstar calls.

It should be a good game tonight. Vegas has CHO -2, and I think that's a very fair line.Two things I will be watching for tonight: 1) CHO drawing Favors and Gobert out of the paint with shooting bigs. 2) CHO defense against the 1-3 pick and roll. Those are the two areas that I think the teams will attack throughout the night. As always, shooting is likely to be a difference maker. I believe that both teams are coming in hot, so whoever can keep that up will probably win the game.

No Hibbert (would've been useful in this game), but yes MKG for at least a little bit. No word on Frank, but this makes it look he's good to go:


Charlotte Hornets PR ‏@HornetsPR 19m19 minutes ago
The @hornets Roy Hibbert (knee) remains out for tonight's game vs Utah. Clifford says there is a chance he'll play Friday vs Toronto.

Charlotte Hornets PR ‏@HornetsPR 20m20 minutes ago
Clifford tells media he expects Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (sore lower back) to start tonight for @hornets. Uncertain how many min he'll play.

sting em

fatlever wrote:We have not dealt well with teams that have great shot blockers. Look had bad we've struggled with Whiteside lately. Gobert takes away any threat of Kemba getting into the lane for easy buckets. If we are cold from 3, we'll probably have a hard time winning.

Would be a good time for Frank to get hot and draw Gobert out some.

Not having Hibbert is a tough blow. Lets hope Hawes has another good game.

fatlever wrote:We have not dealt well with teams that have great shot blockers. Look had bad we've struggled with Whiteside lately. Gobert takes away any threat of Kemba getting into the lane for easy buckets. If we are cold from 3, we'll probably have a hard time winning.

I'm not really worried about Kemba at all, he was very efficient both games last season against Utah. I mean he dropped 52 on Utah at Utah when Gobert played 43 minutes.

I do agree that if we are cold from 3 it'll be tough to win though.

Looks like Hill is out. That is great, he's been their best player. Saving Hibbert for the really tough weekend.

Hill seems to have made this team complete. I'd like to think we can win at home vs Jazz w/out their PG.

Spencer Percy ‏@QCHspencer 2m2 minutes ago

Utah ranks last in the league in PACE (93.5), doesn't turn it over much and cleans up defensive glass. Expect a slow, physical game tonight.

some ESPN Hornets love

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=18002322

This game can't get started any sooner

George Hill is officially out. Hopefully we can torch Mack, he has been not so good this season.

wow, the arena is almost empty

Fox Sports Go stream has been excellent so far this season. No random drops, HD quality. Night and day from last season