Hornets 1st 10 Games (4-6)

Post #1 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:42 pm

Did this a few seasons ago and seemed like a cool thing to pick up again. I like analyzing the season chunks at a time.

Here is the first 10 games on the schedule:

(1) 10/23 - @ HOU - W 110-105
(2) 10/25 - @ ATL - L 125-120
(3) 10/26 - MIA - L 114-106
(4) 10/30 - TOR - W 138-133
(5) 11/1 - BOS - L 124-109
(6) 11/2 - BOS - L 113-103
(7) 11/4 - @ MIN - L 114-93
(8) 11/6 - DET - W 108-107
(9) 11/8 - IND - W 103-83
(10) 11/10 - @ PHI L 105-107

Pretty brutal that our home season opener is against Miami on the second night of a B2B and 4th game in 3 days. Not in love with playing BOS twice on a home B2B either, then traveling to MIN. I would be pretty ok with going .500 over this period, making that my prediction.

Post #2 » by **fatlever** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:00 pm

3 wins
Brutal start

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JMAC3 · Post #3 » by **JMAC3** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:29 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Did this a few seasons ago and seemed like a cool thing to pick up again. I like analyzing the season chunks at a time.

Here is the first 10 games on the schedule:

(1) 10/23 - @ HOU
(2) 10/25 - @ ATL
(3) 10/26 - MIA
(4) 10/30 - TOR
(5) 11/1 - BOS
(6) 11/2 - BOS
(7) 11/4 - @ MIN
(8) 11/6 - DET
(9) 11/8 - IND
(10) 11/10 - @ PHI

Pretty brutal that our home season opener is against Miami on the second night of a B2B and 4th game in 3 days. Not in love with playing BOS twice on a home B2B either, then traveling to MIN. I would be pretty ok with going .500 over this period, making that my prediction.

The Boston and Minny games seem rough, but every other game feels winnable.
Especially our first 4 games, we should be able to compete with all those teams.
Philly also might be without PG still by time we play them.

KembaWalker · Post #4 » by **KembaWalker** » Tue Oct 22, 2024 4:51 pm

I see 10 winnable games

HornetJail · Post #5 » by **HornetJail** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 4:13 am

assuming no Mark for most of these, i'm going with 3-7- I don't mind our odds vs Houston, Detroit, and one of ATL/MIA/TOR.

Liver_Pooty · Post #6 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:32 pm

KembaWalker wrote:I see 10 winnable games

Lol I do like that optimism.

Post #7 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:16 pm

Starting strong. Play ATL on Friday, who barely managed to squeak by BRK yesterday. Would love to get off to a 2-0 start.

MIA got smoked by ORL yesterday and their next game is against us on Saturday, so expecting them to come out pissed.

Bassman · Post #8 » by **Bassman** » Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:36 pm

That is so strange to play back to backs against the same team at home both times. Maybe Boston gets some bad food and we steal one from them for coach Lee. I think we’d be fortunate to come out of all that 4-6 with no Mark. If we have to go no Miller…ugh.

MasterIchiro · Post #9 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:43 pm

I would love to start 4-0 before Boston undresses us.

Post #10 » by **Diop** » Thu Oct 24, 2024 12:49 pm

I’m worried about the Atlanta game, Okangwu had a good game against Brooklyn.

I’m looking forward to watching Daniels defending Ball though.

Post #11 » by **yosemiteben** » Sun Oct 27, 2024 6:04 pm

Random too early to be meaningful stats:

Currently ranked 10th in ORTG, 19th in DRTG, and 16th in net rating.

We are currently top in the league in ORB% and 22nd in DRB%.

Our pace is 22nd, and our TO% is 26th. A/TO is 29th.

We are ranked 4th in 3PA and 11th in 3PT%.

We rank 7th in opponent FG% and 12th in opponent 3PT%.

Liver_Pooty · Post #12 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sun Oct 27, 2024 6:15 pm

Nice break now with only one game between now and Friday. That home and home fri and sat with the Celtics is very strange.

JMAC3 · Post #13 » by **JMAC3** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:53 pm

A few interesting Hornets notes.

Through 3 games we rank
8th in Orating
22nd in Drating
#1 in OReb%
28th in TO%
23rd in Pace
4th in 3pa per game and 3pm per game
26th in Apg

Post #14 » by **yosemiteben** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:07 pm

JMAC3 wrote:A few interesting Hornets notes.

Through 3 games we rank
8th in Orating
22nd in Drating
#1 in OReb%
28th in TO%
23rd in Pace
4th in 3pa per game and 3pm per game
26th in Apg

I posted almost all of these just two posts before yours :lol:

Rich4114 · Post #15 » by **Rich4114** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:23 pm

It feels like we just need to get some flow on our offense, which will happen once we get Mark and Miller back. There's just too many mins with Cody Martin, Nick and Micic in there where the offense sputters. We're also not setting screens up top and we're forcing LaMelo to have to free himself with dribbles (which he's done a phenomenal job of so far).

As for the first 10 games, do we think Embiid might still be out Nov 10th? I'm trying to go to that game and it'd be nice if we had a chance to win.

Post #16 » by **yosemiteben** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:54 pm

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Post #17 » by **fatlever** » Thu Oct 31, 2024 8:09 pm

starting core has been off to slow starts offensively in 1q

over 4 games
grant and diabate are +26, 24
miles and richards are -24, 20

something to keep an eye on, see if its noise, small sample or a trend

Robot Rock · Post #18 » by **Robot Rock** » Fri Nov 1, 2024 4:00 pm

Bridges has played down to his contract so far, but it's early.

Post #19 » by **fatlever** » Sun Nov 3, 2024 4:34 am

1st q ranks
30th in scoring
30th in ortg
26th in plus/minus
30th in fg %
18th in 3p %
30th in ft %
29th in ts %
27th in tov

brutal, brutal starts

HornetJail · Post #20 » by **HornetJail** » Sun Nov 3, 2024 3:26 pm

fatlever wrote:1st q ranks
30th in scoring
30th in ortg
26th in plus/minus
30th in fg %
18th in 3p %
30th in ft %
29th in ts %
27th in tov

brutal, brutal starts

I know we like him in the 6th man role, but Mann probably should've been starting with Miller out. I think starting Seth+Cody+Richards together was way too little shot creation, especially with Bridges struggling. Thankfully BMill is back, and Bridges isn't going to stay this bad. We should climb a bit but I still don't trust any lineup with Richards and another non-scorer