Time to see what the Hornets are really made of

That Nicka · Post #1 » by **That Nicka** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:31 pm

@ Indiana W
@ Cleveland (back2back) W
@ Boston L
@ Toronto W
@ Orlando
@ Miami (b2b)
NY Knicks
Golden State
Utah
@ Minnesota (b2b)
@ LA Lakers
@ Sacramento (b2b)
LA Clippers
@ Dallas (b2b)

14 games left, 10 on the road, 8 of these teams are over .500

How do you think they will fair? Will they end the season as a top 3 team in the West?

That Nicka · Post #2 » by **That Nicka** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:33 pm

I say they go 7-7 and end up as the #5 seed but have Home Court advantage over the Jazz

Post #3 » by **corona** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:34 pm

i don't think that's a particularly difficult schedule.

a little tougher than any other 14 game stretch...just because they're on the road, but not blow-you-away hard.

11-3
losses at boston, orlando and either sacramento or LA.

gmurray8 · Post #4 » by **gmurray8** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:36 pm

4 free wins.. so probably 9-5.

greenbeans · Post #5 » by **greenbeans** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:37 pm

theres 6 above average teams in there, 4 away, 2 at home. if they get lower than 9 wins they arent getting out of the first round of the playoffs imo. theyll need to beat SOME good teams between now and then. theyll have some room to rest guys too

prekazi · Post #6 » by **prekazi** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:44 pm

10 wins at least.

J-Mezzy · Post #7 » by **J-Mezzy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:44 pm

Losses to the Magic, Celtics and Lakers. They should be fine

Big Bird · Post #8 » by **Big Bird** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:48 pm

@ Indiana W
@ Cleveland (back2back) L
@ Boston L
@ Toronto W
@ Orlando W
@ Miami (b2b) W
NY Knicks W
Golden State W
Utah W
@ Minnesota (b2b) W
@ LA Lakers L
@ Sacramento (b2b) W
LA Clippers W
@ Dallas (b2b) L

I think they go 10-4 or somewhere in that vicinity. They're a good team and know what's at stake. No reason to think they won't deliver.

Bobbcats · Post #9 » by **Bobbcats** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:49 pm

doesn't look too hard some tough games some easy ones for a pretty good road team. Their schedule the last month has been practically all heavyweights.

Alex_De_Large · Post #10 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:51 pm

a lot of games vs east teams, thats all very easy, except celtics,
vs dallas, lakers, jazz, golden state it's 50% 50 %

a-rod · Post #11 » by **a-rod** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:52 pm

@ Indiana W
@ Cleveland W
@ Boston L
@ Toronto L
@ Orlando L
@ Miami (b2b) W
NY Knicks W
Golden State W
Utah W
@ Minnesota W
@ LA Lakers L
@ Sacramento L
LA Clippers W
@ Dallas L

Post #12 » by **semi-sentient** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:09 am

@ Indiana W
@ Cleveland (back2back) L
@ Boston L
@ Toronto W
@ Orlando L
@ Miami (b2b) W
NY Knicks W
Golden State L
Utah W
@ Minnesota (b2b) W
@ LA Lakers L
@ Sacramento (b2b) W
LA Clippers W
@ Dallas (b2b) L

8-6

celticfan42487 · Post #13 » by **celticfan42487** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:29 am

It's time to show they can beat East teams and SAC/MINN/LA Clippers?

That Nicka · Post #14 » by **That Nicka** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:53 am

celticfan42487 wrote:It's time to show they can beat East teams and SAC/MINN/LA Clippers?

Celtics (away), Magic (away), Lakers (away), Jazz (are a really good team and have beat the Hornets 3 times this year IIRC), Mavs (away and should have Dirk back by then)

Throw in a couple pretty good teams like Toronto (away), Cleveland (away) two tough buildings to win in... Arco is a tough arena to win in as well... And GSW is not an easy game no matter where you play them and they are fighting for every win to stay in the playoffs

The rest are easy games but the Hornets are a young team... you never know how a young team can react to a tough schedule where will game will be pretty much playoff intensity

speedkillz · Post #15 » by **speedkillz** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:05 am

That Nicka wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Jazz (are a really good team and have beat the Hornets 3 times this year

The Jazz have only won 2 we won the last game, FYI...

XcalibuR · Post #16 » by **XcalibuR** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:08 am

thats not a difficult schedule at all for a western conference team.

sarah42 · Post #17 » by **sarah42** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:13 am

lol at a laker fan.

relax. that number 1 seed is for you to lose. go ahead and play the warriors in the first round. good luck with that one!

there's a few weeks left, and all year, pundits have said the hornets would fall. well they haven't.

they are going to get home court advantage. teams like the spurs and, are rockets slightly slumping, and now dirk being hurt helps them with getting the division. really looks like they are just competing with the spurs for the division title.

they won all 4 games against phoenix, so they have the tiebreaker.
utah has a worse record, and still can't win on the road at a respectable rate.

and the bees are second or third best road team.

Alex_De_Large · Post #18 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:20 am

the games remaining for the mavs are really scary, maybe the thread should go for them instead.

That Nicka · Post #19 » by **That Nicka** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:27 am

sarah42 wrote:lol at a laker fan.

relax. that number 1 seed is for you to lose. go ahead and play the warriors in the first round. good luck with that one!

Lakers have a pretty easy schedule... not really worried about losing the top seed, thanks though... and not worried at all about the Warriors, we just played them tight back to back without BOTH of our starting big men and even managed to pull one out on their home floor...

sarah42 wrote:they are going to get home court advantage. teams like the spurs and, are rockets slightly slumping, and now dirk being hurt helps them with getting the division. really looks like they are just competing with the spurs for the division title.

they won all 4 games against phoenix, so they have the tiebreaker.
utah has a worse record, and still can't win on the road at a respectable rate.

and the bees are second or third best road team.

Spurs have won 4 in a row and have an easy schedule... Phoenix has been playing well lately and even though they have a rough schedule, i still think its easier than the Hornets'... I like the Lakers, Spurs and Suns to finish with the top 3 spots... Hornets with the 4th best record will be #5 against Utah, i think

sarah42 · Post #20 » by **sarah42** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:40 am

good for you. btw, you don't hold the top seed right now, so i guess you have already lost it!

btw, the lakers will have a tough time winning against the warriors. just like every other team. don't underestimate them. that ref gave you the game.

and both your big men are hurt. so don't be so cocky. it'll take them a while to adjust.

ppl should stop waiting for the hornets to fall. the season is almost over.