Gt charlotte vs clippers 9.30 pm est

[fatlever]

Here I am bitching about Lamb getting to the FT line and he's 8-8 from FT. Ha. Sorry buddy, but he knows he should have gone hard on that play a few minutes ago.

You mean like this?

Watch on YouTube

Hells Yeah!!! We need more of that attacking the rim mentality from Lamb.

Other thoughts on Lamb, I wonder why last night Cliff finally decided to play Lamb more over Marco.
1) Marco is nursing an injury that is yet disclosed, nothing more, nothing less
2) Marco did something in that game to piss Clifford off, like um, you know, awful defense. Possibly, but it has not stopped Cliff before.
3) Cliff went with Lamb for rebounding reasons, knowing that if we were going to play small, which we did alot, we'd need the better rebounder out there to help on the glass.

I'm going with #3.

[fatlever]

Worth mentioning we are 5-13 in games decided by five points or less.

0-5 in games that go into overtime

2-15 in games decided by 10 points or less since Jan. 1

As Clifford often talks about, we have razor thin margins for winning. Last year we were winning most of our close games, this year, the opposite. The talent difference between last year and this year might really come down to the fact that the team last year had a better closing group (with Lin, Al and Lee as options) that was enough to make the difference in the close games.

[amcoolio]

Watched the 4th and OT, not really much to say, we just don't have enough talent. Need to upgrade quite a few positions. Still on team #tankforfultz

[fatlever]

http://www.atthehive.com/2017/2/27/14749076/los-angeles-clippers-outlast-charlotte-hornets-in-hero-ball-exhibition

From Lamar

[Eoghan]

That was a hell of a game all things considered. The bench actually played well (shout out to Wood and Roberts), Batum and Kemba were putting on a shooting clinic and Frank continues to not suck. Yeah, the officials were total mingers on a few plays but LAC got hit with some awfulness too (the JJ Redick 'trip' he got T'ed up for). Kemba's missed goaltend was the only real kick in the nuts, the rest were sort of self-inflicted. I loathe, deplore and abhor CP3 but it ain't his fault Kemba lost his balance. All he did was body his man up, if you can't do that you can't play basketball. Hopefully Charlotte plays this physical and with this much effort against the rest of their schedule, the rest of the season might be watchable.

[yosemiteben]

lol forgot about that Redick trip when MKG essentially hip checked him from behind to the ground. That was probably the worst call of the night.

[Hornetsfan24]

Other thoughts on Lamb, I wonder why last night Cliff finally decided to play Lamb more over Marco.
1) Marco is nursing an injury that is yet disclosed, nothing more, nothing less
2) Marco did something in that game to piss Clifford off, like um, you know, awful defense. Possibly, but it has not stopped Cliff before.
3) Cliff went with Lamb for rebounding reasons, knowing that if we were going to play small, which we did alot, we'd need the better rebounder out there to help on the glass.

I'm going with #3.

As crazy as it sounds, I think Lamb was a better defensive option than Marco against the Clippers. Also Lamb is one of the few Hornets that can create his own shot when things break down late in the shot clock.

[Snidely FC]

Remember the Alamo - ending was reminiscent of earlier season loss to Spurs when Tony Parker hip-checked Kemba to the ground on a last second inbounds play with the ref calling the ball out of bounds off of Kemba.

I thought the chicken wing elbow Paul threw at Kemba with 3 mins to go - right in front of the ref! - was most egregious no-call (led to a Jordan rebound dunk, and Paul complaining that he'd been fouled!)

I always wondered if Kemba would get more calls if he made the All Star team . . .

Wish Batum could be relied on to shoot 3 like that more consistently

As Lamar points out in his excellent piece, unfortunately for CHA, Blake Griffin is pretty darn good.

[fatlever]

Other thoughts on Lamb, I wonder why last night Cliff finally decided to play Lamb more over Marco.
1) Marco is nursing an injury that is yet disclosed, nothing more, nothing less
2) Marco did something in that game to piss Clifford off, like um, you know, awful defense. Possibly, but it has not stopped Cliff before.
3) Cliff went with Lamb for rebounding reasons, knowing that if we were going to play small, which we did alot, we'd need the better rebounder out there to help on the glass.

I'm going with #3.

As crazy as it sounds, I think Lamb was a better defensive option than Marco against the Clippers. Also Lamb is one of the few Hornets that can create his own shot when things break down late in the shot clock.

Lamb is a better defensive option than Marco vs every team. Hasn't stopped Cliff from playing Marco over Lamb all season. Why change last night? That is the question.

[SWedd523]

Here I am bitching about Lamb getting to the FT line and he's 8-8 from FT. Ha. Sorry buddy, but he knows he should have gone hard on that play a few minutes ago.

You mean like this?

Watch on YouTube

Biggest thing I learned from that vid is that Columbia really ripped off UNC's jersey scheme

[yosemiteben]

For real. Columbia and Rhode Island should do a tourney with UNC:

[yosemiteben]

L2M up from last night, total BS: http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/02/L2M-CHA-LAC-02-26-17.pdf

0 incorrect calls in Q4. Only OT incorrect calls related to a box out on the very final play between Marv and Blake.

[fatlever]

L2M up from last night, total BS: http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/02/L2M-CHA-LAC-02-26-17.pdf

0 incorrect calls in Q4. Only OT incorrect calls related to a box out on the very final play between Marv and Blake.

[Mystical Apples]

Other thoughts on Lamb, I wonder why last night Cliff finally decided to play Lamb more over Marco.
1) Marco is nursing an injury that is yet disclosed, nothing more, nothing less
2) Marco did something in that game to piss Clifford off, like um, you know, awful defense. Possibly, but it has not stopped Cliff before.
3) Cliff went with Lamb for rebounding reasons, knowing that if we were going to play small, which we did alot, we'd need the better rebounder out there to help on the glass.

I'm going with #3.

As crazy as it sounds, I think Lamb was a better defensive option than Marco against the Clippers. Also Lamb is one of the few Hornets that can create his own shot when things break down late in the shot clock.

Lamb is a better defensive option than Marco vs every team. Hasn't stopped Cliff from playing Marco over Lamb all season. Why change last night? That is the question.

the usage void.

[yosemiteben]

L2M up from last night, total BS: http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/02/L2M-CHA-LAC-02-26-17.pdf

0 incorrect calls in Q4. Only OT incorrect calls related to a box out on the very final play between Marv and Blake.

Apparently that missed call on the last play is pretty significant, because if it was called it would have put Marv on the line for two FTs when we were down 2:

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/02/28/nba-hornets-incorrectly-denied-game-tying-ft-attempts-in-final-seconds-of-loss-to-clippers/

[Diop]

L2M up from last night, total BS: http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/02/L2M-CHA-LAC-02-26-17.pdf

0 incorrect calls in Q4. Only OT incorrect calls related to a box out on the very final play between Marv and Blake.

Apparently that missed call on the last play is pretty significant, because if it was called it would have put Marv on the line for two FTs when we were down 2:

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/02/28/nba-hornets-incorrectly-denied-game-tying-ft-attempts-in-final-seconds-of-loss-to-clippers/

its not a surprising miss, they allowed Paul to guard with his hands all night, Griffin can obviously do the same.

It's a big gripe I've whinged about in the pass, half the reason the star players are great defenders is because they're allowed to push the boundaries without fouls called. I swear watching towards the end of the game everytime Kemba tried a move or drive Paul had a hand on him. His hands were up the whole time ready stop his movement, isn't that the definition of hand checking?