Gameday Thread: Hornets at Rockets

[AD23forMVP]

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(3-11)New Orleans Hornets @ Houston Rockets(7-7)


Thursday, Jan 19th
7:00pm CT




TOYOTA CENTER
HOUSTON, TX


NEW ORLEANS STARTERS:



JACK - BELINELLI - ARIZA - SMITH - OKAFOR


HOUSTON STARTERS:



LOWRY - MARTIN - PARSONS - SCOLA - DALEMBERT


STATISTICS IN JANUARY:
POINTS: Jack(16.4) - Lowry(19.3)
REBOUNDS: Kaman(7.5) - Dalembert(8.2)
ASSISTS: Jack(7.5) - Lowry(7.3)
STEALS: Ariza(2.0) - Lowry(2.0)
BLOCKS: Smith(1.3) - Dalembert(1.4)

[Hornetnojersey]

Lol look at our starting 5.... Wow, anyway this should be a good game until the 4th. Go Bees

[RaisingTheBar]

ayon should be starting over smith. ariza played great last night, hope that continues. can we please get a W for goodness sake.

[AD23forMVP]

I agree, Ayon over Smith.

[Cheaney]

I agree, Ariza was big time last night, hopefully it does continue!

[Mr. West]

Man, Ariza's shot was falling last night and I loved it. But the best part was did you see the shots he took? He only took decent shots that he had good looks at and drove to the basket. I wonder if it was a one game thing?

[groundpatty]

Man, Ariza's shot was falling last night and I loved it. But the best part was did you see the shots he took? He only took decent shots that he had good looks and drove to the basket. I wonder if it was a one game thing?

Agreed! It was like watching a whole new player. And the even weirder part was that, even with his good looks, they were very smooth shots. Nothing but net. Usually, even when he makes a good look shot, it clunks around the rim a little. But he was just draining them. I hope that continues.

And really... Smith and Beli starting against Scola and Martin? Advantage Rockets, by a country mile.

[IamQuailman]

Based on the past, I wouldn't count on Ariza's shot to consistently fall... if that's the case we need Belinelli, Kaman, Aminu, Okafor, and Landry all to strain their groins!!!!

[Mr. West]

I wonder if Martin and Scola will play extra hard against their "former" team that they thought they belonged to for like 40 minutes

[kinglio21093]

Despite Ariza's great game, I still want to see less of him. He shouldn't be playing 40 minutes a game after coming off a groin strain. Let Aminu and Summers play.

Oh and start Ayon. He's more than earned it.

[Tip-Off]

I'm in Houston tonight - tried to find tickets on HR site but no TicketExchange...Hey Mo Bart hook me up!!!!

[Austrian_Pelican]

what about Henry .. on 01/12/ they said he is about a week away from seeing action...

any news??

[RaisingTheBar]

what about Henry .. on 01/12/ they said he is about a week away from seeing action...

any news??

Xavier Henry still at least a week away
Jan 16 - 3:12 PM

looks like that one week got extended.

[P Raff]

I really want to see Henry in action.

Are we playing Ariza hard to show him off to other teams? We did the same thing with Pondexter the game before he was traded.

[iNolaNightmare]

Jeezum! Rockets attendance make ours look like sellouts.

[wopester]

lol turn on the game to see us down by 7 only 2-3 min after tip

[ItsPaulyP]

Ariza is being very efficient thus far, Marco also off to a good start.
Smith not so much.

[jeeves]

jason smith no.1 option ftw

[iNolaNightmare]

Take a look guys, take a look at what could've been; K-Mart. Healthy, consistent beast. Oh well, I love EJ!

[RaisingTheBar]

damn we suck. please draft smart demps!

[The JNR]

We're just so bad on offense. It's uncanny.

[RaisingTheBar]

We're just so bad on offense. It's uncanny.

we scored 27 points in the first quarter. but gave up 32. if anything our d needs to tighten up. stupid turnovers kill us game in and game out

[The JNR]

I was talking in particular about the poor shot selection and bad rotation and off-the-ball movement. But yeah, they did heat up towards the end.

[RaisingTheBar]

wow.....how many chances does aminu need? pass it out.

[dcoop]

Give aminu more minutes damnit