Hornets Dynasty [16-20 - Dynasty Over-dbf problem-grrrrr]

29/12/2005

The Hornets travel to San Antonio to verse Udrih's and Mohammed's former team, the Spurs



Beno Udrih and Nazr Mohammed make their long awaited return to the SBC Center as they play against the Finley-less Spurs.

Starting Line-Ups



Key Match-Up

Corey Maggette vs. Manu Ginobili

Which one of these quick and good scorers will win the game tonight?

1st Quarter

Both teams started the game evenly until Tim Duncan started to dominate the key and gave his team a nice 7 point lead. The Hornets started to play bit more better and got themselves within one point but some strong Spurs defence stopped them from taking the lead. The Hornets began to have lapses on the defensive end but the managed to stay within 8 points of the lead. Nick Van Exel hit 2 free throws near the end of the quarter as the Spurs finished ahead 29-23. The Hornets were yet to record an assist.

2nd Quarter

The Hornets finally recorded their first assist by Joey Graham who whipped the ball out to Jason Hart on the perimeter and he hit the open 3 and a second assist to Al Harrington which brought the Hornets within 1 point of the Spurs so the Spurs called for a timeout. Both Maggette and Mohammed were put back on the court and both of them received their 3rd personals. The Hornets continued to play well on both ends of the floor but just couldn't take the lead off the Spurs. The Spurs were on a 3 on 1 fast break with Chris Paul being the defender and the 3 Spurs players were passing it like a weave and Chris Paul managed to deflect the ball out of bounds to prevent a Ginobili dunk, great defence. The Spurs got out to a 7 point lead but Al Harrington helped his team get back within 3 points. Beno Udrih missed a buzzer-beating 3 as the Spurs finished the quarter ahead 59-54.

Key Players at the Half

Al Harrington and Tim Duncan

3rd Quarter

The Spurs shot out to a 9 point lead and the Hornets could only come in as close as 5 points and a bad coaching decision made Corey Maggette receive his 5th personal foul with 5 minutes left in the 3rd. After the foul, the Spurs shot out to a 10 point lead and looked in control of the game but Al Harrington and Chris Paul lead a strong run to get back within 3 points of the lead. The comeback was short lived as the Spurs put themselves back out to a 10 point advantage. The Spurs finished the quarter ahead 95-83.

4th Quarter

The Spurs started the quarter by extending their lead to 19 points and the Hornets were desperate so they brought back on Maggette to see if he could do something. Maggette only managed to decrease the deficit to 11 points before he was fouled out. Some nice Macijauskas shooting and other good baskets brought the Hornets back within 6 points of the Spurs with less than 3 minutes left in the game. 4 more straight points got the Hornets back within 2 points of the Spurs with less than 1:50 to go. Tim Duncan hit a shot and then the Hornets called for a timeout and then the Spurs stole the ball of the Hornets and then Duncan got fouled and only made 1 free throw then the Hornets got the ball down the court and Macijauskas missed the shot but Al Harrington rebounded the ball and layed it in to bring the deficit to 3 points with 1:09 left in the game. Bruce Bowen hit a basket and the Hornets missed and then Parker went to the free throw line and scored so the Hornets called a timeout. Macijauskas hit the 3 to get within 4 points of the lead with 26 seconds left in the game. The Hornets ended up running out of time as the Spurs won this game 121-117.

Player of the Game

Tim Duncan
Timmy scored 30 points, grabbed 18 boards and blocked 5 times.

Other Key Players

For the Hornets:
Al Harrington: 35 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.
Arvydas Macijauskas: 18 points in 7 minutes.
Chris Paul: 15 points and 5 assists.

For the Spurs:
Manu Ginobili: 34 points.
Bruce Bowen: 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Tony Parker with 19 points and 10 assists.

Boxscores

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
San Antonio Spurs

Snapshot of the game


Duncan dunks it down low.

Game Snapshots

Al Harrington was great tonight with 35 points
Ginobili with the up and under
Nazr Mohammed rejects Tony Parker
Ginobili was great for the Spurs with 34 of his own points
Birdman wasn't afraid of Tim Duncan
Bowen had a hard earned double-double
Harrington blocks Duncan
Ginobili flying high
Mohammed rejects Parker again

Igor Skrnjug was disappointed with Corey Maggette tonight and will be starting on the bench in the next game. The only pleasing thing for Igor Skrnjug was Al Harrington's performance, 35 points was great.

First loss for a while, Jugs.

Amare 12 Rebounds at Half Time

Say wah?

Wow Nazr POTG Nice.

Yeah I was surprised, but he did play well. Al Harrington is having a good run of good games and Maggette is starting to struggle.
By the way, thanks for reading my dynasty, you seem to be the only person interested in my dynasty as of late...

By the way, thanks for reading my dynasty, you seem to be the only person interested in my dynasty as of late...

Oh tough loss! Your dynasty is amazing man I have to read other dynasties until I start mine... fucking DBF problems

Duncan has the rim going through his arm, good. Take that duncan, you piece of

ah good job on teh first win, sucks against the spurs though;

Loving this dynasty
You seem to love Macijauskasuhjk, 7 minutes and 18 points ...impressive

Manu 34 points...yesss! *sorry about that*

Loving this dynasty
You seem to love Macijauskasuhjk, 7 minutes and 18 points ...impressive

Manu 34 points...yesss! *sorry about that*

Arvydas Macijauskas... I remember his name like all Lithuanians, Sarunas Jasikevicius and I don't know what Andriuskevicius.
Tough loss against San Antonio. Nazr had a good game with 7pts and 6blk. Duncan and Ginobili had 64 pts ! Parker with a double-double... Good luck for your next game !

Thanks for the replies guys and Lego - it's Martynas Andriuskevicius

31/12/2005

The Hornets host the Mavericks for the final game of 2005



The Mavericks travel to Oklahoma to verse the Hornets who just came off their first loss in 9 games.

Starting Line-Ups



Key Match-Up

Jason Terry vs. Chris Paul

Which one of the Point Guards will help their team cross the line tonight.

1st Quarter

The Mavericks came out determined to get the Hornets into foul trouble and the Hornets did as they picked up 4 fouls in the first 80 seconds of the match but the Mavericks failed to capitalize on the opportunity to take a nice lead as Chris Paul kept his team in the game. Corey Maggette was put onto the court and he provided some nice scoring but the Mavericks had the small advantage as both teams failed to play strong defence allowing easy hoops. The Hornets kept attacking the Maverick's lead and eventually got the lead for the first time with a Chris Paul 3 pointer. Both teams started to play sloppy but it was the Mavericks who were scoring and then went out to a 3 point lead but a buzzer beating dunk from Bass reduced the Mavericks lead to 27-26 at quarter time.

2nd Quarter

The Hornets came out and took the lead but the Mavericks played well to get it back almost instantly. Dirk Nowitzki was put on to the court and then it became a shootout between Corey Maggette and Dirk Nowitzki. Maggette was doing his best to keep his team within 4 points of the lead it just was that nobody else on the team was helping out that much except for the assists. The Hornets just played terrible as the Mavericks finished the half ahead 60-49.

Key Players at the Half

Dirk Nowitzki and Corey Maggette

3rd Quarter

The Hornets came out and started to play as a team as they managed to reduce the deficit to around 6 points. The Hornets then went on a nice 9-2 run including an Al Harrington adjusted shot basket plus the and one to give his team the lead. The Hornets were on fire as they couldn't miss but their sloppy defence prevented them from going further ahead. The Hornets stayed strong as they finished the quarter ahead 88-84, this game is leading to an exciting finish.

4th Quarter

Both teams came out this quarter with one thing on their mind, to win. The Mavericks managed to get their score even with the Hornets score as the momentum was starting to become theirs. Stackhouse and Diop helped their team get out to a 4 point lead but Maggette scored a nice fadeaway to get the Hornets within 2 points and the Mavericks called timeout with 3 minutes left in the game. Some bad decisions on both ends of the floor for the Hornets caused the Mavericks to go out to a 6 point lead with 1:44 left in the game. Arvydas Macijauskas hit 2 3 pointers in a row to bring the deficit to 2 points with 14.6 seconds left in the game. There wasn't enough time for a Hornets comeback as the Mavericks took this 110-106.

Player of the Game

Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk scored 30 points and grabbed down 16 boards.

Other Key Players

For the Hornets:
Corey Maggette with 36 points off the bench.
Chris Paul with 9 points and 7 assists.
Al Harrington with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
Brandon Bass with 11 points and 7 rebounds off the bench.

For the Mavericks:
Jerry Stackhouse with 24 points and 5 rebounds.
Jason Terry with 21 points and 6 assists.
Erick Dampier with 6 points and 10 rebounds.

Boxscores

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Dallas Mavericks

Snapshot of the game


Dirk was too hot to handle for the Hornets tonight.

Game Snapshots

Maggette with the 360 dunk
Diop was powerful off the bench
Andersen with the dunk inside
Terry throws up the alley-oop for Diop
Nazr Mohammed's only basket
Josh Howard flying high
So is Joey Graham
Al Harrington makes the tought one
Mohammed rejects Terry
Maggette dunks in the lane
Andersen rejects Howard
Al Harrington was great too with 21 of his own points.

Igor Skrnjug was disappointed with the second loss in a row and the Hornets will definitely put Maggette back in the starting line-up after his 36 point performance.

Poops, Jugs.

lol
cory went down and came back up

good stuff again... but still lost
though its expected

Hard loss... Both Maggette and Bass had good games off the bench but it wasn't enough. Harrington had a great night too.

Whoa, 37 off the bench for Maggette. It looks like that benching paid off.

1/2/2006

Recap of December by Jugs

Whew, what a great December it was. The Hornets went from one of the worst teams in the NBA to a team that could pretty much make the play-offs. GM Igor Skrnjug made some great trade moves which made the team stronger and certainly a play-off contender, even though there are still 54 games left in the season, the Hornets have definitely turned their season around quite significantly. The only problem for the Hornets is that they are last in the strongest division of the league with a 0.500 record. The top 4 of their division are in the top 6 of the Wester Conference. The Hornets are currently ninth in the Western Conference, behind the Trailblazers who have a 15-15 record.

South West Division



Players of the Month

no New Orleans players collected any of these awards but here they are:

West Player of the month



East Player of the month



West Rookie of the month



East Rookie of the month



Well done to those outstanding players.

MVP Candidates

Here are the MVP Candidates, the surprise candidate is Andrei "AK47" Kirilenko, he's managed to prevent injuries and average nice block, steals and rebound numbers, even though his team last in the league.



New Orleans Players amongst League Leaders

Corey Maggette: Equal 10th in Free Throws Made (124), Equal 15th in Free Throws attempted (147)
Al Harrington: 11th in Field Goal Per Centage (.535%)
Latrell Sprewell: 3rd in 3 Point Per Centage (0.522%)
Arvydas Macijauskas: Equal 1st in Free Throw Per Centage (1.000%)

Hornets fans everywhere are happy what Igor Skrnjug has done with a team who's hometown was tarnished by Hurricane Katrina. Look for this team to continue being a threat to win games and make the play-offs.

Merry Christmas, Jugs.

Nice analysis... Merry X-Mas

4/1/2006

Hornets host the Heat for the Hornets first game of 2006



The Heat travel to Oklahoma City to verse the Hornets who play their first game of 2006.

Starting Line-Ups



Key Match-Up

Corey Maggette vs. Dwayne Wade

Which one of these all-stars will help carry their team to the W.

1st Quarter

Both teams had a relatively slow start as the Hornets had the slight advantage but the Heat managed to comeback to take the lead. The Hornets began to play stronger defence as they got back their lead but Wade helped his team regain the lead. Wade had 15 first quarter points as the Heat finished the quarter ahead 29-27 as Chris Paul hit a buzzer beating jump shot.

2nd Quarter

The Hornets started the quarter by going on a nice 9-2 run to regain the lead with the help of Joey Graham. Graham was on fire but unfortunately got into foul trouble. The Hornets continued to play strongly as the Heat managed to make a small comeback but some great plays from the whole team prevented the Heat from taking the lead. Chris Andersen started to shine by scoring, blocking and rebounding as the Hornets held on to finish the half ahead 61-52.

Key Players at the Half

Dwayne Wade and Chris Andersen

3rd Quarter

Both teams started this quarter strong as the Heat kept pushing to take the lead but Chris Andersen, Graham, Paul and Maggette helped their team stay in the lead. Chris Andersen was scoring, blocking and rebounding, Chris Paul was assisting as the Hornets finished the quarter strongly with a 90-78.

4th Quarter

Shaq and the Heat came out and did their best to try and get themselves back in the game but the Hornets continously kept keeping the Heat away from their lead. The lead was cut down to 7 points with 1:52 left in the game as the Heat called for a timeout. Some Hornets mistakes got the Heat within 1 point with 44.9 seconds left in the game. Both teams made mistakes and both teams were lucky that shots were missed and rebounds were made as the clock went down to 9.2 seconds and the Heat began to foul the Hornets. Chris Paul hit both of his free throws with 8.1 seconds left in the game. The ball went down the court and Jason Williams had the ball and shot the 3 pointer but missed and then Mourning missed the tip-in and then the game ended with the Hornets winning 113-110.

Player of the Game

Chris Andersen
Chris Andersen was excellent off the bench with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 6 blocks.

Other Key Players

For the Hornets:
Chris Paul with 14 points and 11 assists.
Corey Maggette with 20 points and 6 rebounds.
Joey Graham with 21 points.

For the Heat
Shaquille O'Neal with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks.
Dwayne Wade with 30 points.
Jason Williams with 22 points.
Alonzo Mourning with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks.

Boxscores

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Miami Heat

Snapshot of the game


Chris Paul feeds Chris Andersen for the alley-oop.

Game Snapshots

Corey Maggette drives in the lane
Birdman blocks Posey
Big Strong Shaq Diesel Dunks It
Mohammed dunks on the fast break
Chris Anderson was top scorer for the Hornets with 23
Dwayne Wade adjusts his shot
Chris Paul feeds Graham for the alley-oop
Maggette flys in for the dunk
Wade also flies in for the dunk
CP3 feeds Birdman again for the alley-oop
Jason Hart hits the tough shot over Coleman
Strong Shaq at it again, another strong dunk
Joey Graham flying high
Chris Andersen hits the tough shot over Shaq
Corey Maggette with the two-handed slam
Harrington hits the tought shot over Antoine Walker
Graham with the two-handed slam
Chris Andersen blocks Dwayne Wade

Igor Skrnjug was pleased with the performance of the whole team especially Chris Anderson off the bench. He was glad that they got a win after two close losses with Division rivals Dallas and San Antonio

It's Christmas and I was bored enough to give you a recap..., Jugs.

oh damn great win against the heat
good game by birdman!

Great win over Heat man! Nice game from Andersen.

6/1/2006

The Hornets host the Trailblazers



The Portland Trailblazers travel to Oklahoma City to verse the New Orleans Hornets.

Starting Line-Ups



Key Match-Up

Chris Paul vs. Sebastien Telfair

Which one of these speedy guards will be the fastest tonight?

1st Quarter

Both teams started out really strongly as the Hornets managed to take a slight lead. The Hornets started to miss too many easy shots and the Blazers took back the lead. Chris Paul and Chris Anderson managed to help their team get back infront with some great plays. The Blazers stopped the Hornets from scoring a last second goal as the quarter finished with both teams with 23 points each.

2nd Quarter

The Blazers came out and took the lead and started playing like a strong team but they were unlucky to grab a double-digit lead as the Hornets kept themselves in the game as well with mistakes from the Blazers. The Hornets eventually fought their way back into the lead with some great passing from Chris Paul. The Blazers made a nice run towards the end of the quarter to finish ahead 52-47.

Key Players at the Half

Theo Ratliff and Chris Paul

3rd Quarter

The quarter started with the Blazers going on a 10-2 run to regain the lead so Byron Scott called for a timeout. The Blazers continued to keep their lead but a Chris Andersen lead run got the Hornets within 2 points of the lead and eventually take the lead. Telfair missed a buzzer-beater jumpshot as the Hornets finished the quarter ahead 73-68.

4th Quarter

The Trailblazers came out strongly and took the lead from the Hornets but the Hornets managed to keep themselves with the Blazers, going shot for shot. The Hornets went on a strong run and eventually took the lead back but some errors on offence let the Blazers even up the scores at 85 a piece. The Trailblazers had a 7 point lead with 30 seconds left in the game then Macijauskas hit a 3 to bring it down to 4. Telfair scored 1/2 free throws but Macijauskas missed the 3 pointer and the Blazers won this 99-94.

Player of the Game

Theo Ratliff
Ratliff scored 20 points and 19 rebounds.

Other Key Players

For the Hornets:
Chris Anderson with 25 points and 6 rebounds.
Chris Paul with 12 points and 10 assists.
Nazr Mohammed with 8 points, 7 rebounds and 10 blocks.

For the Blazers:
Sebastien Telfair with 28 points.
Zach Randolph with 18 points and 9 rebounds.

Boxscores

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Portland Traiblazers

Snapshot of the game


Telfair sets up Ratliff for the alley-oop.

Game Snapshots

Chris Andersen was great once again
Al Harrington makes the tough shot
Maggette goes up strong
Nazr with one of his 10 blocks
Chris Anderson with the nice dunk
Al Harrington with his own dunk

Igor Skrnjug was disappointed with the loss but was once again happy with the performances of the Chris's. Birdman will still continue to come off the bench for the Hornets as his better off coming on the bench than starting.

Fuck, lol, Jugs.

Tough loss man! Wow great game from Birdman again.

Yeah Birdman is on fire, like I am on fire at giving you recaps.. I don't know why but I'm in the mood for playing live 06 and giving you guys some recaps and shit... I might do a sim recap because a few teams are coming up that i've played already.....

Yeah so thanks guys for reading my dynasty, the last few recaps are a gift from me to you guys who read this dynasty. Without you guys who read my dynasty, I wouldn't have the motivation to do this dynasty.

Merry Christmas guys.

I'm in a loving mood today

Woah Jugs! Where's your pstat submission after your final game of 2005-06? There's been so many new dynasties I've been going crazy just trying to keep up? if there's some way to get that last season save, I'd really like to compute your Efficiency score!

Chris Paul for MVP! Chris Paul for MVP!

It was the end of 2005 (the end of December) my next pstat submission is in 11 games which is like around the end of January

7/1/2006

Hornets travel to Atlanta for Al Harrington's first game against his former club



Al Harrington comes back to Atlanta as the Hornets verse the Hawks.

Starting Line-Ups



Key Match-Up

Al Harrington vs. Marvin Williams

Which one of the power forwards will help their team to victory.

1st Quarter

Both teams started the game quite evenly as Joe Johnson got into early foul trouble. Nazr Mohammed was doing well on both the Offensive and Defensive ends as he also got into foul trouble. The Hornets had the slight advantage but the Hawks went on a nice mini-run led by Childress to give his team the lead. Both teams were playing strongly but the Hornets made some mistakes which kept the Hawks in the lead. Corey Maggette hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer but it wasn't counted as he shot it during the buzzer. The Hawks finished the quarter ahead 26-23.

2nd Quarter

The Hornets started the quarter by going on a nice 13-4 run to take the lead back from the Hawks. The Hornets began to play sloppy and then eventually the Hawks took back the lead. The Hornets finally got their act together on the offensive end and took back the lead and finished the quarter ahead 53-47.

Key Players at the Half

Chris Paul and Josh Smith

3rd Quarter

The quarter began with Tyronn Lue singlehandedly bringing his team even with the Hornets and eventually the Hawks took the lead. The Hawks got out to a 12 point lead as the Hornets looked lost out on the court. The Hawks stayed strong and finished the quarter aehad 85-71.

4th Quarter

The Hornets second unit was put onto the court but they didn't help much as the Hawks continued their nice run. Chris Anderson scored 10 final quarter points but that was no where near enough as the Hawks won this game 118-95.

Player of the Game

Tyronn Lue
Tyronn Lue scored 32 points.

Other Key Players

For the Hornets:
Chris Anderson with 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Al Harrington with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

For the Hawks:
Josh Childress with 18 points off the bench.
Zaza Pachulia with 8 points and 10 rebounds.

Boxscores

New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Atlanta Hawks

Snapshot of the game


Tyronn Lue scored 32 points.

Game Snapshots

Maggette with the dunk
Josh Smith with the block
Birdman continued his run of 20 point games
Mohammed blocks Lue but that didn't stop Lue from scoring 32 points
Josh Childress with the adjusted shot plus the and 1
Joey Graham dunks the alley-oop throw from Paul
Harrington dunks on former team mate Childress
Josh Smith flies high
Paul also feeds Sprewell for the alley-oop

Igor Skrnjug was disappointed with this loss. He was unhappy but as they say, you win some, you lose some. Igor Skrnjug also announced that Chris Andersen will now get a starting job over Nazr Mohammed.

Garh, because of this match, I went psycho (I need anger management) and I threw my controller onto my bed and it hit my mobile and it cracked the mini-screen, Jugs.

man you got dissapointed a lot eh?

great job dude... i have kinda learned to control my anger a lil

Wow a 23-point loss? To the Hawks? Wow. Seriously, tough loss man. Nice to hear that Andersen will start.