Where Denver ***** Slaps The Hornets Happens
April 28th, 2009 at 10:57 amBy Chris
And in other news, the NBA’s official site now has embeddable videos; however, we’re still waiting for the MLB and NFL to catch up with this whole online video thing. Speaking of, the lead video is of Kenyon Martin and his dunk that essentially opened the game, not to mention the absolute can of, well, whoop-ass the Nuggets poured all over the Hornets. 58 point whippings? Was this game played on a Playstation — you know, where the young kids beat the hell out of adults who have no business playing video games against “we play all the time” competition?
The last time anyone saw such an NBA Playoff beatdown was in 1956; and until last night’s 121-63 bust, that was the only time such a lopsided win was recorded.
Was last night a case of Denver being that good, or New Orleans being that bad; or, perhaps both? A quick look at the stats — man, New Orleans’ are ugly — the only time the Hornets scored over 20 points in a quarter last night was in the second. The other three quarters saw these totals: 15, 11, 13. At least they are consistently odd numbers. The Nuggets, on the other hand, scored 36 points in the first quarter to open up an 21-point lead.
The game, and perhaps the series, was over from that point on.
More statistical indignity from the Hornets: 2-15 from behind the arc, as a team. Meanwhile, Billups and Anthony were 4-7. Hell, “noted shooter” Dahntay Jones was 1-2, almost equaling the entire Hornets output from downtown. The lopsided-ness didn’t end their either. The Hornets were out-rebounded, out-assisted, out-blocked — essentially out-everything you can be outed of during a basketball game.
Add that all up and you have “the Bullies” beating down the Hornets by 58 points, and perhaps ushering in some changes for Chris Paul, who seems to be having a blast in this year’s Playoffs. At least he still has Right Guard.
