The New Orleans Hornets, in their fourth game of the preseason, have finally shown a significant amount of improvement across the board in a 98-101 loss to the Indiana Pacers.
This means that both the Hornet starters and the bench were in sync putting up conservative, yet decent numbers and without starting power forward David West, who is still out with a sprained wrist.
The Big Easy will be happy to know that their Hornets are pointed in the right direction in their quest for team chemistry.
After a huge presence in the first game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Trevor Ariza had disappeared in all subsequent games including the win over the toothless Heat, who had both Wade and James on the injured list.
Today against the Pacers, the old Ariza blessed us with his presence by going 6-of-11 in 30 minutes for 15 points. Ariza is pointed in the right direction.
Jason Smith, the young 7-foot forward (replacing David West) continued to show promising results by going 4-of-7 in 22 minutes for 14 points and nine rebounds.
This followed a good 33 minute effort against Chris Bosh and the He ...
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New Orleans Hornets Pointed in Right Direction After Loss to Indiana Pacers
October 15th, 2010 by rich fernandes Leave a reply »
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