Do you respect the Popp? On David West’s play tonight - “West was really the killer. Peja (Stojakovic) shot it well, Paul’s decision making was great and they rebounded well. But West was the monster, he was impossible for us to guard. We couldn’t stop him inside or out. Everything we did was to try to stop him and we couldn’t do it.” Not having West in the game is a defensive liability. It throws off rotations and Ely/Bowen can't guard anyone big so we're forced to double down low which opens up the 3 ball. Stat of the night: Hornets give up 103 PPG in games in which West does not play. (6) Hornets give up 94.4 PPG in games in which West does play. (60)
the tank just progressively went to E tonight. Dominated the 1st half, then it just slowly went to the E in the 2nd half. Gotta give it to the Hornets. They played a good game.
Rockets are back. 109-106 win against Golden State tonight at their place. Landry's 1st game back = 17 points 8 rebounds. McGrady had 26, 8 boards and 8 assists.