Game Thread: Raptors @ Hornets | Fri 8:00pm TSN

[mad-mo]

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Date: Friday, November 6th, 2009
Time: 8pm
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Key Bench Players:


Injures:


Record: 2-2
Last game: Win vs Detroit
Chris Bosh - 25pts, 8rbs, 1blk
Andrea Bargnani - 22pts, 12rbs, 2blks
Hedo Turkoglu - 16pts, 6ast, 7rbs
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Key Bench Players:


Injures:
None Significant

Record: 2-3
Last game: OT Win vs Dallas
Chris Paul - 39pts, 7ast, 5rbs
David West - 25pts, 10 rbs, 5ast
Emeka Okafor - 11pts, 13rbs, 3blks

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Keys To The Game:
Defense - Help on CP3 dribble penetration / Close out on shooters (CP3 Drive & Kick)
Establish Tempo Early - Long road trip, important to play our game early and often
Jose - Will he show up? last game: 1ast in 31 mins, 9pts on 4-11 shooting
The Trinity - Expected work from CB4, Hedo, & Andrea

[Rare]

CP3 vs. Jose

I think I'm gona have to skip this one.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

I think this is a winnable game, just based on W-L record alone. I'm watching the Hornets play on ESPN right now, and they look out of sync. Maybe, if they lose tonight, they'll play with more fire on Friday. So let's hope they win tonight.

Obviously, the big matchup is Paul vs. Calderon/Jack....do you think Triano puts Antoine Wright on Paul, considering that they have no wing players to speak of?

[DG88]

CP3 vs. Jose

I think I'm gona have to skip this one.

I feel bad for Calderon. i remember his break out season back in the 07/08 season where he went head to head with Chris Paul and out played him in the fourth quarter. Oh how I miss that Jose Calderon.

[MjM2xTreMe]

I think Jack is a decent enough defender to throw Paul off a little bit. I'm more concerned about the paint against West and Okafor.

[Boogie!]

i'm not worried about okafor at all. i'm more concerned about stojakovic and mo pete along with cp3. with the way we've been guarding the 3 ball and cp3's penetrating ability, those dudes are gonna be wide open from the arc all day. hopefully we rotate quick enough.

[mad-mo]

I caught a couple of the past Hornets games and they look out of sync. They lost to the Celtics and got ran on by the Knicks.

David Lee had the best of West all game.. and Okafor isn't an offensive juggarnaut

-Bosh over West
-Andrea stretching out Okafor to the perimeter
-Jarrett slightly bodying up to CP3
-Hedo doing his thing

and we can pull one out in New Orleans

[ProjectChester]

hmmm I have a feeling Jack is gonna start, or will sub in within 2 minutes or wutever lol. Lets hope Dallas wins tonight, so they feel like crap, then we can beat them up too. Ppl it doesnt work the other way around, if they win against Dallas, they will feel like they can win against the Raps easily. I think Bargs is gonna give them a nightmare, lets hope he comes to play. Bosh + big night form Turk, plus some defense, should be a winnable game.

[COY0607]

the hornets have had a terrible start to the season, thanks in large part to their wing players (who believe it or not may be worse than our wings last year)

[Tim Horton]

i'm getting the shakes just thinking of CP3. well the ball is round....

[hsb]

This game is being aired in Belgium, Bosnia, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal, Russia and Turkey. So hopefully Hedo and the gang have a good game.

[jay632]

... hornets, mavs, spurs... ouch... hopefully we can steal at least 1...

[Lulkz]

cant wait to see mo pete

[OT_uhh_No_WIN]

if our shats fall, and let only paul score the bulk of the points, we got this

[Oakville_Raptor]

Hornets Blow out only cause Paul will embarrass Calderon....