Game 5: BOS at CHA

Hoping for the best but expecting to get crushed tonight by Boston. Mark williams would be really helpful to have tonight…or on the floor at any point this season…

Well, because I hate myself I put down a few dollars on a three leg parlay on the game tonight. Josh green 12 or more points, Josh green 5 or more rebounds, and miles bridges with 25 or more points. +18000

Don’t know if miller plays and even if he does, I’d assume Lee may be cautious with him. Seemed like a fun bet that isn’t too unreasonable.

Edit: Brandon miller is out, so maybe this parlay looks a little more reasonable

We are a good center away from being top 5 in the east.

Originally sent in Game 5: BOS at CHA
spectre

Maybe this will be miles’ coming out party

powellrmp

I scared my wife when I saw the Diabate spin move

“OH LAWD”

HE DONE GOT EM

Diabate has been a gem

That’s the most classic grant foul I’ve ever seen

Love the Tatum “mvp” chants in charlotte

Eastley

Do we have info on Miller?

powellrmp

This team is so incredibly bad without Lamelo.

He’s out

it’s the hornets

“ain’t playin tonight. After that? Who knows!?”

Buckets22

That Lamelo three before the timeout was money

powellrmp

If I didn’t occasionally see mark Williams near the bench via camera, I wouldn’t believe he’s a real person. Per hornets injury updates,
“Mark williams is alive and still on the team, I guess. Check back in an undisclosed amount of days for another vague update. Maybe”

I wish I was being an uber hyperbolic smart ass, but that’s not that off base

Josh green you gotta make that dude. Cmon man

jesus

could’ve been a 6 point game and now it’s 12

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I’m not that impressed by the Celtics. We give up an insane amount of offensive rebounds and wide open threes

that was actually great D by by bridges.

Miles dude. I absolutely cannot believe we paid this guy 75m. And people thought it was a good deal

TRE MANN

spectre

I really like Tre

powellrmp

TJ SALAUN!!!

spectre

Boom!

powellrmp

LETS GOOOOOO KID!!

again, I’m not that impressed by Boston. We’ve given them so so many offensive boards and second chance points. Thats the only difference. That’s not a new story for this hornets team

tnhornetsfan

Hope Nick's shoulder is ok.

powellrmp

Same

i still like the new way Melo has been more assertive to the rim. A bit of a mix tonight. But looks much better than two years ago where he was allergic to contact

Ohhh boy

dont see Richards

Man I’m so glad we got miles bridges on a good contract. Great contract! Make overrated players great again!!

HUUUGE DEAL.

Eastley

It's super tradeable

powellrmp

Lol

You’re kidding right?

I can’t tell

Eastley

No, it is. 25m, not long, that's an easy to move contract

powellrmp

as tradeable as only the hornets were bidding against themselves for Miles?

Oh cmon

ill keep my blabbering mouth shut so I don’t get banned

Eastley

I don't think that plays into it much. 3yrs and that good range of salary to make trades with

Salaun! Loving that

Tre MANN!!!

I can't be the only guy in love with Diabate, tell me i have friends there

Diabate!!!

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spectre

Mann a strong 2way player

Eastley

That defense on Tatum was strong

Getting that Gary Payton vibe with him defending such long wings that well

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spectre

That’s what happens when miles tries to b playmaker

I’ve never liked bridges but he’s usually more productive than this

Eastley

He just doesn't have the same bbiq that nearly anyone else on this team has

spectre

Absolutely but his athleticism usually makes him a lesser negative

at least give some offense for the points he costs us lol

Eastley

TJ for 3

spectre

salaun!

Valuable minutes for him

Eastley

Cliff would have never

spectre

def not he’d be slumming in g’boro if cliff were here

Eastley

And he'd still have hungover micic out there

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spectre

Hey miles actually gave a good foul vs just watching the guy lay it in

Sadly he really would

im sooooo glad hes gone

Eastley

Melo has to stop jumping on those

He's too critical to have 4 fouls at this point in the hands

spectre

Damn hes so smooth

Hahahajja oh my goodness

Eastley

That shot makes NO sense

spectre

This could be a deciding point

Just rechecked powells 3 bet…looks like 0-3. I have hopes for green but I think we need more out of him

3/1/1 in 21 minutes

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Eastley

Please get miles out

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spectre

That was a good couple plays by miles

Eastley

Indeed

spectre

better than a broken clock even lol

Eastley

Dammit lamelo

spectre

They’re gonna keep doing that too

Eastley

He has to play fire is to win

For

powellrmp

Would love for the 75m guy to step up here without Miller, mark, or Richards on the floor

also, without bridges being an absolute loser, the refs have been just as miserable

Eastley

I like Lee for getting that tech

spectre

Dag he almost hit that

Mich_Mercer

I’m so tired of the refs calling things one sided… for years

powellrmp

I love Brandon miller standing up and laughing

what a joke

tnhornetsfan

Officials have been awful last few minutes

powellrmp

im still shocked they called the Boston technical foul.

GoBobcats24

Getting fucked by the refs got old about 15 seasons ago

powellrmp

No, not having anyone healthy got old 15 seasons ago

spectre

last years champs. If its close we’re gonna lose

Eastley

Not just us

Diop was healthy 15 years ago

His game however

powellrmp

not going to blame it on the refs. It’s the 700 offensive rebounds and second chance points we gave up

spectre

think I’m going to start calling miles “filler” anticipating that great trade we’re going to make with those picks

Eastley

Mann!

powellrmp

It’s so funny about Joe’s tech foul because what he was mad about was the most obvious bad screen

Originally sent in Game 5: BOS at CHA
powellrmp

I was like little dog, your guy can’t be scuttling around like a sand crab

im fine with that foul by grant

spectre

lol wtf grant

i mean…just give them 2 points

powellrmp

No one with a whistle is going to give our team respect anyways.

Eastley

Was he making a play on the ball?

spectre

Not at all

DemonDeaCat

Yeah, just didn’t seem necessary. Just body checked him for no reason.

Eastley

Odd play on his part. But honestly thought the ref made that look worse

spectre

Dumb as hell with 2 min left

Eastley

Not sure that's a FP2

spectre

and hes gone

powellrmp

I’m in the minority opinion. The game was lost. The refs fucked us continuously. Make a statement

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GoBobcats24

Not a flagrant 2, but flagrantly idiotic

Game over thanks to Grant

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Eastley

Oh not smart for sure. But not a FP2

GoBobcats24

He does so many dumb ass things

powellrmp

it wasn’t “dirty”. That was a normal 90s hard foul

spectre

Yeah I agree the F2 was uncalled for

Eastley

He's trying to make miles feel less alone in that category

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powellrmp

god I feel old

spectre

but dumb as hell

Eastley

Melo, come on man

spectre

And now its fer real over

GoBobcats24

Icing on the cake

powellrmp

yeah it should’ve been a regular tech. The refs have fucked us. They were never going to let us win. I don’t mind the statement foul

spectre

Wut…they’re looking at that???

Eastley

That's a flagrant 1

powellrmp

I’m not saying “hurt people”, but give a good bump. Jesus

Eastley

Silly shit Melo

powellrmp

oh my fucking god

oh my god

spectre

Ssshhhhjhhhhhhhh

Mich_Mercer

Such bullshit

powellrmp

fuck these refs

I don’t yall

spectre

i mean per the rule it is

Eastley

It would be cool if we got these calls

powellrmp

told y’all*

Mich_Mercer

We can’t catch a break. Why do we watch. We’ll never be good bc we have to beat the refs

It’s so true with us… such bull shit

powellrmp

which makes me reinforce my support for grant’s hard foul. Refs made sure we never had a chance

spectre

We have bmill wed have had control this game

Mich_Mercer

Cool. Another foul

powellrmp

Exactly what I was saying. I love grant’s statement foul

Mich_Mercer

Yeah… might as well throw them on their ass if they are going to call a foul if we look at them.

Eastley

I want us to run that play that The Replacements did when they all just beat the shit out of the other team on one play

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spectre

we stayed tight with basically 2 players lol

DemonDeaCat

Is this the worst 45 seconds in the history of basketball?

spectre

We’re the hornets im sure there’s worse hahaha

Eastley

Miles enters the fray

Mich_Mercer

i like us not being such pussies. lol

powellrmp

this team is soft

soft soft soft

thank you grant

Mich_Mercer

Excited to play 8-5 tomorrow

lol

spectre

That high iq kicking in

Mich_Mercer

this game

powellrmp

my biggest take: I gained respect for grant Williams and miles bridges in the most bizarre sense

spectre

“hold my beer”

Eastley

Who else wants out?

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powellrmp

sorry, but fuck these refs. Cmon man. I hope this can use that emotion as a bonding rally cry

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Eastley

I got money on no one else getting kicked out here on

Mich_Mercer

The game tomorrow will feel like a playoff game.

I hope we throw them on their ass to be honest.

Is miller going to play again this season?

powellrmp

Glad the refs had the ending in mind

I feel like they scored on their points off free throws when we got 1 point down

Well that was fun until the refs decided it wasn’t going to be fun anymore.

The league sure is protecting their “asset” Jason Tatum. Celtics shot 20 free throws in the fucking 4th quarter. Give me a break

Terrence telling it like it is on the postgame show. Ripping into the poor officiating while also calling out our stupidity. I love his honestly.

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Consistently bad officiating begets acting in bad faith. Not saying it’s right, or smart, but it’s real.

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Should be interesting rematch IN BOSTON in just a day from this… lol

I don’t love what grant did and I don’t support the hockey goon style of behavior, but I also don’t disagree with grant Williams either. It was a frustrated bump on the refs’ “prince tatum” to deliver the “we’re still here and what’s happening is bullshit” message. I’m fine with it.

Miles bridges on the other hand was a little tacky, but at that juncture of what was happening I don’t really care either. The game was already made into a joke.

It’s a fine line of not being complacent and showing enough decorum.

My issue with what Grant did last night was that the game was still within reach when he body checked Tatum 40 feet from the basket. I get it if he was giving a hard foul to prevent a lay up, but there was nothing to be gained from doing what he did. I get the frustration, especially against the backdrop of the non-call after Tre was molested by Brown, but that play effectively ended the game. The refs were terrible, and they were definitely piling on with the ejection followed by Miles ejection, which they should’ve just let go. It is infuriating, but we do have to be smarter than that. Both things are true. Let’s take it out on them with a win tonight.

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