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We'll make the playoffs, but we'll have to do the play in mini tourney, and if we get healthy, we can move on.

I read over the weekend some folks were saying the team they don't want to catch is the Hornets.  We just have to get healthy.  All teams deal with injuries, but we've been hit hard.  If we get everyone back, we can make noise, but this team won't beat the  "big 3" in our conference.  We don't have the front court.

Get some playoff experience, and head into the off season looking for a center.  For the first time since the new Hornets came into existence, we have building blocks, and hope for a nice long run of being a contender.

Enjoy the ride.

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should be a playoff game atmosphere tonight.

"With four games left in the regular season, the Charlotte Hornets host the Denver Nuggets in a game that may decide whether it takes one win or two to advance to the playoffs. The Hornets are hanging on to a razor thin lead over the Indian Pacers and Washington Wizards for the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. The seventh and eighth place teams only need one win to make the playoffs versus two wins for the ninth and tenth, so there’s a considerable amount, for which, to play.

The Nuggets come into the Spectrum Center dealing with their own interesting play-in scenario. They are in 4th place in the West, one game back from the L.A. Clippers."

https://www.atthehive.com/2021/5/11/22430876/preview-nuggets-and-hornets-vie-for-playoff-position-in-charlotte

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Charlotte Hornets PR
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 · May 10
INJURY UPDATE: @hornets vs. DEN 5/11
Miles Bridges (Health & Safety Protocols) out
Gordon Hayward (R Foot Sprain) out
Cody Martin (L Ankle Sprain) out
Devonte' Graham (R Knee Discomfort) questionable

 

 

UPDATE: Devonte' Graham (R Knee Discomfort) listed as questionable has been upgraded and will be available to play
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1 minute ago, jayboogieman said:

Terrible start and it feels like this one is all but over already.

As a nuggets/Panthers fan, we just trying to make it to the playoffs without another injury. Hornets have enough firepower to come back. 

I root for the hornets every night expect when they playing Denver 

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5 minutes ago, jumpman910 said:

As a nuggets/Panthers fan, we just trying to make it to the playoffs without another injury. Hornets have enough firepower to come back. 

I root for the hornets every night expect when they playing Denver 

Even if they have the firepower to come back, they don't have the defense.

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