Game 4 - Charlotte Hornets (2-1) @ New York Knicks (2-1) - 7:30PM

[t96]

That was some damn bullshit last night. We easily win that game with a full squad. Probably even with just Terry.

[rippadonn]

Yeah, the refs screwed us, it was home cooking but...

This squad is playing some ball and we got a better Steve Clifford a better training staff. These guys are being coached by a pro. They look good. Real good.

 

[frankw]

I'm glad to see them still playing hard and putting up a fight despite us missing starters. It would be nice to finally win a game in OT though. And Hayward has to make those baskets for the kind of dough he's making.

[pantherdad]

I know it early, but this looks like a 4th-5th seed kind of team so far. Hope I’m right, tired of the play in crap

[MechaZain]

19 hours ago, jayboogieman said:

Richards is improving, but he stands around watching the ball too much still..

I noticed this too. A lot of moments when he could have brought pressure or boxed out and he either just watches the shot go up or starts going to the other side of the court early. On offense he just sits under the basket and waits if he's not setting a pick. There were a couple of times when teammates were getting smothered in the paint and trying to dump it off to him but he doesn't try to get open.

When he's engaged he's a force to deal with. I don't know how often he'll be in lineups with LaMelo but the higher tempo would do him a lot of good.

[jayboogieman]

9 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

I noticed this too. A lot of moments when he could have brought pressure or boxed out and he either just watches the shot go up or starts going to the other side of the court early. On offense he just sits under the basket and waits if he's not setting a pick. There were a couple of times when teammates were getting smothered in the paint and trying to dump it off to him but he doesn't try to get open.

When he's engaged he's a force to deal with. I don't know how often he'll be in lineups with LaMelo but the higher tempo would do him a lot of good.

Yep. Hopefully he can put it all together with more playing time, if Cliff keeps playing him that is.

I'd love to see Richards as the starter with Williams and Jones as the backups. That won't happen with Cliff as the coach though despite the Hornets saying JB partially being let go for not playing the young guys.