New Orleans Hornets Week 6 Review

Another solid week here in Hornets land as the Big Easy Bugs took a short week and made the most out of both of their favorable games. It's always nice to be able to relax and look back at a couple of games and see nothing but positive come from them. In many cases, people would look at an easy week and blow it off as fool's gold but in the Hornets' case, it's a blessing in disguise as the team was in dire need of regaining their identity and getting a continuity with one another that's seemed lost this season. So in many cases, two home games against a Phoenix team without Steve Nash and Shaquille O'Neal followed by a home game against the Grizzlies could be overlooked, but coach Byron Scott did the right thing and kept this team motivated and is starting to get them into a nice little groove once again.

One performance this week that was remniscent of last season was that of Peja Stojakovic. After speaking of his importance last week, he put in two very good games this week. Stojakovic averaged 22 points and shot 63 percent from three point land (10 for 16) this week and looked every bit as good as he did last season. Chris Paul tallied his 14th double double of the season already (in only 17 games) and gets closer to Alvin Robertson's consecutive games with a steal streak.

Tyson Chandler looked good against the Suns and honestly he always does. He put up 14 points and 9 rebounds against Phoenix on Wednesday night in what's looked like his best outing all season. He looked fresh and played with intensity on both sides of the ball. But then again, maybe that's just against Phoenix (in 3 games against the Suns last season Chandler averaged 15 points and 14.7 rebounds) because he put up a lackluster performance against an extremely small Memphis team.

Not much to speak of from the bench this week and all in all, it was a quiet, yet encouraging, week from the Hornets. Next week brings a home game against the Bobcats, a game that the Hornets should look at as a revenge game for their earlier loss at Charlotte this season and then they travel to Boston for a nationally televised game with the defending champions Friday night. They then finish the week at Toronto on Sunday and all in all, it looks like a tough week ahead for the Hornets but for another week, I'm able to rest easy as far as the Hornets are concerned

Written By GoHornets21
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