Finished a frustrating western conference road trip 2-4 by beating the Spurs in an inspired homecoming for TP. It was the Hornets' first win in San Antonio since 2006. They played pretty well, and the Spurs looked awful, which is annoying because why can't Borrego get them that focused every night? Why does it take the Spurs fans serenading Parker to get the Hornets to play well?
So we're at 20-23, in the 8th spot in the East. Obviously there is a long way to go, but the schedule is pretty tough for the next 5 weeks or so and Zeller isn't back any time soon. I think the 6 seed should be the target as we match up well against the Pacers as the 3, but I'm not sure if we are going to even make the playoffs. We lack so much consistency that you never know who is going to show up from night to night. Kemba is on one level of consistency, then Lamb and MKG in their respective roles, but after that it is a total crapshoot between Marv, Bridges, Monk, Batum, Graham, TP, and the Hernangomez/Biyombo/Frank combo. Sometimes a couple of those guys play great, other times none of them show up. Borrego seems really bad at recognizing the #hothand in warmups or early in the game, which is part of the problem.