Gentlemen…
I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s game versus the Cavs. Despite an unimpressive preseason record and a gaping chasm at power forward, I’m still filled with optimism going into tonight’s game and into the season. The reason for the optimism is simple Larry Brown > Sam Vincent. If you wan’t to get technical, I guess you could even say (Larry Brown + anyone with a pulse ) > ( Sam Vincent + Jeff McInnis).
As we like to say around BobcatsPlanet “In Larry Brown I Trust”.
Tip off will begin shortly, Let the fun begin.
- Starting lineup of Raymond Felton, Jason Richardson, Gerald Wallace, Sean May and Emeka Okafor. We’ll see how long Sean May’s conditioning/flab holds up.
- Early dunks by J-Rich, Lebron responds in kind
- Airball and turnover by Emeka followed by Sean May getting his shot blocked by an 83 year old Ben Wallace.
- Tied up at 10-10 following a Raymond Felton three pointer. Hopefully that early 3 won’t motivate him to jack up too many of those tonight
- 7 minutes into the season and we already have a 2 point guard lineup
- Adam (without hair) checks in
- Boobie Gibson for three… thats just fun to say
- Ditto. see the line above
- Adam Morrison with 2 quick baskets… Who needs the hair?
- 25-16 at the end of the 1st quarter. No worries though ILBIT
- Adam Morrison scores in the post. And one.
- Ouch. JJ Hickson posterizes Emeka. That’ll be on Sportscenter folks.
- Umm, I can tell already that NC Education Lottery guy is really going to annoy me.
- For crying out loud, Somebody cover Boobie… so to speak
- Down 42-28
- Back to back baskets by Boobie, make it 46-28
- Well, we’re down 50-33 at haltime primarily do to 20 first half points by an out of control Boobie. For the second half we need to see more out of J-Rich, Crash and Emeka They have given us a combined total of 12 first half points.
- ILBIT
- Nice job of knocking LBJ to the floor when he drives to the basket. I really miss the days of the hard foul, when a Charles Oakley would decapitate you for even glancing at the paint… Ah, the good old days.
- J-Rich heats up and trims the lead to 14
- Come on Mek, finish strong
- Free throws by Mek then Crash and behold, The 19 point lead is whittled down to 7 points
- Nice. LB gets his first tech of the season. Boobie misses the free throw attempt.
- Jason Richardson is definitely taking LS’s advice to heart and taking the ball to the basket instead of settling for thejumper.
- 64-57 Cavs… End of the third 68-59 Cavs.
- Its official, I hate Game Show Gary
- 4th quarter, Bobcats down 73-61. Its clear that despite being only 5’10″ DJ can get his shot whenever he wants it..Now whether or not he can consistently knock those shots down is another story entirely
- Gerald Wallace fouls out with 13 points, The Cavs are pulling away. back up 87-66
- Raymond Felton fouls a three point shooter (Boobie). Nice job Ray… Not so much.
- We have our first appearance of the Eiffel Tower Alexis Ajinca, He immediately gets stuffed by JJ Hickson
- Its garbage time
- 96-79 Cavs is the final score. There were some positives, Jason Richardson did his thing with 24 points, Adam Morrison had a decent showing off the bench with 9 point. On the other hand, 60% of our starting lineup ( Ray, May & Emeka ) shot a combined 3-22 from the floor. Good times
- Until next time, ILBIT.
Right now the Bobcats have an overabundance of wings.Would you like a 2 time slam dunk champ that scored 21+ ppg last season and led the league in three pointers made? We have that in Jason Richardson. How about the only player in modern basketball history not named Olajuwon or David Robinson that averaged 2 blocks and 2 steals in a season? Gerald Wallace did that two seasons ago. How about a hard working scrappy guy that worked his way up from the NBDL and was in the top 10 in 3 point % last season, then Matt Carroll is your guy. Are you looking for a player thats always in the right place at the right time, A guy that knows the game and plays the right way, then former ACC player of the year Jared Dudley has to be your guy. How about a guy who has something to prove? Adam Morrison had a rough rookie year, but even during those tough times there were moments where he showed how offensively potent he could become like his 26 point second half outburst against the T-Wolves his rookie year.
