The first time the Charlotte Bobcats won a game on national television, they did so behind a strong game from an overweight power forward on his home court. That formula held true for the second time, as Boris Diaw channeled his inner Sean May and led the Bobcats to their first national tv win since December 14, 2006.

Diaw, who had 20 points (9-14 shooting, 2-3 3pa) and 10 rebounds, was the catalyst tonight, but was hardly the only Bobcat to make an impact in front of majority owner Michael Jordan, who was attending his 7th game of the season. Nazr Mohammed chipped in with 15 points and 7 rebounds after playing four minutes combined in the two games against the Knicks this week. Stephen Jackson had 16 points (7-14 fga, 1-3 3pa) and Gerald Wallace, despite a poor shooting night (6-21) managed 21 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. DJ Augustin continued his strong season as a distributor, with 11 assists to just 1 turnover. Shaun Livingston added 10 points off the bench and the Bobcats defeated the banged-up Houston Rockets 99-89 on ESPN2 to move to 6-10 on the year.

The Charlotte Bobcats came up short last night in the first game of their back to back against the Knicks. In the battle of past and current Bobcats point guards, DJ Augustin more than held his own against Raymond Felton. DJ lit up the Knicks to the tune of 24 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Felton countered with 16 points and 9 assists and had his hands full keeping up with DJ all game.

The Bobcats fell into that familiar pattern that we’ve all grown accustomed to. Start off sluggish, fall behind by double digits in the first half, raise the defensive intensity in the 3rd, then turn it over to Stephen Jackson to hit huge shots in the 4th quarter. While I must admit that watching Captain Jack repeatedly nail illogical three pointers in the 4th quarter is entertaining, I’m pretty sure that it is not exactly how you want to structure your late game offense each and every game. Fun yes, Successful no.

Highlights

Captain Jack had his game hitting on all cylinders Saturday night to deliver the franchise’s first ever triple double with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. After having so many close calls in the past from Raymond Felton, a tantalizingly close call from Emeka a few years back where he fell one rebound short, its great to finally have one in the books for the Bobcats. Apparently late in the game Jax wasn’t really looking for the triple double, but Larry Brown left him in so he could get it.

Jax talks about it in the video below.

As you can see from the highlights below, this was far from an easy win.

It took all of the following to get this win in the books:

That may not be the most accurate description, but that is exactly how Deron Williams’ floater felt to me when he drained it with 0.8 seconds left on the clock

Did you guys get that same sick pain too?

The Charlotte Bobcats survived the Toronto Raptors last night to gain their second win of the season. The Raptors played the Bobcats tough and had strong nights from Andrea (chick name) Bargnani, Sonny (Wait.. Who?) Weems and Reggie (good touch bad touch) Evans.

rambling sidebar – I really have a hard time calling a man Andrea, maybe its because when I was in this college there was this thick 5’5″ sister named Andrea that looked like Lisa Raye dipped in Hershey’s chocolate. She was phenomenally smoking, but to delve into further detail probably borders on a little to much sharing for this blog.

There were a few interesting things to note in this game.

• There were extended minutes for Gerald Henderson and he made the most of them. He showed his usual aggressiveness on defense and displayed a surprisingly consistent jumper. Hendo wound up with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 steal in 19 minutes.
• Tyrus Thomas was a defensive force in his limited minutes. If anyone can explain to me why Boris got 17 minutes more this game than Tyrus, I would be glad to hear your rationale on it. In 21 minutes TT tore it up for 14 points, 4 rebounds and 5 huge blocked shots.
• Jax was inconsistent for the first 3 quarters, but with the game on the line in the closing minutes he knocked down a couple of gianourmous threes and stripped the ball from Andrea ( theres that name again ) Bargnani. When things got tight, Jax stepped up big time.  He may not have exactly made love to pressure against the Raptors, but at a minimum he did some heavy petting.
• DJ Augustin had a solid game at the PG spot on his birthday with 16 points, 7 assists, 3 steals and shooting 3-5 from three point range. He seems to be doing his best not to be seen as any sort of weak link in this lineup since he has taken over for Felton who is doing his thing for the Knicks.