As a fan it hurts, but having your team lose in the playoffs should hurt.
The Bobcats gave it everything that they had, but in this game as well as the rest of the series against the Orlando Magic, they were simply outmatched. The Bobcats managed to find a way to contain Dwight Howard in all 4 games which is an amazing feat, but they simply had no answer for Jameer Nelson and the horde of three point shooters that the Magic pounded them with game after game.
There were many lessons …

The playoffs put all of your faults on display for the world to see. There is no hiding,  There is no covering up.  If there is an area of your team that can be exploited then you better believe that it will happen in front of 20,000 screaming fans and a national television audience.
Here are two big things that we’ve learned in the first  3 games:

Jameer Nelson is on another level than Raymond Felton. Jameer has punished Ray this series to a tune of  77 points to 36 ( the …

The Bobcats vs. the Magic 4/22/10
I appreciate Ziggy getting a game summary posted for the second game since it was my assignment and I apologize to all for being late posting. I really wanted to digest what I saw and it “taste” more bitter today than last night. The Bobcats proved they could play wretched basketball in the very first game of the season against the Boston Celtics. Teams have “misfires” during the season but come play-off time you expect every team to put their collect “best foot forward”. I …

That was painful.
In the first half of game 2 the Bobcats managed to put up 30 points… Not the first quarter, The first HALF. In order to beat the Orlando Magic, they are going to have to find some way to get some shots to fall. Other than Captain Jack who gave the Cats 27 points, there wasn’t anyone else that  was consistently putting the ball in the basket.
Tyson Chandler via the Charlotte Observer
“Our defense is keeping us in it, and our offense is keeping us out of the …

I’m happy to be pissed this morning. If I weren’t pissed, we’d be sitting at home watching the playoffs and not participating. That’s what’s nice on the fan level, you can be pissed and still be happy. If we had been here before, I’d be pissed and not happy.  Happy/Pissed, who cares, the Bobcats are down a game but it’s still the PLAYOFFS.
How do you give up a career night to Jameer Nelson? First playoff game or not, that guy had free reign in the first …

There will be no cakewalks here.
The Orlando Magic are in for a brutal fight. It may not have looked that way at halftime when the Bobcats were down by 20 and their top score was laid out on the court writhing in pain with a hyper-extended knee.  But if you looked at the faces of the Orlando Magic players during the final 3 minutes of regulation you would have seen that THEY know that it is true. They are in for a long and painful series.
This is the type of …

Ever since we made that strong run in the month of January, we (the fans) have thought that it was a lock that the Bobcats were going to make their first ever playoff run, but with losses last week to the Nets and Bucks along with last night’s loss to the Clippers we are on the outside looking in. Technically we are in an 8th place tie with the Milwaukee Bucks but they hold the tiebreaker and if the playoffs started today, the Bobcats would be making vacation plans.
Somehow, …

Eric Spolestra, Dwayne Wade, Michael Beasley, Pat Riley…sorry, unimpressed. Let me break this down for a min or two:
Longest Home Win Streak
21 wins for the first time before what? April
Highest FG % for a quarter
Fewest FG % and # allowed
Fewest Points Allowed
Largest Margin of Victory
3rd Time Ever 2 games over .500
Go back to Miami and try and figure out how to play ball. I am not big on rubbing one in but man I can’t stand the Heat and living off of a Championship for the past few …

Bobcats are a legit playoff contender.  It’s not secret.  Gerald Wallace is a legit All-Star calliber player.  Whether the coaches and players realize it remains to be seen.  He was not on form last night against the Houston Rockets.  The Rockets come in with a team of “Huh?  Who?  Wow, He looks exactly like a Q-Tip!” players but they are winning, in the West no less!
The ‘Cats played from behind most of the evening with Gerald Wallace, cold.  I mean COLD like the weather for the last 3 weeks cold. …

The playoffs back in those years between local NBA franchises were kind of fun.  The Hornets basically left town in 01-02, but that was my freshman year in college and anything cheap and different was awesome.  We got in to 3 Playoff games that year for $5 each, sure we were sitting in the top of the cavernous old arena but it was fun (covered sections and all), one of our favorite local bands, Weekend Excusion, would play pre-game in the parking lot and like I said, $5!!!  They won …

It’s official, We are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Group Hug anyone??? Ewwww… Maybe not.
The problems that we had against the Thunder tonight were really a microcosm of the ones that have popped up this season.
Problem #1 - Raymond Felton’s shooting. He was 4-16 from the floor tonight and 40.4% from the field and 28.6% from three point range so far this season. This is even more troubling because Ray leads the team in attempts per game and normally takes the shot when the game is on the line. …

We’re done. Stick a fork in us.
Don’t get me wrong, I would love to have the basketball gods prove me wrong and have the Bobcats win their final 5 games while either the Pistons or the Bulls lose their final 5 games, but lets be realists here… That’s not going to happen.
What accepting the Bobcats’ fate does for me now is that allows me to fully reflect on this season without being pulled in a direction by my basketball psyche that’s screaming “We can still do this!!”. After the loss …

I’m hurting. I’m not taking it personally but I am hurt. I have to think the Bobcats are way out on their hope to make the playoffs. All those away games coming up and 2 straight, heartbreaking losses, I have to start thinking, this might not be it. Last night was fun, I mean going to the game and the excitement of the crowd an the new people taking interest in my team. But then leaving after the loss and people smiling and the drummers …

We are in uncharted territory. 
Following last night’s road win against the Knicks (see highlights below), The Bobcats are now 1 single game out of the 8th spot in the eastern conference.  This would have seemed unimaginable this time last season to those of us who suffered through The Sam Vincent era, but Larry Brown has these guys playing team ball reminiscent of his Pistons teams. Take a look at last night’s boxscore and you’ll see what I mean, every starter was in double figures, every starter shot over 50% from the field, we outrebounded the Knicks …

Last night we defeated the LA Clippers to finish up our road trip 3-2. The Clippers were without their starting center Chris Kayman and outstanding rookie Eric Gordon, so this would have been a severe disappointment to let this very winnable opportunity slip by. Thankfully after some very choice words by Larry Brown, Emeka Okafor and rest of the Bobcats stepped it up and did what they needed to do against the Clips who were clearly outgunned.
Now we’re only 3 games out of the 8th spot with 22 games …