[外電] Hornets' 3-OT loss to Golden State frustrates Scott
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Hornets' 3-OT loss to Golden State frustrates Scott
Team fails to follow up victory vs. Jazz
Thursday, November 25, 2004
By Benjamin Hochman
Staff writer
OAKLAND, CALIF. -- Hornets coach Byron Scott carries a
perpetual luster; he's a world champion as a player, a
conference champion as a coach, and if that's not enough,
he dresses like Giorgio Armani's dream model. But late
Tuesday night, after the Hornets' 115-109 triple-overtime
loss at Golden State, the luster disappeared, and there
stood a beleaguered man, his tie undone, his brown eyes
droopy. Scott emulated his team's persona after a game
he felt it should have won humbled, exhausted, frustrated.
"We lost the game three times, that's basically how I
look at it," said Scott, whose Hornets (1-9) were down
12 points entering the fourth quarter but missed key shots
in the overtimes. "And then we made some bonehead plays,
bonehead mistakes. We gave (Mike) Dunleavy an open 3 (late
in the first overtime). The last thing I said was, 'Don't
allow a 3 if anything, give them a two. We still have the
lead, and we just have to make free throws down the stretch.'
We just didn't play very smart at the end.
"And I questioned our guys' aggressiveness at the beginning
of the game. In the first half, we didn't play hard like we
did at Utah. In the second half, we did. We're not good
enough to do that. I don't understand that."
The Hornets dug their hole, like they have often this season,
in the second quarter. Golden State (3-8) outscored them
36-22 to take a 54-45 halftime lead. Even more disheartening
for the road team was that it was Golden State's reserves
that dominated that fateful quarter as its bench scored 24
points, including nine by Mickael Pietrus.
"My question at halftime was can we handle success?" said
Scott, whose team won its first game on Monday at Utah. "We
win one game, and all of a sudden we act like we're 8-1
instead of 1-8. The thing I'm trying to learn is how do
these guys deal with a little success. Tonight I found out
a bit. We took a step backwards. And that's very discouraging
to me."
"Everybody's got to be ready to go; we can't afford flatness,"
said Hornets forward P.J. Brown, who had 14 points and 15
rebounds at Golden State. "We don't have the type of team
where we have a lot of scorers and a lot of people who can
do a lot of different, special things. Everybody has to play
hard every minute they're on the floor.
"Of all our losses, this one hurt the most."
MAGLOIRE FINDS HIS GAME: After a couple of forgettable games
in past weeks, center Jamaal Magloire played confidently in
the first two games of this five-game road trip. He dominated
the lane against Utah, scoring 20 points with 11 rebounds.
The next night against the Warriors, he tied a career high
with 27 points and had 14 rebounds. More notably was his
presence down the stretch. The Hornets trailed 79-68 with
8:09 left in regulation when Magloire checked back in. His
sturdiness in the post, allowing the Hornets to play effective
inside-out basketball, sparked the comeback. Magloire had six
points and four rebounds in the fourth quarter, and in the
fourth quarter and three overtimes, he made eight of 10
free-throw attempts.
INJURY UPDATE: Hornets All-Star guard Baron Davis remains
out with an injured back. Davis has not been with the team
on the road trip. He will travel to his hometown of Los
Angeles to spend Thanksgiving with his grandmother, Medea,
and he will meet with the Hornets on Sunday when they play
the Lakers.
Guard Alex Garcia, who has participated in shootarounds on
the trip but hasn't dressed for games, is questionable
against Phoenix on Friday with a strained left groin.
WHO'S HOT? NOT J.R.: Rookie J.R. Smith's minutes have
decreased in the past five games 11.2 in the first five,
7.2 in the second five, and he went scoreless in four of
the five most recent games, including the Golden State
game, his first without a shot.
The flipside is the extended minutes Scott has given to
Junior Harrington. Signed as a free agent, Harrington
didn't play in the first six games and played one minute
in the seventh. However, he has averaged 22 minutes in
the past three, scoring 7.3 points per game on 11-for-24
shooting.
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Benjamin Hochman can be reached at bhochman@timespicayune.com
or (504) 826-3405.
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