Game 54 | New Orleans @ Cleveland | Wednesday February 20, 8:00 PM EST ESPiN

[MoFlo]

Game #54



New Orleans: 19-34; 10-19 Road

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Cleveland: 16-37; 9-16 Home

Venue:



Watch with:



Listen in with:



Head Coaches:



Byron Scott



Monty Williams

Starting Lineups:

Greivis Vasquez

Eric Gordon

Al-Farouq Aminu

Anthony Davis

Robin Lopez



The Good Guys:



All-Star

Averaging 19.0 points, 7.3 assists, and 4.7 rebounds over his last 4 games. He's made 19 of his last 35 3 point attempts.



Dion Waiters

Shooting 58.8% over his last 5 games, raising his FG% from 37.9% to 39.6%.



Geeeeeeeee

Averaging 2.3 Steals over his last 4 games.



Tee Tee

Shooting 53.0% since 12/15, raising his FG% from 44.4% to 49.9%. Shooting 75.3% from the line since 12/26, raising his FT% from 56.6% to 65.6%.



ZII

Shooting 84.9% from the stripe since 11/30.

Hornets' Nest:

Ryan Anderson

Brian Roberts

Roger Mason

Jason Smith

Austin Rivers

Bench Brigade (Yes, we have a bench brigade again! ) :

Speights

Shaun Livingston

Wayne Ellington

Luuuuuuuuuke

C.J.

News & Notes:

- New Orleans is giving up 104.4 points per game over their last 7 road games.

- The Cavs have lost 5 of their last 6 vs the Western Conference, giving up 105.7 points per game.

- Prior to his 21 point, 11 rebound game right before the All-Star break, Anthony Davis averaged 4.8 points & 5.5 rebounds in the last 4 games.

- Dion Waiters is averaging 16.1 points on 41.9% shooting (36.1% from deep) vs the West as opposed to 12.6, 37.7%, 26.7% vs the East.

- New Orleans is 6-5 when Eric Gordon scores 15+ points and 9-5 when he shoots 10+ shots.

- With 3+ days of rest, Tristan Thompson is putting up 12.8 points & 11.5 rebounds on 51.2% shooting from the field and 81.8% shooting from the line.

Hornets Groupies:

[beefstew]

Pretty excited to be back on national TV, so many good memories.

[SRStark20]

I see a big win for the Cavaliers here. Can't say that very often.

[chrisrich91]

All the kids are gonna be amped for this one. This is Kyrie's chance to continue what he started this weekend and prove himself to the nation. This is Dion's first time on ESPN as an NBA starter. I hope they put on a show and lock up a couple national TV games for next season.

[Rob]

Really looking forward to this. Been too long since our last national tv game (LeBron's return was it?). Hopefully the guys bring their A game.

[Huber.]

Big game for the tank. Our second half is brutal and it's crucial we don't beat these teams.

[Pyro]

Big game for the tank. Our second half is brutal and it's crucial we don't beat these teams.

Yeah! Fuck the fact that this is on TV! We want to lose by 1 million!

Get out.

[apolo29]

love the hornets cheerleader pics... randomly saw advertising for this game on espn, with another lovely shoutout to kyrie. Gotta love where things are headed.

Lets get our big threeeeee to put on a show out there :P

[wuck]

I wanted to set my DVR and couldn't find the game listed. Thought it was a temporary glitch. Did not occur to me until this thread to look for it on ESPN.

[SRStark20]

February 26th Fan Vote Night for NBATV

Cavaliers vs. Bulls - 77%

Looks like some more non-FSO attention coming our way.

[Pyro]

NBATV is not National TV.

[SRStark20]

NBATV is not National TV.

Well, we're not paying for it, and we have it, so I assumed.

We're getting some attention that's not FoxSportsOhio.

[shoes22]

A couple things:

-NBATV is a channel that comes standard in most cable and satellite packages throughout the continental US. It also isn't localized. So by definition, it is national TV.

-Even though tomorrow's game will be on ESPN, I still see an FSO listing for it tomorrow. It's possible the game will be simulcast. The NBATV game would be simulcast for sure.

[wuck]

Even though tomorrow's game will be on ESPN, I still see an FSO listing for it tomorrow.

Yeah, the New Orleans game is listed on the Cavs website as being shown on both ESPN and FSOhio HD.

[Lottery God]

New Orleans Cheer Leaders > Cleveland Cheer Leaders. Their cheer leaders must weigh at least 10 lbs less on average a piece. God damn.