May 16, 2012

Box Score: New Orleans Hornets 89, Cleveland Cavaliers 84

February 22, 2012 By 4 Comments

The Cavaliers fell behind early once again, but this time the comeback ran out of steam. Cleveland cut the lead to 1 at 71-70, where it stayed for over 2 minutes, but couldn’t get any shots to fall and lost to the Hornets who were playing their third game in as many nights. The story of this game is found in the Cavaliers’ shooting percentage and Hornets’ offensive rebounds.

New Orleans

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
G. Vasquez G 38:25 5-11 1-3 2-2 +5 0 2 5 6 1 0 0 3 13
M. Belinelli G 32:47 8-13 1-4 2-2 +20 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 19
C. Kaman C 34:57 10-25 0-0 1-1 +16 6 13 3 4 1 2 2 4 21
G. Ayon F 33:16 4-7 0-0 1-4 +19 6 17 4 0 2 1 0 3 9
T. Ariza F 20:09 0-6 0-1 1-2 +3 3 6 3 0 0 2 1 2 1
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 36-89 2-10 15-20 20 56 22 13 5 9 5 26 89
Percentages .404 .200 .750 Team Rebounds: 12
J. Jack 30:10 5-11 0-2 6-7 -2 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 3 16
A. Aminu 15:52 3-7 0-0 0-0 -9 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 6
S. Jones 13:03 0-2 0-0 0-0 -11 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
X. Henry 11:29 1-4 0-0 0-0 -7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 2
L. Thomas 9:52 0-3 0-0 2-2 -9 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 2
E. Okafor DNP – Coach’s Decision
D. Sloan DNP – Coach’s Decision
J. Smith DNP – Coach’s Decision

Cleveland

Starters Pos Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
K. Irving G 37:24 2-13 0-4 2-2 +1 0 2 11 2 0 1 1 2 6
D. Gibson G 33:56 1-9 1-7 4-5 -19 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 4 7
S. Erden C 7:55 2-4 0-0 0-0 -5 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 4
A. Jamison F 36:56 8-22 2-8 4-7 -14 6 12 1 2 2 0 1 4 22
O. Casspi F 19:48 2-5 1-3 1-2 -16 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 6
Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts
Totals 27-85 6-27 24-37 22 48 20 11 6 5 9 23 84
Percentages .318 .222 .649 Team Rebounds: 13
R. Hollins 28:49 1-1 0-0 3-4 -2 3 6 2 1 0 2 0 3 5
A. Gee 28:12 4-13 1-3 4-5 +11 3 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 13
R. Sessions 24:40 3-5 1-2 4-4 +8 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 11
T. Thompson 15:39 4-8 0-0 2-8 +5 6 10 0 1 1 0 2 4 10
L. Harangody 6:41 0-5 0-0 0-0 +6 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
C. Eyenga DNP – Coach’s Decision
M. Harris DNP – Coach’s Decision
S. Samuels DNP – Coach’s Decision

 

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  • Vindictive_Pat

    I need to say this somewhere, and this is the appropriate place to say it even though nobody is going to read it.  Why in the world did Ryan Hollins play the entire 4th quarter?  TT only played 15 minutes last night, and sure he had 4 fouls but why wouldn’t you bring him in to replace Hollins with 6 minutes left on the clock and the Cavs vying for a win?  There was no defensive presence in the paint in the 4th quarter and the Hornets took full advantage of it.  Anyone out there wondering why the Cavs aren’t trying to throw more games might have been appeased by this one.  That move was a real head-scratcher.

  • Vindictive_Pat

    I need to say this somewhere, and this is the appropriate place to say it even though nobody is going to read it.  Why in the world did Ryan Hollins play the entire 4th quarter?  TT only played 15 minutes last night, and sure he had 4 fouls but why wouldn’t you bring him in to replace Hollins with 6 minutes left on the clock and the Cavs vying for a win?  There was no defensive presence in the paint in the 4th quarter and the Hornets took full advantage of it.  Anyone out there wondering why the Cavs aren’t trying to throw more games might have been appeased by this one.  That move was a real head-scratcher.

  • Harv 21

    it’s even worse than you imagine, Pat. Twice in the last week he popped up doing the sports news on WUAB with the anchor for no discernible reason. Expecting any minute he’ll cackle insanely, pull off the Hollins mask and reveal Jack Nicholson on stilts underneath.
     
    Ryan Hollins = NBA’s Russell Branyan  

  • The_Real_Shamrock

    Scott was resting Thompson for the All-Star activities! ;-)