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Battle at the Bayou

Posted on April 17, 2013 at 12:21 AM.

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What a way to jump off the second half of the season! We have the 2nd place team in the west hosting the 2nd place team of the east in a battle that will help determine if either of these teams are championship caliber.

The Hornet's struck gold in the 2012 draft getting two cornerstone pieces for the franchise along with team captain Eric Gordon this team has performed well beyond most expectations and look to be a dangerous team moving forward in the future.

Tristan Thompson has had a steady season despite the early season injuries. His defensive prowess has been welcomed back with open arms and finally the quartet of Noah, Thompson, Varejao, and Latimer are healthy at the same time...look out!!

Enough of the intro lets see some of those Honeybees!! Then on to tip-off!

Maaaannn our starting back court was missed today but the duo of Kareem Packett and Shabazz Muhammad picked up the slack offensively and defensively. Games like this are very important for the growth of the young Cavaliers as a unit and also gives coach Dreece the confidence in his entire squad to make a big play offensively when needed

New Orleans big 3 of Austin Rivers, Anthony Davis, and Eric Gordon has been terrorizing opponents all season and the torture did not stop here folks!

Gordon and Rivers went off for 60 on the depleted Cavs back court and they needed every point of it because the Hornets got down early and needed points in bunches to get back into the game. Davis made it difficult to get clean lanes to drive through in the 2nd half to help spear head the comeback.

This tug of war had to end but the ending left fans a little dejected and wanting another shot at the upstart Cleveland Cavaliers.

Post game analysis

Tonight the Cavs proved that they can beat the elite of the NBA and they way they did it was very impressive. Playing not just short handed but when those players are your best player and the leading rookie off the year candidate in Kyrie Irving and Justin Washington that feat is magnified even more. Kyrie is due back any day now and JoJo is out for another week but if the Cavs can play like this I can't see nothing from keeping them from attaining the #1 seed and home court advantage during the eastern conference playoffs.

Next game up ...