The Bobcats...

I would rest my guys the rest of the way. A first round match up with Cleveland is probably better for us than one with Orlando anyway.

 

Henderson finally got some good playing tonight and was 2nd leading scorer tonight behind Jackson with 3 massive dunks. Henderson was the most athletic player on last year's Duke team and should prove to grow into a good NBA player. Can't judge Felton's years over Henderson just now going through his rookie year. I will say Henderson probably feels dumb leaving Duke after Duke won it all this year. Duke may not have won with him still around though because when G got the ball last year, Duke did alot of what they did when Redick had the ball.. Stand and watch.

 

Glad to see Henderson get a chance to play and make the most of it. Maybe he can earn some more minutes.

Orlando is a tough match up. They need Chandler to be healthy and could use Mohamed and Ratliff at full strength too. Howard is a beast.

 

You could compare their rookie years, right?

 

Henderson came in when Bobcats had a nice core formed with Felton having won the PG position and Wallace. Flip Murray took minutes from Henderson earlier in the year and when he left, Hughes stepped up and took some of the minutes away that Henderson may have gotten. Felton came in when the Bobcats were still pretty scattered. It's alot easier to start and gain some recognition when your team isn't as good rather than come in and try and fight against proven pros over number of years to get in the lineup.

 

Use up the fouls. Has Howard gotten any better at free throws lately?

 

It's also tough when the team sucks and you have to produce as a rookie as well.

But sure glad Henderson had that one good game that meant nothing.

 

Enough about players that don't matter. Chandler got hurt tonight at the game, apparently xrays on his elbow were negative. He jumped a pass and James Johnson kinda undercut him and Tyson fell and landed hard on his side. Looked like a hip issue in person, he was down for a couple of minutes.

Kind of a damper for tonight for sure. Still looking forward to the playoffs, that arena is a lot of fun with a live crowd.