原文出自nola.com http://www.nola.com/hornets/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1101366564156210.xml 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. . . . . . . . Benjamin Hochman can be reached at [email protected] or (504) 826-3405. --

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