Did that look like a team that can win in the playoffs?
If you watched the Hornets fall to Phoenix Wednesday night, 105-100, you can only arrive at one conclusion.
It will be one and done for New Orleans in the postseason.
How can you believe anything else? Center Tyson Chandler, if and when he returns, will not be 100 percent. Head coach Byron Scott has said just that this week.
The Hornets bench is just not very good. The Suns bench outscored New Orleans 28-11.
And, when David West isn't scoring, who will score for the Hornets in the front court? Lack of front court depth was an issue that should have been addressed in the offseason, but wasn't.
So, it will be Chris Paul and David West against the West in the postseason. Can this dynamic duo win at least one road game, perhaps two, in the first round?
Not likely. This season that started with such promise will likely come to a halt in late April or very early May.
Ed Daniels