Portland Trail Blazers Game Nine: Hornets' Sting Is Filled With VENOM

Tonight Greg Oden played important minutes in his developement as a future great NBA center. He shot well, blocked a few shots, and got some PIVOTAL rebounds.  Also, he really made Tyson Chandler look like a frustrated infant.  Too bad he played those minutse against the New Orleans Hornets. The dangerous truth about hornets is this: They do not die when they sting you.  Instead, they can keep stinging you over, and over, and over... Which is exactly what the Hornets did tonight.  No matter how much Portland swatted the pesky bugs away, no matter what anti-wasp repellent was sprayed in the air, no matter what exterminator was chosen to get rid of the hive...the Hornets would not stop stinging. No sting more painful than the three they dropped to go up four with less than a minute remaining.  The aquisition of three point marksman James Posey makes their sting weight heavy with VENOM. Still, Portland cut the lead to three and had the last possession.  We had a ... (link)