newsday.com - 5/7/2008
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He has never talked publicly about settling any scores, but it's hard to ignore how New Orleans coach Byron Scott is quietly crossing some names off the list. The experts who said his upstart Hornets would eventually fade in the hypercompetitive Western Conference were wrong. The Hornets won the Southwest Division and challenged the Lakers for the best record in the conference despite Kobe ...
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Hornets-Spurs: Wednesday News Wrap
Hornets247.com Blog —
... because I thought he was also deserving." Among the Hornets-Spurs thoughts from Chris Mannix over at SI.com... If you want to beat New Orleans, you have to be able to shoot the ball. The Hornets double-team everybody. They send two players at Tony Parker when he drives and they don't hesitate to send an extra defender when the ball comes in the post. They would probably double-team Spurs coach Gregg Popovich if the rules permitted. An excellent article on Byron Scott today by Johnette Howard of Newsday... The longer ...
Thursday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Johnette Howard of Newsday: "If he cared to, Scott has every right to stand up right now and ask, 'So what do you think of Bryon Scott now?' But so far, anyway, he's letting the games talk for him." ...
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