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Jeremy Lin, Nicolas Batum & Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Make the Charlotte Hornets Play the Right Basketball
In a game that seemed like a loss before it even began, the ability of Jeremy Lin to lead a team when he has the chance to be the point guard without interruptions, allowed the Charlotte Hornets to pick up a huge 106-97 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, with another big game from Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, excellent shooting from Marvin Williams and Frank Kaminsky, and all this without Kemba Walker on the floor.
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Notes on Jeremy Lin, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Walker-Batum & Rest of the Charlotte Hornets Season
The Charlotte Hornets finish their Western conference tour in a state of flux. Nicolas Batum just coming back and doing more harm than good, Jeremy Lin injured and not given the credit he deserves, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returning without any transition phase, Steve Clifford confusing us with sudden creativity and chance taking in an almost lost game and one Kemba Walker, who plays the same way and seems to be unaffected with everything around him, while not affecting anything himself.
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Jeremy Lin is Resting, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Returning & the Charlotte Hornets Regressing
The Charlotte Hornets lost for the second time in a row, beaten 109-91 by the Portland Trail Blazers. Jeremy Lin didn’t play due to an ankle injury, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was back for the first time this season, Nicolas Batum failed in his attempt to impress against his former team and Kemba Walker was mostly shooting bricks, and mysteriously benched in the fourth quarter.
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Jeremy Lin Bad & Injured, Charlotte Hornets Awful, Kemba Walker in his Own Bubble
The Charlotte Hornets produced their worst game of the season, losing 102-73 to the Utah Jazz, ending a three game win-streak as Jeremy Lin returned to the bench and hurt his ankle, Nicolas Batum returned to the lineup and didn’t do anything good while Kemba Walker scored, but that didn’t sweep the team with him towards some sort of comeback.
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Jeremy Lin & Probably Steve Clifford Won’t Stick Around With Charlotte Hornets; Kemba Walker Immovable
As the Charlotte Hornets gear up to play with the Utah Jazz to try and end their very evident crisis, it’s easy to see that whatever has been built this year, it’s not going to last past this season. Steve Clifford, we’re guessing, isn’t going to last another year of failing to make the playoffs (where things are headed right now). Jeremy Lin? Why would he stay when he’s been, in a way, marginalized. The one solid immovable rock and foundation, for better and mostly worse? Kemba Walker.
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Jeremy Lin Watching Kemba Walker & Nicolas Batum Hero Ball While Charlotte Hornets Self Destruct
It seems that the Charlotte Hornets are spiraling out of control with a head coach that half-admitted he has no clue what to do. Jeremy Lin is lost among the hero ball worshipness of Kemba Walker and Nicolas Batum, the defense is non existent and the optimistic feelings of three weeks ago are fading away, just like their touch with the last playoff spot.
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Jeremy Lin Returns to a Sadly Familiar Situation For the Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets are back to losing and back to playing bad, predictable basketball with little defense, relying on Kemba Walker and Nicolas Batum to have a good shooting day instead of making the most of an asset like Jeremy Lin, finding himself in a spot he’s been in a few times before this season.
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Jeremy Lin & Kemba Walker Should Sorta Swap Roles, but Charlotte Hornets Won’t Do it
One of the interesting things about comparing Jeremy Lin to Kemba Walker this season on the Charlotte Hornets is how similar their shooting numbers are. And yet the Hornets are often much better with Lin on the floor and as a point guard. But where is the difference?
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Jeremy Lin is Hurting, Nicolas Batum Returning, Kemba Walker Annoying & the Charlotte Hornets Crashing
Exhausted and almost broken, the Charlotte Hornets lost 95-92 to the Denver Nuggets. Jeremy Lin seems to be barely walking on his bum ankle, Nicolas Batum returned and helped while Kemba Walker is destroying this team from the inside. The future? At least there’s a long rest until their next game, but that’s about the only thing to be optimistic about.
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Kemba Walker Scores, Jeremy Lin Comes Back, Charlotte Hornets in a Bad Spot
The Charlotte Hornets got Jeremy Lin back and he even started in the lineup instead of the injured Nicolas Batum, but for all of his and the repetitive Kemba Walker efforts, they were no match for the Oklahoma City Thunder.