Charlotte Bobcats Look to Stay Alive

Raymond Felton of the Bobcats

The Charlotte Bobcats look to stay Alive tonight against the Spurs!

The Charlotte Bobcats are heading into a game tonight with the hopes of moving closer to their 1st Playoff Appearance in Franchise history.

On March 7th the Bobcats beat the Knickerbockers ( lol ) in a battle of skill and will.  The cats coming off of their 5th consecutive win ( tied franchise record) seemed to realize that they needed to get this win.

And they did in a pretty determined fashion extending their streak to the longest in franchise history and the longest active winning streak in the East.  Charlotte’s six-game winning streak is longer than any Knicks team has had since January 2006 — when Brown was their coach.  Ironic huh!

The Knicks (25-36) lost critical ground in the playoff chase, falling three and a half games behind eighth-place Chicago. They fell two games behind the Bobcats (28-35), one of four teams that stand between them and the Bulls.

I guess what really does it for me is the snobs in Bristol never give love where love is due.  Sure the Bobcats haven’t been to the finals or even to the playoffs, but what other team in any sport do you know that comes out and gives 100% night in and night out.  It is kind of like these guys even if they know they are getting beat down, they are thinking ” Hmm, we aren’t going to win, but atleast I can practice my mid range jumper against some non practice defense”.
Larry brown has seemed to got Okafor wanting to actually play and earn his keep, which is good considering at times in previous seasons he looked like he was just going through the motions.  Felton at the Point is manhandling opposing players with his Strength and Quickness.  May is close to his target weight, which if he can knock some rust off over the next few weeks, could prove to be an ace in the hole against their first round opponents.  And can Raja and Diaw play at a high level of play night in and night out without having a slew of turnovers, if so they may be second round bound.

If they play the Celtics in round one, they advance.  If they can keep Okafor on Howard in the Magic meetup and not double team him like they did in their most recent game, they can beat them also.  As we saw in Orlando, Howard is going to get his ( 41 ) let him have it, we only lost by a few points by keeping bodies on the others, and when we tried to pop out to help double team him, he passed outside and they killed the bobcats with threes.

Tonight against the Spurs on their home court will prove to be a challenge.  Felton and Bell will be tasked with Parker and Ginobli and they will have a hard time covering them.  But it is doable.  If we can box the players out of the paint and keep Okafor on Tim Duncan then we have a chance.

If the Bobcats can beat the Spurs on their Home Court, the Bobcats to the Playoffs may be more than a dream.

As others have stated .. Show the Bobcats some love, they have beat the Celtics at Home, Lakers at Home, and the list of Powerhouse Star Studded teams they have beat is growing and it is now a fact they can beat you on any given night, you take a few seconds to breathe, You Lose.
ILBIT