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Hornets defeat Memphis after Mustang games
Brendan Hoover
OKLAHOMA CITY—Before Friday night’s NBA contest between the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies at the Ford Center, the Mustang JROTC presented the colors for the singing of the national anthem.
Every one of the 18,097 fans in attendance rose and stood to salute the flag. As the four members of the Mustang honor guard reached center court a yell rang out from Loud City, the upper section of the arena.
“Go Mustang!” a male voice called.
And so it was that the city put its own stamp of approval on the proceedings on a day when both high school basketball teams played on the same court as NBA stars Chris Paul and former Oklahoma State University standout Desmond Mason.
The Lady Broncos had no trouble in their 55-32 win over Wetmoore and the Broncos fought bravely in a fourth-quarter comeback before succumbing 63-55 to the Jaguars earlier in the afternoon.
Oh, and Hornets won in overtime, defeating the Grizzlies 100-97.
Hornet forward Marc Jackson dropped a nice pass to Mason for an easy shot with 25.3 seconds to go in overtime to put the home team in the lead to stay. Jackson had 19 points off the bench and Mason had 17 points and a season-high 12 rebounds.
Paul played almost 48 minutes in the game, scoring 15 points and adding 14 assists.
The affair was back and forth the whole night. The Hornets squandered a 45-40 halftime lead and were down 70-65 after the third quarter. Memphis center Pau Gasol led the Grizzlies with 28 points on the night.
Gasol made a turnaround layup with 0.9 seconds remaining in the game to tie the score at 90.
Hornets’ rookie Hilton Armstrong scored 14 points in his fourth start of the season, and center Tyson Chandler had 17 rebounds.
On Saturday the Hornets lost at home to the San Antonio Spurs 112-77.
The Hornets are 11-15 on the season and nine games behind the Spurs for first place in the NBA’s Southwest division. The Hornets have lost 12 of their last 15 games and have had many injury problems during the season.
The Hornets signed guard Devin Brown to a contract on Friday to help fill head coach Byron's Scott already thin roster.
Hornets defeat Memphis after Mustang games
Brendan Hoover
OKLAHOMA CITY—Before Friday night’s NBA contest between the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets and the Memphis Grizzlies at the Ford Center, the Mustang JROTC presented the colors for the singing of the national anthem.
Every one of the 18,097 fans in attendance rose and stood to salute the flag. As the four members of the Mustang honor guard reached center court a yell rang out from Loud City, the upper section of the arena.
“Go Mustang!” a male voice called.
And so it was that the city put its own stamp of approval on the proceedings on a day when both high school basketball teams played on the same court as NBA stars Chris Paul and former Oklahoma State University standout Desmond Mason.
The Lady Broncos had no trouble in their 55-32 win over Wetmoore and the Broncos fought bravely in a fourth-quarter comeback before succumbing 63-55 to the Jaguars earlier in the afternoon.
Oh, and Hornets won in overtime, defeating the Grizzlies 100-97.
Hornet forward Marc Jackson dropped a nice pass to Mason for an easy shot with 25.3 seconds to go in overtime to put the home team in the lead to stay. Jackson had 19 points off the bench and Mason had 17 points and a season-high 12 rebounds.
Paul played almost 48 minutes in the game, scoring 15 points and adding 14 assists.
The affair was back and forth the whole night. The Hornets squandered a 45-40 halftime lead and were down 70-65 after the third quarter. Memphis center Pau Gasol led the Grizzlies with 28 points on the night.
Gasol made a turnaround layup with 0.9 seconds remaining in the game to tie the score at 90.
Hornets’ rookie Hilton Armstrong scored 14 points in his fourth start of the season, and center Tyson Chandler had 17 rebounds.
On Saturday the Hornets lost at home to the San Antonio Spurs 112-77.
The Hornets are 11-15 on the season and nine games behind the Spurs for first place in the NBA’s Southwest division. The Hornets have lost 12 of their last 15 games and have had many injury problems during the season.
The Hornets signed guard Devin Brown to a contract on Friday to help fill head coach Byron's Scott already thin roster.
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