Alright, so today I decided to dig into how the Hornets and Warriors stack up against each other this season. Felt like people kept arguing about which team was actually better or which players were really shining, so I figured why not just look at the cold, hard stats myself? Hands-on approach, you know?
Where the Headache Started
First thing I did was fire up my crappiest laptop – the one that takes like five minutes just to boot up. Went straight to the NBA stats page everyone uses. Man, the amount of data thrown at you is crazy. Team records, player points, rebounds, assists… it was just all over the place. Felt like I needed a map just to find the “Hornets” and “Warriors” sections.
Getting My Hands Dirty with the Numbers
Clicked on team comparison first. Needed to filter stuff down fast. Selected this season only – past years weren’t gonna help me today. Okay, basic team records popped up first. Warriors win column: surprisingly average this year, honestly. Hornets? Oof. Losses piled high. Copied those numbers right into my super messy Excel sheet – labeled one tab “Team Records” real quick. Didn’t bother making it pretty yet.
Then the real slog hit me: individual players. I knew people cared about Steph, Draymond maybe for defense… and for the Hornets, gotta look at LaMelo if he’s playing, Miles Bridges putting up numbers. But man, the player pages are deep. Stats for everything. Points per game was obvious, needed that. But then rebounds? Assists? Shooting percentages? Oh boy. Felt like I was drinking from a firehose. Couldn’t look at every single dude, so I picked the main guys everyone talks about plus any other names jumping off the page stats-wise. Highlighted, right-clicked, copy-paste… dumping it all into Excel. Sheet was getting ugly with columns overflowing.
Making Sense of the Mess
Okay, numbers in the spreadsheet now. Time to actually compare something! Put the Warriors stats on one side, Hornets on the other, straight up next to each other. First, team stuff.
- Warriors: Record looked… okay. Not great, but holding at least.
- Hornets: Yeah, rough. Win column looking pretty bare.
Then jumped to players. Seeing Steph’s points per game next to whoever the Hornets’ top scorer was… it was like night and day, no surprise there. But what really made my eyebrows go up was the efficiency. Steph hitting threes at a decent clip while Hornets’ shooters were struggling hard. LaMelo’s assists looked good when he played, but injuries… man, that kept messing up the Hornets flow, you could see it in the win-loss record when he was out.
Putting the Picture Together
Had all these raw numbers, but wanted something clearer. My Excel skills are basic, but I managed to slam together a chart or two. One bar chart comparing team win percentages – Warriors bar just towering over the Hornets, honestly felt bad looking at it. Another smaller table inside the sheet just focused on the key players: Steph, Klay, Draymond for the Warriors; LaMelo, Bridges, maybe Rozier for the Hornets. Points, rebounds, assists, FG%, 3P%. Side-by-side, it really slapped you in the face how much more firepower and consistency the Warriors top guys brought, even in a ‘meh’ year for them.
What Actually Clicked for Me
Doing this myself made a few things super obvious:
- Record ain’t lying: Warriors, even struggling, have way more wins. Basic math, simple as that.
- Star power gap is huge: Steph, even getting older, just puts up numbers the Hornets don’t have anyone matching night in, night out. Bridges was good, but not Steph Curry good. Nobody is.
- Health = Wins: Hornets took a beating every time LaMelo sat. Shows how thin their margin is.
- Overall depth: Warriors just have more guys who can step up on any given night looking at the numbers past the top 3. Hornets drop off fast after their main starters.
And honestly? Doing this myself, forcing myself to go step-by-step through the data garbage pile, made it stick way more than just reading someone else’s summary. Stats tell the story, man. Painful for Hornets fans, maybe expected for Warriors fans. But the numbers don’t argue.
