Shooting guard Marco Belinelli also said he’d be open to coming back, although he’s willing to mull offers he hopes will be more plentiful than this season’s truncated free-agency period.

“Yes. Why not?” Belinelli said. “I’m going to be a free agent. But everybody knows I love New Orleans. I love the team, I love the fans, I love the staff, I love Monty. It’s early to talk about that, but I hope it will be good for me. I hope to have a lot of offers from other teams. We’ll just see during the summer.”

“I mean, everything was so quick when the lockout was over. I just decided to stay in New Orleans because I knew it was going to be a short season and I’d have an opportunity to play and grow up. So I think that was really good for me. I’m happy about everything.”

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La guardia tiratrice Marco Belinelli ha anche detto che sarebbe disposto a tornare, nonostante vorrebbe riflettere sulle proposte che spera siano in abbondanza rispetto a questa stagione troncata e da free-agent.

“Sì, perché no?” Ha detto Belinelli. “Sto per diventare ree agent. Ma tutti sanno che amo New Orleans. Amo la squadra, amo i tifosi, amo tutto lo staff e Monty. E’ presto per parlarne, ma spero mi vada bene e mi auguro d’avere molte offerte da altre squadre.  Vedremo durante l’estate.”

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Thank you Hornets Fans!

Marco Belinelli > Min 16:09 – Pts 9

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THE FACTS: Marco Belinelli scored a game-high 23 points, including a goaltended layup with 0.7 seconds remaining, to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 83-81 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.

Marco Belinelli ha totalizzato la miglior prestazione della squadra con 23 punti, compreso un canestro assegnato per interferenza a 7 decimi dalla fine che ha condotto gli Hornets alla vittoria 83-81 sui Golden State Warriors martedì.

QUOTABLE II: “I don’t know if it’s the best or worst game-winner of the season, but we won a game, and that’s important for us and our fans, too.”

“Non so se è stata la migliore o peggiore vittoria della stagione, ma abbiamo vinto, è questa la coos importante per noi e per i nostril tifosi.”

– Marco Belinelli

HOT: With Gordon benched, Belinelli slid back into the Hornets’ starting lineup at shooting guard and went 9-for-14 with four assists, four boards and three steals against the team that initially drafted him in 2007.

Con Gordon in panchina, Belinelli torna in quintetto base come guardia tiratrice e totalizza 9-per-14 con quattro assist, quattro boards e tre palle intercettate contro la squadra in cui fu ingaggiato all’inizio nel draft 2007.

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“I think it’s important to win,” Belinelli said. “I don’t care if it’s one or two more games in the season, lottery pick, I don’t care. I just want to get a win. That’s the mentality we need to have.”

“Penso sia importante vincere,” ha detto Belinelli. “Non m’importa se sono uno o due partite in più, o della lottery pick, non m’interessa. Voglio solo cogliere una vittoria. Questa è la mentalità di cui abbiamo bisogno.”

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Hornets MVP: Two of Belinelli’s top three scoring games this season came on the home floor of his first NBA team, the Warriors (Belinelli also lists San Francisco as his favorite NBA city to visit). After scoring 22 points in the previous trip to play Golden State, this time the shooting guard registered a team-best 23 points. He was superb in the second quarter, piling up 10 points to help pull the Hornets to a 43-all deadlock at intermission.

Marco Belinelli > Min 35:22 – Pts 23