Armstrong Drops 24, But Hornets Fall To Suns 94-86

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>By 808HornetsfanHilton Armstrong picked the perfect night to break out, unfortunately the Hornets dropped another Summer League game tonight as they fell to the hands of the Phoenix Suns. Armstrong shot nine-for-16 from the field and scored a total of 24 points while grabbing four rebounds. It was Armstrong?s best performance of the tournament, although the rest of the team continued to struggle.Forward Ron Hale scored 25 points for the Suns, while G Adam Hess scored 15? Both of them came off the bench. The Phoenix starters had an impressive night, led by rookie guard D.J. Strawberry who scored 13 points while dishing out nine assists on the night. Strawberry is averaging 13 and 5 a night for the Suns.One Hornets player that has not disappointed the coaching staff is point guard Anthony Roberson, who scored 23 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out three assists. The young rookie product out of Florida is proving to the coaches that he can get his teammates involved on offense, as well as hit shots from anywhere on the court. Roberson has averaged 20.3 ppg in three games so far, and he?s pretty much been the most consistent performer of the group.The Hornets have to wonder if Roberson is the steal they never saw coming, with the numbers he?s putting up so far, he has a very good shot at being the third option at PG behind Chris Paul and Bobby Jackson.After a disappointing night against the Bucks on Thursday, Julian Wright bounced back and put up 14 points against the Suns. Wright has started all four games at SF for the Hornets, but has only been able to put up right around nine points a game, something that is just not good enough for the coaches and the fans.New Orleans will look to try and get at least one victory on Sunday night as they take on the Houston Rockets in both team?s final games. The Hornets have now fallen to 0-4 in the tournament and tied with Washington, Portland and Seattle as the only teams remaining without a win. We can only pray that this team can win at least once before heading into the long days of the NBA off-season.</div>
     

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