Bradley Handwerger / Sports Reporter
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That's a testament to the players and, yes, it's a testament to the coaching staff and Monty Williams.



What we've seen here as of late shows that he has not lost his team.


In that Lakers game, Davis could have been put back in to help stunt Los Angeles' comeback. He wasn't and, therefore, he didn't.

But in a similar situation against Boston, Williams put Davis in with nearly 21/2 minutes to play after the Celtics had come back from a nine-point Hornets lead. Davis repaid the coach with a game-winning tip-in with 0.3 seconds to play.

Three games a season does not make and this stretch doesn't fully cover the steps backwards the team has made at times.


If it sounds like I'm backtracking from my position two weeks ago, that's not completely true. What Williams has shown is that he has steadied the vessel at the very least.

The next step is consistency. That's where the Hornets have struggled the most under Williams.


They've been on stretches where they lost 11 in a row and stretches where they've won 7 of 9.

Williams' task is to get this team to take that next step.

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