--The Bobcats need a great March to have any chance at making their first playoff appearance. They play six of eight games on the road in April, the worst road-to-home ratio in the NBA this season. Five of those eight April games are against likely playoff teams.
While the Bobcats would welcome a playoff appearance, you have to wonder if they're better off in the lottery. If the Bobcats make the postseason for the first time, they lose their first-round pick to the Denver Nuggets as compensation for the pick used to draft French big man Alexis Ajinca in June. QUOTE TO NOTE: "With Boris, it's always a cat-and-mouse game. He knows a lot, so you have to find ways to motivate him, almost trick him into what you want him to do sometimes." -- Bobcats guard Raja Bell, to the Charlotte Observer, on coaxing teammate Boris Diaw to shoot more.
