March 14
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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New Orleans Hornets backup center Sean Marks will undergo right shoulder surgery on Tuesday morning and will be out the remainder of the season, the team announced Saturday."
March 14
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Lingering flu-like symptoms will prevent backup forward James Posey from traveling with the New Orleans Hornets to Phoenix for Sunday night's game against the Suns, but the Hornets are hopeful that Posey will be available for Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Posey did not attend Saturday's brief, 45-minute workout at the Alario Center before the Hornets flew to Phoenix. "He's going to meet us in L.A. for the Clippers game," Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said. "He'll join us then.""
March 13
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Three-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul was medically cleared Friday to begin running, and he could be a week to 10 days from returning to the New Orleans Hornets' lineup. Paul required arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Feb. 4, and it has forced him to miss 20 consecutive games. The Hornets initially projected Paul would be sidelined from four to six weeks. Paul will enter his sixth week sidelined when the Hornets open a five-game road trip that starts Saturday at Phoenix. Paul participated in Friday morning's shootaround at the New Orleans Arena. Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said they will continue to evaluate Paul's progress to determine whether his work load will increase or stay ..."
March 13
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The news was a mixed bag for the New Orleans Hornets on Friday. On the positive side, All-Star guard Chris Paul was given the go-ahead to begin running at half-speed, perhaps the final step in his rehabilitation from knee surgery five weeks ago. However, New Orleans couldn't parlay that upbeat information into a win against Denver, as the Nuggets broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to take a 102-95 win. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 32 pointsm and David West had 30 for New Orleans. The Hornets played one of their most determined games of the season against one of the three best teams in the Western Conference in front of a sellout crowd of 17,220 at the New Orleans Arena. And ..."
March 12
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Three-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul was cleared Friday to begin participating in drills with his teammates at three-quarters speed, New Orleans Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said. Paul participated in Friday's shootaround at the New Orleans Arena, but Bower said there is still no set date on his return. Despite Paul's progress from requiring knee surgery on Feb. 4, the Hornets will have only eight players available tonight against the Denver Nuggets because backup forward James Posey is sidelined with flu-like symptoms. In addition, starting small forward Peja Stojakovic is sidelined with a lower abdominal strain and backup center Sean Marks is out with a strained right shoulder."
March 12
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New Orleans Hornets forward James Posey missed Thursday's practice at the Alario Center because of illness, forcing two coaches to fill in at times during five-on-five drills. Posey was running a fever during Wednesday night's loss at Oklahoma City, which curtailed his playing time, Coach Jeff Bower said. Posey stayed home Thursday. And that put assistants Rob Werdann and Paul Pressey into some walk-through segments at the end of the workout."
March 11
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Despite an urgency to avoid setbacks, New Orleans Hornets forward David West has not been able to enjoy a road victory in more than a month. He will have try to again this Sunday at Phoenix because his 33-point performance on Wednesday night was not enough to prevent the Hornets from suffering a 98-83 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in front of 18,203 at the Ford Center. It was the Hornets' sixth consecutive road defeat. New Orleans' last road victory was Feb. 6 at Charlotte. After Friday's home game against the Denver Nuggets, the Hornets have a five-game road trip that starts on Sunday and concludes March 20 against the Utah Jazz. "We just haven't had enough in terms of our fight, and ..."
March 11
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New Orleans Hornets starting small forward Peja Stojakovic will be sidelined for a minimum two weeks with a lower abdominal strain, the team announced Wednesday morning. Stojakovic suffered the injury in the third quarter of Monday's 135-131 victory against the Golden State Warriors. The Hornets play at Oklahoma City tonight and Julian Wright will start in place of Stojakovic, team spokesman Dennis Rogers said. Stojakovic will miss the next nine games and could possibly return for the March 24 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the New Orleans Arena."
March 10
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Realistically, the return of New Orleans Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul is two weeks away at a minimum. As the Hornets prepare to play their 19th consecutive game without him - and the 27th overall this season - Paul remains sidelined as a result of Feb. 4 arthroscopic surgery to remove the torn portion of the meniscus cartilage in his left knee, a convalescence originally termed to last four to six weeks. Five weeks after the surgery, Paul still has not been cleared to begin running, and the Hornets, who travel to Oklahoma City to face likely playoff participant Oklahoma City tonight at the Ford Center, are hopeful their postseason aspirations aren't vanishing while their leader ..."
March 10
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Oklahoma City Thunder second-year point guard Russell Westbrook has averaged 20 points and 9.8 assists in the previous 10 games. He will look to continue his surge tonight against the New Orleans Hornets at the Ford Center. Philadelphia 76ers Coach Eddie George could be fired before trhis season ends, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer."
March 9
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Consider the collection of rookie talent that was on display Monday night at the New Orleans Arena as the Hornets hosted the Golden State Warriors: it was fairly impressive. Three of the league's top first-year players were on the floor, a trio that will no doubt receive consideration in the Rookie of the Year voting, though Sacramento Kings' rookie guard Tyreke Evans is currently being judged the front-runner in that race. Nonetheless, Monday night's game featured Golden State rookie point guard Stephen Curry, who is averaging 16 points a game this season for the Warriors as their starter, but is scoring at nearly a 23-point clip in the past 14 games, to go along with 7.9 assists, 5.5 ..."
March 9
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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With their playoff hopes fading after each loss, New Orleans Hornets rookie shooting guard Marcus Thornton gave the appropriate response to end their slide Monday night. Thornton's 28 points carried the Hornets to a 135-131 victory against the Golden State Warriors in front of 13,889 at the New Orleans Arena. The Hornets (32-32) were on the verge of losing five consecutive games for the first time since the 2006-07 season when the team was still temporarily based in Oklahoma City. And with 19 games remaining in the regular season going into Monday night, the Hornets had lost five of their previous six and had slipped five games behind the Portland Trail Blazers for the eighth and final ..."
March 9
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Starting small forward Peja Stojakovic suffered a strained right groin in the third quarter, and Hornets officials said he will not return. Stojakovic made 6-of-14 shots for 16 points in 27 minutes."
March 8
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New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul participated in a shooting drill at the start of Monday's shootaround. Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said he is hopeful, but could not say for sure if Paul will be cleared to begin running this week. With only 19 games remaining in the regular season, Bower said there will no cut off date to decide if it would it be worth bringing Paul back if the Hornets are mathematically eliminated from making the playoffs. "Our plan is for him to return when he's 100 percent healthy and that's what he wants to do as well,'' Bower said."
March 8
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With 10.7 seconds remaining last week against the Memphis Grizzlies, Hornets backup forward James Posey squandered an opportunity when his team trailed 102-100. Posey grabbed the rebound after a missed free throw by guard Mike Conley and drove past midcourt, where rookie Marcus Thornton was open and Peja Stojakovic had moved into position beyond the 3-point line. Instead of getting the ball to either one or putting up a shot himself, Posey threw an errant pass that was caught by Memphis' Rudy Gay, who finished with a breakaway dunk. Game over. "I wish I could have got a shot up or something, but it didn't happen,'' Posey said. "Like I always say, some days are better than others. I've ..."
March 8
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Despite suffering a bruised upper back when he flipped over San Antonio guard Tony Parker in Friday's loss to San Antonio, New Orleans Hornets rookie shooting guard Marcus Thornton practiced Sunday and said he will play Monday night against the Golden State Warriors. But Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said a final determination on Thornton's status will not occur until after Monday's shootaround but said he was optimistic. . "I was more in shock and scared than hurt,'' Thornton,said. "I will see how it feels, but I'm playing.''"
March 7
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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In the cramped visitors' locker room at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland last month, Hornets center Emeka Okafor went through his extensive pregame routine before facing Shaquille O'Neal and the Cavaliers. Okafor's right foot was raised, his left foot was on a wobbly exercise board, and he had a stopwatch in hand, timing his balancing act as if he were doing a ballet maneuver. He worked out in silence, appearing to meditate before raising his left foot and planting his right foot on the board for another five-minute interval. He goes through this ritual to combat potential ankle sprains. While most of his teammates were on the court taking shots, Okafor remained in the locker room taking ..."
March 7
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Behind six players in double figures, the San Antonio Spurs beat the New Orleans Hornets for the second time this week, 102-91, and for the fourth consecutive time in the series. Darren Collison (32) and David West (22) led the Hornets, while Marcus Thornton, who was injured with just more than seven minutes to go when he crashed to the floor, banging the back of his head while trying to block a Tony Parker shot, had 18."
March 6
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Of all the rookies who are having big years this season, and there are quite a few, the biggest surprise of all could be Hornets guard Marcus Thornton. In a battle of sixth-men Monday night when the San Antonio Spurs, also Friday night's opponent, came to the New Orleans Arena, Thornton outscored Manu Ginobili 30-13. Thornton was 12-of-19 from the field, including six of seven from the 3-point line -- to earn effusive praise. "He was incredible today," Ginobili said. "At the beginning of the game, we said we would prefer him to take shots rather than attack the rim. But he started making every shot possible and attacking the rim, too. "Our previous game (in New Orleans on Jan. 18) he ..."
March 6
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The messages on the dry erase board in the Hornets' dressing room Friday night were simple yet forceful. "Nail your man; be active; Keep Ginobili and Parker out of paint; Contest all shots; 1 on 1 'D'; Help the helper; Talk!!" The keys to victory proved difficult to attain once again against the San Antonio Spurs, who took a 102-91 victory in front of an ESPN national television audience. Spurs point guard Tony Parker opened the scoring for San Antonio with two layups, and he had four more in the first half and five in the game for his 20 points. Ginobili was working outside mostly, going inside occasionally but doing the bulk of his damage (16 points) from distance, and four other ..."
March 5
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Wednesday night, after the Hornets failed to put away Memphis, another team scrapping for a Western Conference playoff spot, co-captain David West sensed the urgency of turning around the team's fortunes in the final weeks of the season. The Hornets play 11 of their final 20 games against teams currently in the top eight in their conferences. They play seventh-seeded San Antonio (34-24) tonight at the AT"
March 4
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Backup post player Sean Marks will be sidelined at least 10 days with a strained right shoulder, team officials said Wednesday. It's the third major absence for Marks, who has missed all but 14 games this season because of a series of injuries, including the shoulder. That problem caused Marks to miss nine games earlier this season before a strained left plantaris muscle in his lower left leg kept him out 15 games. A recent MRI exam and a visit to a specialist, Marks said Wednesday night, revealed a tear in the right labrum."
March 4
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Zach Randolph banked in a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired with 1:20 remaining, and the only reason it couldn't be called blind luck for the Memphis forward was because he was looking at the basket when he tossed up an attempt that otherwise might've cracked the glass. After a pair of missed foul shots, James Posey emerged from a scramble with the ball and the Hornets trailing 102-100 with 10 seconds left. The Hornets forward promptly dribbled across mid-court, spun around and tossed a pass behind him, into the waiting arms of Memphis forward Rudy Gay, who dunked as the game ended. Pretty much, that's how the Hornets lost 104-100 to Memphis on Wednesday night at the New Orleans Arena. ..."
March 3
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The prevailing hope among Hornets players is that when injured three-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul returns this month, they will become a complete team again and embark on an extended winning streak to earn a playoff spot. "We're going to fight through," rookie point guard Darren Collison said. "It's difficult, but that's part of being in the Western Conference. It forces you to make better plays. We'll be all right." But the reality is the Hornets' schedule is so difficult this month that even when Paul returns, possibly in the next 10 days after requiring knee surgery last month, it still might be difficult winning games. Starting tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies, 11 of the ..."
March 3
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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The prevailing hope among New Orleans Hornets players is that when injured three-time All-Star point guard Chris Paul returns this month, they will become a complete team again and embark on an extended winning streak to earn a playoff spot. "We're going to fight through, " rookie point guard Darren Collison said. "It's difficult, but that's part of being in the Western Conference. It forces you to make better plays. We'll be all right." But the reality is the Hornets' schedule is so difficult this month that even when Paul returns, possibly in the next 10 days after requiring knee surgery last month, it still might be difficult winning games."
March 2
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Time after time Monday night at the New Orleans Arena, the Hornets and Spurs took turns making runs. There were spurts of 12-2, 10-0, 12-0, 12-3 and 13-0. But when it came time to decide things in the fourth quarter, San Antonio managed to quell any hopes of a come-from-behind victory by initially matching the Hornets basket-for-basket, which not only sustained a lead that had stretched to 10 in the opening moments of the fourth quarter but eventually extended it as the Spurs came away with a 106-92 victory. San Antonio's deeper supply of firepower -- six players scored in double figures, led by George Hill, who had 23 -- was just a little bit more than the Hornets, who had five players ..."
March 2
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Darren Collison on Monday became the first New Orleans Hornets' player since Chris Paul in 2005-06 to be selected Western Conference Rookie of the Month. In February, Collison led all rookies with a 21.6 scoring average, 8.3 assists and 1.8 steals with a 41.7-minute average in 13 games. In Sunday's 108-100 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Collison scored a career-high 35 points. Collison had his first career triple-double Feb. 19 when he had 18 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists against the Indiana Pacers. Collison is the fifth Hornets' player in franchise history to win the award (Paul, Larry Johnson, Alonzo Mourning and J.R. Smith). "My expectation is to make the playoffs," Collison said. ..."
March 2
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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The Hornets recently completed stint against penthouse teams didn't reveal anything that wasn't already known. New Orleans' elevator simply hasn't risen to that level often enough this season. But the immediate alarm is that the Hornets, for significant stretches, haven't even appeared to belong in the same building as Dallas on Sunday night and against San Antonio on Monday night at the New Orleans Arena. The concern is that New Orleans is running a fade pattern right out of playoff contention when, obviously, the preference is that the Hornets would be powering through their obstacles. Monday night's 106-92 loss to San Antonio was New Orleans' fourth in its last five games, with ..."
March 1
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Customarily, the NBA's trading deadline would come and go and the makeup of the Dallas Mavericks' roster would look as similar the day after as the day before. Not this time. The Mavs decided to shake things up a bit, dealing four players including Josh Howard, Drew Gooden and James Singleton to the Washington Wizards for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson, inserting Butler and Haywood into the starting lineup immediately. The result has been seven consecutive wins, including Sunday night's 108-100 victory over the Hornets at the American Airlines Center, leaving the Mavs looking to be a team that's ready to make a deep run in the postseason. "I think sometimes the energy ..."
February 28
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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The calendar tells us March Madness is at hand. I'm not talking about the kind of Madness associated with college basketball. I'm talking about the kind of Madness that's ahead if you happen to be a dues-paying member of the New Orleans Hornets. Our Hornets will spend the final day of February in Dallas, playing a team called the Mavericks, a team on a six-game winning streak, a team leading its division, with enough talent and experience to make a run deep into the 2010 playoffs. Our Hornets spent Friday night at home, claiming a 100-93 victory over the Orlando Magic, a team good enough last season not only to get into the playoffs, but reach the championship round."
February 28
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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With 23 games remaining in the regular season, it might be a stretch to call the Hornets' next two -- back-to-backs against Southwest Division foes Dallas on the road tonight and fading San Antonio on Monday at home -- the most important New Orleans has faced thus far. But considering the way in which the Hornets rallied from an 18-point deficit Friday night in the New Orleans Arena to shut down MVP candidate Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic, these next two games could determine the course of the final six weeks of the season for New Orleans. The Hornets had as much to do Friday night with limiting Howard's fourth-quarter touches -- an unimaginable three after he had scored 24 through ..."
February 27
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Quick thinking Wednesday night by Hornets shooting guard Morris Peterson -- and the knowledge that something wasn't right with his left hamstring -- might have gotten Peterson back on the court sooner. Experiencing tightness in his hamstring after a first-quarter drive to the basket against the Milwaukee Bucks, Peterson came out of the game, immediately iced the area, and sat out for the rest of the game. After two days of rehab and an MRI exam Thursday that revealed no significant injury, Peterson was back on the court Friday morning for the Hornets' shoot-around and was in the starting lineup against the Orlando Magic. "Man, sometimes stuff happens," Peterson said. "The hoop ...
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February 27
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After New Orleans Hornets forward David West made his first seven shots, the Orlando Magic continued to have problems defending him. Taking advantage, West was dominant on drives to the basket and with fadeaway jump shots in a sensational 40-point performance that carried the Hornets to a 100-93 victory in front of 16,954 at the New Orleans Arena. West's performance helped the Hornets overcome an 18-point deficit in the third quarter. After trailing 80-74 with 10:02 remaining in the game, he scored seven consecutive points to give New Orleans its first lead, 81-80, since the second quarter. From that point, West stayed on the attack, with help coming from backup center Aaron Gray, who ..."
February 26
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With 24 games remaining in the regular season, Hornets center Emeka Okafor is in the middle of his most difficult stretch. After facing the Cleveland Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal and Milwaukee Bucks 7-footer Andrew Bogut in back-to-back games this week, Okafor now must contend with Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard tonight at the New Orleans Arena. In Wednesday's 115-95 loss to Milwaukee, Bogut took advantage of getting excellent post positioning against Okafor to score 26 points and grab a game-high 13 rebounds. Okafor was in trouble early when Bogut had 12 points after the first 11 minutes. "Whatever they did, they did it well," Okafor said. "He was strong, and he got ..."
February 25
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Once Milwaukee Bucks' 7-footer Andrew Bogut found his shooting rhythm after the opening three minutes Wednesday night, New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor struggled the rest of the way. Relying mostly on post moves, Bogut scored a game-high 26 points to carry the Bucks to a 115-95 victory in front of 11,936 at the Bradley Center. Exposing the Hornets' interior defensive problems, the Bucks outscored the Hornets 72-38 on points in the lane. In the first half, behind Bogut's 16 points, 42 of the Bucks' 61 points came on putbacks, dunks and layups. "They were zipping, cutting and passing," Okafor said. "Everybody touched the ball and it was hard to keep up with. He (Bogut) was strong ..."
February 24
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In front of a crowd used to seeing LeBron James dominate opponents at Quicken Loans Arena, Hornets rookie shooting guard Marcus Thornton upstaged the reigning league MVP and current scoring leader Tuesday night. Thornton set a franchise record with a 23-point second quarter before finishing with a game- and career-high 37 on 15-of-22 shooting. Despite his career night, Thornton still ended up on the losing end as the Cleveland Cavaliers closed out the fourth quarter with a flurry to defeat the Hornets 105-95 before 20,562. The loss snapped New Orleans' two-game winning streak. The Hornets (30-27) trail the Portland Trail Blazers by two games for the eighth and final playoff spot in the ..."
February 23
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There's really never a good time for a team to play the Cleveland Cavaliers. But with LeBron James and the rest of his club on a three-game losing streak that followed a 13-game winning streak, they'll be looking to vent their recent frustration on the next opponent. And that, tonight, happens to be the Hornets, who are fighting to stay in the thick of the Western Conference playoff chase with an injury-shortened rotation that will force Coach Jeff Bower to throw several defenders James' way -- from Peja Stojakovic to James Posey to Julian Wright to whomever might be on the floor at any given time. "It won't just be one guy," Bower said Monday as the Hornets prepared for this two-game ..."
February 23
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The reason so much time and so many words have been spent bashing the Hornets over the team's draft picks since the team relocated to New Orleans in 2003 is because the franchise consistently has been so abysmal at the art form. Re-read the list. That roll call isn't an ode to precision or a flattering testament to player evaluation. Among that crew only Wright remains with New Orleans and if he and the franchise had their druthers, he'd be gone; he all but requested a move this season as the trade deadline neared and, undoubtedly, the Hornets gleefully would've shipped him if they could've found a sucker . . . er, taker."
February 22
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They were two plays that might easily be overlooked in an eight-point victory, but they were nonetheless emphatic punctuation marks for the Hornets, who almost frittered away a 13-point fourth-quarter advantage Sunday night against the Houston Rockets. With the Rockets having trimmed New Orleans' lead to two, 90-88 with just more than two minutes to go, forward David West, despite being surrounded by a trio of Houston defenders, slammed home a follow-up with 1:51 to go, and eight seconds later he rebounded a Trevor Ariza miss that seemed to break Houston's seemingly indomitable spirit. West's game-high 27 points, supplemented by 26 from rookie point guard Darren Collison, helped the ..."
February 22
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In his first game against his former teammates, Houston Rockets backup center Hilton Armstrong never left the bench in Sunday night's 102-94 loss to the Hornets at the New Orleans Arena. The Rockets acquired Armstrong, 6 feet 11, 235 pounds, just before last Thursday's trade deadline in a deal that included shooting guard Kevin Martin from the Sacramento Kings. They also acquired Jordan Hill and Jared Jeffries from the New York Knicks. In exchange, the Rockets sent Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey to the Sacramento Kings and Tracy McGrady went to the Knicks. "If I get an opportunity here, I'll be happy," Armstrong said. "In Sacramento, I didn't get too much of an opportunity. But it felt good ..."
February 22
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A perspiring Chris Paul talked as if he had just logged 48 minutes on the basketball court. "I loved the way they kept it up-tempo," he gushed. "Yea, they made some mistakes, but listen, they're doing what they do best. I wanna see them keep doing it, up-tempo, that's what I wanna see." What CP saw Sunday night was his Hornets hang tough, just tough enough to hold off the Houston Rockets 104-94 in one of those fast-paced games heavily sprinkled with messy moments born of over-anxiety at the New Orleans Arena. "How about my man, how about DC?" CP said. That would be Darren Collison, a rookie quarterback who has taken over for the All-Pro point guard and had just come up with a 26-point ..."
February 21
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The scoreboard lights had not even dimmed on Friday night's win over the Indiana Pacers when it was time for the Hornets to think ahead. Events that transpired throughout the NBA had measurably helped New Orleans' fortunes in the Western Conference playoff race: San Antonio lost to Philadelphia, and Boston would later topple Portland. And on the horizon for the Hornets was tonight's game against the Houston Rockets, the team directly in front of New Orleans when Saturday's games began, both teams currently on the outside of the playoff bracket looking in. When the Hornets began play Friday, they were three games out of the eighth and final playoff spot. By night's end, thanks to the ..."
February 20
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New Orleans backup power forward Darius Songaila's sprained right ankle will keep him sidelined for up to two weeks, Hornets Coach Jeff Bower said before Friday's game against the Indiana Pacers. Songaila suffered the injury during the fourth quarter in Wednesday's 98-90 loss to the Utah Jazz. He had been vital coming off the bench, scoring eight or more points in the previous 16 games. Until Songaila returns, Bower said he plans to alternate Aaron Gray, Sean Marks, Julian Wright and James Posey at the spot."
February 20
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David West scored a game-high 29 points and rookie point guard Darren Collison had 18 points, 13 rebound and 12 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 107-101 victory against the Indiana Pacers at the New Orleans Arena. It was the Hornets' fifth consecutive victory against the Indiana Pacers that dates to last season. Indiana's Danny Granger, a Metairie native, scored 29. Fourth Quarter The Pacers have closed to 89-85 after outscoring the Hornets 14-6 at the start of the quarter. After a slow start, Pacers forward Danny Granger has scored 25 points. Hornets rookie point guard guard has achieved a triple double with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Third Quarter Despite taking ..."
February 20
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With backup power forward Darius Songaila out for a minimum of two weeks with a sprained right ankle, the New Orleans Hornets frontline rotation could undergo a change. And one of the primary beneficiaries of added playing time could eventually be seldom-used and often-injured -- this year at least -- Sean Marks. Marks has missed all but 11 of 54 games this season with two injuries (strained right shoulder, strained plantaris muscle in lower left leg), nine DNP-coach's decision and 10 games on the inactive list. Friday night against the Indiana Pacers, however, Marks' frustration continued. He collected DNP-CD No. 10. "It's been, from a basketball standpoint, a little tough, " Marks said. ..."