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Riding a season long winning streak, the Pelicans hit a wall Saturday night, falling to the league-leading San Antonio Spurs 96-80. Anthony Davis sat out with an ankle injury, as the already short-handed Pelicans couldn't overcome a hot start by the Spurs.

Roger Mason Jr. will head into training camp as Eric Gordon's backup at shooting guard. Check out Scott's breakdown of what he brings to the Hornets, and where he struggles on the floor.

Former Golden State Warrior Marco Belinelli led the New Orleans Hornets in scoring with 23, including the final 2 which came off a goal tending call. Those 2 points helped the Hornets defeat the Warriors last night in Oakland by the score of 83-81. It was a strange ending to a strange game. Golden State set-off confetti after...

In the last homegame of the season, the soldout crowd at the New Orleans arena watched their Hornets defeat the Houston Rockets in overtime 105-99. Eric Gordon (pictured above) scored 27 points to lead all scorers. It was the seventh win in ten tries for New Orleans, who got contributions from everyone on Thursday night.

The New Orleans Hornets were without Eric Gordon and Chris Kaman, yet still managed to win their 4th straight, defeating the lowly Charlotte Bobcats on the road Monday night by the score of 75-67. Whatever qualifies as "pretty basketball," this game was the opposite of that.

Jason Smith (pictured above) scored 22 points in 27 minutes to lead the New Orleans Hornets past the Sacramento Kings by the score of 105-96. Marco Belinelli added 21 for the hometeam, who won their 16th game of the season. Monty Williams continued his trend of giving big minutes to the younger players. One particular player took advantage...

With loud chants of "Beat L.A.!" pouring out from the soldout crowd at the New Orleans Arena, the Hornets couldn't hold on to their 4th quarter lead. In the end, the Lakers slipped out of New Orleans with a 93-91 win. Key players were out for both teams, including...

The New Orleans Hornets were subjugated by the San Antonio Spurs Friday night by the score of 128-103. The tenacious defense the Hornets have made a habit of this season was nowhere to be found. As a result, the Spurts easily won their 10th straight. Eric Gordon had a big scoring night in defeat, finishing with 31 points for the fleur-de-bees.

The New Orleans Hornets 8 day roadtrip came to an end Sunday night in Phoenix. Unfortunately, it ended the same way their previous two games did...with a loss. The Suns took advantage of the enervated Hornets, defeating New Orleans 92-75. Marco Belinelli (pictured above) and Jason Smith each...

The Hornets ran out of gas late in Portland, falling to the Trail Blazers 99-93 on Thursday night. Marco Belinelli's (pictured above) game-high 27 points wasn't enough for the depleted New Orleans Hornets, who only had 8 healthy players in uniform.

The New Orleans Hornets put together one of their most impressive performances of the season Wednesday night in Oakland, whipping the Golden State Warriors 102-87. Former Warrior and current Hornet Marco Belinelli (pictured above) scored 22 points and dished out 6 assists for the winning team.

Going into Saturday night's matchup with the New Jersey Nets, the Hornets had only one win this year when trailing after 3 quarters. Last night, they were down 12 heading into the 4th, but remained poised. Clutch shooting and superb defense paid big dividends as New Orleans earned a 102-94 victory.

The New Orleans Hornets lost their 4th straight Friday night after falling on the road to the Denver Nuggets by the score of 110-97. Hornet power forward Lance Thomas led the fleur-de-bees in scoring with a career-high 18.

The New Orleans Hornets began a 4 game road trip with a loss Monday night to the Portland Trail Blazers. A measly 10 point 3rd quarter doomed the Hornets on their way to an 86-74 loss.

Playing in their first home game in 16 days, the New Orleans Hornets played like a heavy road underdog to the lowly Toronto Raptors. As a result, they fell to 8-27 on the season. Hornet shooting guard Marco Belinelli (pictured above) scored 20 points in defeat.

The New Orleans Hornets collected their 3rd road win in the last week after beating the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night by the score of 89-84. It was the third game in three nights for the fleur-de-bees, making the victory that much more impressive. Chris Kaman finished with a double-double, scoring 21 points and pulling down 13 boards.

The New Orleans Hornets 3 game winning streak was snapped Monday night in Oklahoma City against the Thunder with a 101-93 defeat. Despite trailing by 22 at the half, the scrappy Hornets pulled to within 6 with less than a minute to go in regulation.

Despite all the Linsanity, the New Orleans Hornets walked into Madison Square Garden Friday night and linded the Knicks 7 game winning streak, beating New York 89-85. Despite several key injuries and three players on 10 day contracts, New Orleans has won 3 in a row.

After losing 23 of 25 games, the New Orleans Hornets have won two in a row. Marco Belinelli (pictured above) made a career-high six 3-pointers to lead the Hornets past the Milwaukee Bucks by the score of 92-89. Chris Kaman and Gustavo Ayon both chipped in with double-doubles.

With only 9 healthy players in uniform Monday night, the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Utah Jazz 86-80. Starting Center Emeka Okafor missed the game with a sore left knee. Chris Kaman started in his place and had his best game as a Hornet, finishing with 27 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and 1 block.