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The New Orleans Hornets played their 4th game in 5 nights on Thursday, and it ended with the same result as the first 3...a defeat. New Orleans lost their 19th game of the season last night, this time on the road to the San Antonio Spurs by the score of 93-81.

The New Orleans Hornets ended their nine game losing streak in impressive fashion Friday night with a dominant 93-67 home win over the Orlando Magic. What went right for the home team? Everything.

New Orleans had no answer for future hall of famer Tim Duncan Monday night. The San Antonio big man finished with a season-high 28 points, including a 13 foot hook shot with 1.4 seconds to go to help his Spurs defeat the Hornets 104-102. Monday's defeat marks the 3rd straight game the Hornets lost by 2 points.

It took more than 48 minutes to decide Thursday night's game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Houston Rockets, but in the end, the Hornets losing streak stretched to 6 after a heart breaking 90-88 loss.

The New Orleans Hornets lost their second consecutive game Friday night at the Hive, falling to the Minnesota Timerwolves 87-80. Marco Belinelli (pictured above) finished with a season-high 20 points in the loss. Ricky Rubio made his first career start for Minnesota, ending the game with 12 points and 9 assists. Scott has the recap for you.

Despite the absence of 3 rotation players, the New Orleans Hornets snapped their 6 game skid on Monday night with a rousing victory over the Denver Nuggets by the score of 94-81. Carl Landry led the way in scoring for the fleur-de-bees with 21. Scott has the game recap for you. Check it out.

For the third game in a row, the New Orleans Hornets led for nearly the entire first 3 quarters. And for the third game in a row, they couldn't finish in the 4th. As a result, the Denver Nuggets handed the Hornets their 5th straight loss on Friday night by the score of 96-88. Here is a recap from Scott.

As starting shooting guard Eric Gordon missed his 3rd straight game for the New Orleans Hornets, he watched his team struggle to make a single 3 pointer in Sunday night's loss to the Sacramento Kings. In the 96-80 defeat, the Hornets were 0-15 from beyond the arc.

The New Orleans Hornets had their worst shooting night in franchise history on Friday. As a result, they lost for the first time this season, falling to 2-1 after a 93-78 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon missed last night's win over the Boston Celtics with a bruised right knee. Apparently the injury is lingering, as coach Monty Williams isn't expecting Gordon to play tomorrow against the Suns.

The New Orleans Hornets crushed the Boston Celtics 97-78 in front of a soldout crowd at the Hive in the home opener for the fleur-de-bees. Jarrett Jack was outstanding, leading all scorers with 21 points.

The New Orleans Hornets (1-0) host the Boston Celtics (0-2) at the Hive tonight in the home opener for the fleur de bees. Eric Gordon (pictured above) was impressive in his Hornet debut Monday night, scoring 20 points and shooting 50% from the field. New Orleans will welcome back a familiar face to the lineup tonight...

Chris Paul spoke to the media yesterday at one of his carity events in New Orleans. When asked about David West's decision to opt out, and how that might affect his Hornets future, Paul said, "I don't know. Hopefully it won't."

The New Orleans Hornets picked up their team option of starting shooting guard Marco Belinelli today. Belinelli's option is worth $3.377 next year. Hornets backup power forward Jason Smith's option was not picked up by the team, making him an unrestricted free agent.

After spending 5 days in Los Angeles, the Hornets return home to New Orleans for Game 3 of their first round playoff series versus the Lakers. Tip-off tonight is set for 8:30 at a soldout Hive.

The Hornets will return to New Orleans tied 1-1 with the L.A. Lakers in the best-of-seven playoff series. New Orleans missed a golden opportunity to go up 2-0, but fell to the Lakers Wednesday night 87-78. Trevor Ariza led all scorers with 22 points.

The Hornets defeated the Lakers in L.A. Sunday 109-100. With the win, New Orleans takes an early 1-0 lead in the best of seven playoff series. Chris Paul was simply incredible, scoring 33 points, dishing out 14 assists, pulling down 7 rebounds, and swiping 4 steals. Check out the rest of Scott's blog on yesterday's upset win.

The NBA playoff matchups are now set. With the Lakers overtime win over the Kings Wednesday night, they secured the 2 seed, setting up a matchup with the 7 seeded New Orleans Hornets.

In their regular season finale in Dallas, the Hornets played a solid first half, leading the Mavericks 61-58. The second half was a different story, as New Orleans rested key players and only scored 28 second half points. The result was a dominant 121-89 victory for the Mavericks.

Playing in front of a pathetic crowd of 12,558, the Hornets lost their regular season home finale on Monday night, falling to the Jazz 90-78. New Orleans shot a putrid 37.8% from the field. The Hornets (46-35) now hold the eighth seed in the Western Conference, a half game behind Memphis (46-34) and 1 1/2 games behind Portland (46-33).