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Hornets Defeat Rockets In Overtime 105-99

Scott Prather — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:03:48 +0000

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.

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Bulls Slip Past Hornets In Chicago

Scott Prather — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:01:56 +0000

The New Orleans Hornets put together a 13-0 run late in the 4th quarter to take the lead, but Derrick Rose hit a key shot and two free throws to lift the Chicago Bulls past the Hornets 99-95.

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Hornets Beat Cavs 89-84

Scott Prather — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:30:59 +0000

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.

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Hornets End Knicks Win Streak And Continue Their Own

Scott Prather — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:33:06 +0000

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.

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Hornets Win Second Straight

Scott Prather — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:03:31 +0000

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.

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Hornets Sting Jazz 86-80

Scott Prather — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:09:59 +0000

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.

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Hornets Fall To Kings 100-92

Scott Prather — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:05:41 +0000

For first 3 quarters of Monday night's home game against the Sacramento Kings, the New Orleans Hornets never trailed. As it has often this season, the 4th quarter got away from the fleur-de-bees, leading to 100-92 defeat.

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Suns Burn Hornets 120-103

Scott Prather — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:07:25 +0000

The Phoenix Suns exploded in the 4th quarter, outscoring the Hornets by 16. With the late domination, the Suns defeated New Orleans 120-103. Hornets backup point guard Greivis Vasquez (pictured above) had a career night in the defeat, finishing with 20 points, 12 assists, 6 rebounds, and a steal.

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Hornets Fall To Thunder 101-91

Scott Prather — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:05:51 +0000

The New Orleans Hornets losing streak grew to 9 Wednesday night after they fell on the road to the Oklahoma City Thunder by the score of 101-91. Even in defeat, Hornets point guard Jarrett Jack continued his impressive offensive play, finishing with 20 points in his 30 minutes on the floor.

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Hornets Lose Matinee To Trail Blazers

Scott Prather — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:26:28 +0000

The New Orleans Hornets have lost 10 of their last 11 games after dropping a Monday matinee at home to the Portland Trail Blazers by the score of 84-77. Defensively, the Hornets still rank 6th in the NBA. However, their offense has been offensive, ranking dead last in the Western Conference. That proved to be the story once again in today's loss.

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Hornets Bit By Timberwolves, Fall to 3-8

Scott Prather — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:48:07 +0000

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.

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