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The New Orleans Hornets followed their best performance of the season with their worst. After defeating the Orlando Magic by 26 on Friday, the Hornets were handled at home by the Atlanta Hawks Sunday night by the score of 94-72. New Orleans shot a dismal 37.5% from the field.

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.

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.

New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon has only played two games this season due to a bruised right knee. Hornets coach Monty Williams noted that Gordon is having more tests done to the knee. Is Gordon's injury worse than originally expected?

The New Orleans Hornets went toe to toe with the defending NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, but in the end they came up just short...again. The Mavs escaped the Hive with an 83-81 victory. New Orleans has lost 7 straight, and have lost the last 3 contests by a combined 10 points.

New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams has overcome more adversity that most of us could ever dream of. Forget about the fact that he has the toughest coaching gig in sports, and consider that Williams was sexually abused as a child, diagnosed with a fatal disease in college, and has had trouble follow him for the majority of his 40 years on earth. Monty says, "I'm blessed," because his faith has allowed him to overcome adversity, and shine in the process.

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 went into Wednesday night's matchup with the intent to protect the basketball. It simply didn't happen they turned it over 18 times on their way to an 93-87 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. The loss negated two outstanding performances by Jarrett Jack and Trevor Ariza.

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.

The New Orleans Hornets trailed by 17 in the 4th quarter at Memphis before storming back to cut it to 2. It was a small lineup consisting mostly of Hornet reserves that spurred the comeback, but they couldn't complete it. In the end, the Grizzlies handed the Hornets their 3rd straight loss.

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.

Eric Gordon returned to the New Orleans Hornets Wednesday night and dropped 22 points on the Philadelphia 76ers, but it wasn't enough as the fleur-de-bees fell 101-93.

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.

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 have a familiar face back at training camp after agreeing to terms with power forward Jason Smith yesteday. The 25 year old 7 footer signed a 3 year deal worth $7.5 million.

Carl Landry, who started at power forward for the Hornets in last year's postseason, resigned with New Orleans today on a one year contract worth a little less than $9 million. Despite interest from several other teams, Landry's relationship with the Hornets staff proved to make a huge difference.

Many in the sports world would agree that the hardest job in sports right now belongs to New Orleans Hornets GM Dell Demps. Perhaps Hornets head coach Monty Williams would be second on that list. Entering Day 5 of training camp, the Hornets have 5 players under contract. One of them is Chris Paul, whose trade uncertainty has become a major distraction.

With the NBA locked out, New Orleans Hornets head coach Monty Williams and some of his assistants attended Saints camp yesterday. Williams did the same a year ago, and claimed he learned a few things. Saints coach Sean Payton and Williams are friends, and Payton spoke to Monty between drills.