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All in all, the Hornets played well on the West Coast Friday night. In the end, it wasn't enough. The Lakers beat the Hornets 101-97. David West scored 23 and pulled down 12 boards.

The Hornets were going for their fourth straight win Wednesday night. The fourth quarter performance by New Orleans kept that from happening, and the Golden State Warriors won at the Hive, beating the Hornets 110-103.

David West and Chris Paul led the way for the Hornets as they won their third straight game Monday night. Tenacious defense and timely scoring were the key as New Orleans beat the Philadelphia 76ers at the Hive by the score of 84-77.

For a team that has struggled on the road, the Hornets ended 2010 and began 2011 with road wins. Hopefully it continues. Tonight, New Orleans beat the Washington Wizards 92-81, behind Trevor Ariza's best game in a Hornet uniform.

In the month of December, the Hornets were Jekyll and Hide, with Jekyll being New Orleans, and Hide being any opposing arena. Today however, the Hornets played like they were at home, beating the Boston Celtics in Massachusetts. Boston owns the best home record in the league, but it didn't matter, as the Hornets end the 2010 calendar year with an 83-81 victory.

The Hornets have been terrific at home and the Lakers went into Wednesday on a three game losing streak. Neither trend held up as LA defeated New Orleans 103-88.

Timberwolves had the Hornets their tenth road loss of the season. Chris Paul's impressive stat line (22 Pts, 6 Reb, 13 Ast, 5 Stl) wasn't enough as Minnesota pulled away late, winning 113-98.

New Orleans beats Atlanta on the hardwood Sunday night. New Orleans sports fans hope it happens on the football field Monday night.

New Jersey never stood a chance as New Orleans dominated the boards, paint, and most importantly, the scoreboard, defeating the Nets 105-91.

New Orleans loses a heartbreaker to Indiana on a buzzer beating tip-in 94-93. The Hornets are 16-12 overall, but only 5-9 away from the Hive.

New Orleans follows their most dominant win of the season with an overtime defeat Sunday night to Detroit 111-108.

It was perhaps the best performance of the year for the New Orleans Hornets. After the biggest comeback in franchise history Wednesday night, the Hornets followed it up with a dominant beatdown Friday evening of a Utah Jazz team that has had their number the last few years.

Chris Paul is playing a career low in minutes this season, averaing 34.4 a game. Hornets head coach Monty Williams wanted to cut back Paul's career average of 37.1 minutes game to keep Paul from burning out late in the year, and prevent a setback to his surgically repaired knee. Minutes aren't the only stat that's taken a hit on Paul's stat sheet.

The New Orleans Hornets came from 23 points down in the second half to defeat the Sacramento Kings Wednesday night at the Hive. It's the largest comeback in franchise history.

Seattle wants the Hornets. Louisiana does not want to give them up without a fight.

Hornets continue to struggle, having lost nine of their last twelve. Miami is going in the other direction, winning their ninth straight.

Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal and New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu met today to discuss the future of the New Orleans Hornets.

Hornets shoot season low 30.4 percent from the field, and score a season low 70.

Six straight missed free throwns down the stretch doomed the Hornets as they feel to the Thunder 97-92.

Wednesday night at the Hive, Chris Paul, Marco Belinelli, David West, and the rest of the Hornets did not look distracted by the ownership issues surrounding the Hornets. Instead, they looked focused in a dominant 93-74 victory.