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Chris Paul's dominance was on display once again Wednesday night. The Hornets all-star point guard scored 26 points, had 3 steals, 5 rebounds, and dished out 9 assists to outplay Suns PG Steve Nash. In three games since his return from a mild concussion, Paul has averaged 28.7 points and 11.3 assists.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

David Stern says he wants to keep the team in New Orleans.

San Antonio embarrases New Orleans 109-84.

David West sat out Friday's game versus the Knicks with an intestinal virus. The Hornets defensive effort probably gave many fans a stomach virus as well.

New Orleans snaps two game skid with solid performance over Charlotte.

From the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- The Hornets' reserve guards gave Chris Paul an easy night and powered surging New Orleans to its most lopsided victory of the young season. Willie Green scored 19 points and Jerryd Bayless added 15, helping the Hornets remain unbeaten with a 101-82 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night...

Larry Holder of CBSsports.com and WIST 690 AM in New Orleans made some good points about the Hornets having a perfect record, yet still growing as a team. He writes: "David West, the team's longest-tenured player, spoke with about as much honesty as maybe he ever has during Hornets media day a little more than a month ago...

National sports headlines back in July covered Chris Paul's frustration with the Hornets lack of movement in free agency, and lack of communication with the face of their franchise. Chris Broussard of ESPN quoted CP3 as claiming that he loved New Orleans, but did not want to play for a team that was not commited to winning. Soo...