Dwyane Wade had 31 points, and Udonis Haslem hit a jumper with 15.4 seconds left to lift the Miami Heat past the New Orleans Hornets 102-101 on Sunday night.

Yeah, that tanking talk was way premature. Two days after slaying the best team in the Western Conference, the Hornets took down the beasts of the East, putting together four solid quarters of basketball to topple the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 96-88 . A microcosm of this game came with about 1:30 left in the fourth quarter.

A productive big man in both scoring and on the boards, David West figures to have the attention of general managers throughout the NBA if New Orleans continues to struggle this season.

NEW ORLEANS Maybe we all panicked too much too quickly. Maybe Jeff Bower knew a little bit more than we all gave him credit for.

David West had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Bower picked up his first coaching win in the New Orleans Hornets' 110-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night.

Joe Johnson scored 26 points, Jamal Crawford added 21, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the New Orleans Hornets 121-98 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

The Atlanta Hawks will try to stay unbeaten as the host tonight, when they kick off a four-game homestand versus the New Orleans Hornets at Philips Arena.

Mayday! Mayday! Going down! The New Orleans Hornetsa TM season may only be nine games in, but after their awful 124-104 disaster in Phoenix, theya TMre clearly a team in distress.

"If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries." - Former NFL coach Bill Parcells.

Hornets update: New Orleans split a Sunday-Monday visit to Los Angeles, finishing with a 112-84 win vs.

Hornets Coach Byron Scott and guard Devin Brown are frequent golfing companions, sparking the obvious question to both Sunday night.

A reeling New Orleans team will finish a two-day tour of Staples Center Monday aiming to earn its 10th straight win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

The Hornets played the Raptors evenly for the first, second and fourth quarters tonight.

NEW ORLEANS a 'NEW ORLEANS-For 12 minutes they were as good as they can be right now, efficient on offence, solid on defence, and if there's a sign the Raptors are on the right course, it came in the third quarter Friday night.

Chris Bosh scored 27 points and the Toronto Raptors used a 27-4 run in the third quarter to take control of a 107-90 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.

Whenever New Orleans Hornets Coach Byron Scott sees his team sputtering, he goes into his bag of motivational tactics to try to break the slide.

Not only do the Hornets continue to battle national misconceptions about their team and its operation - the Alario Center with its year-old addition added for the team's use was described in an Internet report Tuesday as "a dumpy community center best suited for the bird and reptile shows that cover most of its calendar" - but the schedule grows ...

Chris Paul is impatient. He hates to lose. He admitted as much Monday night after his parents watched his team lose to the Knicks, a team that might as well have slapped a 10-story banner on Madison Square Garden that said, "Gone fishin' 'til 2010." How embarrassing.

Yes, it's early, but it's also entirely possible that the Hornets will struggle all season long to establish a viable identity at both ends of the court.

Carmelo Anthony #15 of the Denver Nuggets takes a shot over James Posey #41 of the New Orleans Hornets in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at Pepsi Center on April 29, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.