Julian Wright News

Chris Paul had 24 points and 10 assists on a sore ankle, Devin Brown scored 25 points and the New Orleans Hornets bounced right back from a blowout loss with a 112-84 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.

Kobe Bryant loses his balance after being fouled by the New Orleans Hornets' Devin Brown during the first half of the Lakers' 104-88 victory Sunday night in Los Angeles.

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

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.

The Hornets led at the start, kept it close the rest of the game, and then were out-executed by the Celtics when the Boston starting five entered with a few minutes left.

Blogging from New Orleans Arena, second row mid-court.... PRE-GAME 6:41 p.m. Same starting lineup for the Kings, but one defensive adjustment coach Paul Westphal informed me about.

Reuters New Orleans Hornets forward Julian Wright loses control of the ball while trying to dribble around 2 hrs 58 mins ago BOSTON Paul Pierce sparked the unbeaten Boston Celtics with 27 points in a 97-87 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday.

Hornets vs. Celtics Game time: 6pm CSN Team Leaders Scoring Bos : Paul Pierce 20 ppg Hornets : Chris Paul 28.5 ppg Rebounding Bos: Pierce, S.Williams 7.3 rpg Hornets : Emeka Okafor 11.5 rpg Assists Bos: Rajon Rondo 12.3 apg Hornets : Paul 6.5 apg Who'll go off: Paul Pierce.

The Kings were a jump shooting team early while the Hornets got plenty of points at the free-throw line.

The New Hornets' season opener featured an impressive debut by the team's most significant offseason acquisition, but a poor performance by the retooled team as a whole.

I had a meeting with my general contractor tonight at 6:30.A We are planning some major home renovations in the near future.A Grateful for my Dish Network DVR, I set the satellite to record the Hornets opener.

Morris Peterson will be the Hornets' starting shooting guard this season but he'll have plenty of help.

Unlike NFL teams, which monitor the waiver wire for potential pickups before the start of the regular season, NBA teams tend to wait weeks before choosing to bring on someone else's reject.

The New Orleans Hornets announced on Monday they have exercised the 2010-11 club option on forward Julian Wright.

Entering the final two preseason games, Hornets Coach Byron Scott said it is too early to say if first-round draft pick Darren Collison has earned a spot in the rotation for next week's regular-season opener at San Antonio.

Al Thornton scored six of his 20 points over the final 1:23 and DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 91-88 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

As another extended practice came to a close Wednesday, New Orleans Hornets center Emeka Okafor stood alone as his teammates went through a half-court drill.

Chris Paul doesn't expect the New Orleans Hornets to be favored to win the Western Conference, and he's fine with that.

Starters David West and Julian Wright both left Wednesday's practice with injuries, but Coach Byron Scott said he will not have any updated information until Thursday.