March 17th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in Interestingly, New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul, upon a return from an injury, always seems to do better than prior to suffering said injuries. Case in point is the last three games prior to the Hornets’ game Wednesday night against the Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Arena; since returning from a mild concussion, Paul [...]
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Suns Drop Fourth Straight, Hornets Win 100-95
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What Gives Yao? Four Other Centers That Deserve To Play in The All-Star Game
I noticed something earlier today I glanced at it, and then did a double take. What I saw was that Yao Ming, was the starting center for the Western Conference All-Stars? That can possibly be the case, as he is injured yet again this season and has just played in five games the entire season! [...]
Hornets Rally In Third, Beat Rockets In OT 110-105
There’s one thing that the New Orleans Hornets can say that they’re guilty of: Falling behind early in games. That would certainly be the case as they took on the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on Friday night. Down by 16 in the third, New Orleans, behind David West, managed to rally and defeat Houston [...]
CP-3′s 13 Third Quarter Points Help Hornets Sting Hawks 93-86
“We started the third quarter and we just didn’t have any energy. We came out very lethargic. We stopped running, we stopped pushing the basketball for easy transition points, and we started settling for jump shots.” Those were the words of Atlanta Hawks coach Larry Drew after Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets. What [...]
West Steal Helps Hornets Edge Mavericks 99-97
Wednesday’s best game had to be the tilt between the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Hornets, which took place at New Orleans Arena. If you were looking for high-octane offense by either team, then you’re out of luck. However, if you like a good old-fashioned defense battle, then you wouldn’t be disappointed. Both teams shot [...]
Hornets Dropped From Ranks Of Undefeated By Mavericks 98-95
Sooner or later, it was going to happen. It is what happens to all undefeated teams, regardless of professional or amateur affiliation; in this instance, it happened to the lone member of the NBA’s undefeated. Monday night would find the 8-0 New Orleans Hornets at American Airlines Center taking on the Dallas Mavericks in what [...]
Hornets Still Perfect, Sting Trail Blazers 107-87
I think that it is a safe assumption to say that Chris Paul is the main reason that the New Orleans Hornets were perfect at 7-0, going into their game against the visiting Portland Trail Blazers. Of course, Paul is getting help along the way, but CP-3 is the straw that stirs the drink in [...]
Kobe, Dominant Post Play Lifts Lakers Over Hornets 106-90
Kobe Posterizing Emeka I believe the Hornets big guy lost a “couple of vowels” in his name on that dunk – he still might be trying to retrieve them. You knew he was going to play. So, he was in the starting line-up, and everything was going to be alright. Not until six minutes and [...]