December 30th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Hornets standout shooting guard Eric Gordon, who hit the winning basket in New Orleans’ season opener at Phoenix, is out for Friday night’s rematch with the Suns. Gordon, who scored a team-high 20 points in the opener, also missed the Hornets’ previous game on Wednesday night with a bruised right knee. The former Hooiser sharpshooter is [...]
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Hornets SG Eric Gordon Sidelined Again With Knee Injury Tonight vs. Phoenix
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Eric Gordon Sits Out Home Opener Tonight vs. Celtics
New Orleans Hornets star shooting guard Eric Gordon was scratched from tonight’s home opener against the Boston Celtics because of a bruised right knee. Gordon bumped the knee in in the third quarter of Monday night’s season-opening win at Phoenix. The Indiana alum hit the game-winning jumper with 4.2 seconds left to lift the Hornets past the Suns, 85-84. [...]
Grizzlies Trade PG Greivis Vasquez To New Orleans For SF Quincy Pondexter
The Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets swapped second-year players on Saturday, allowing both teams to add depth at weak positions. For New Orleans, they picked up point guard Greivis Vasquez, who will provide them with a capable ball handler off the bench to backup Jarrett Jack. Vasquez gives the club size at 6-foot-6 in [...]
New Orleans sends Chris Paul to Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers have completed a trade with the league-owned New Orleans Hornets to obtain the services of All-NBA point guard Chris Paul. The Clippers will ship standout shooting guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, second-year (8th overall) small forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota’s unprotected 2012 first-round pick to the Hornets for CP3. The Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks
Paul’s Powerful Performance Stings Lakers 93-88; Kobe Injures Foot
Kobe Coming Up Hurt In The 4th “It’s more my foot,” Kobe said. “It’s not really my ankle. It’s my foot…I don’t really hurt that too often, so, it’s a little different for me.” Series tied at 2 apiece. It’s apparent more than a game was lost in the Big Easy, with Kobe seen leaving [...]
CP-3 OH! Paul’s 33 Helps Hornets Sting Lakers 109-100
The Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets. Two teams that while obviously are winning franchises, hardly resemble each other. The Lakers have Kobe Bryant and a decent supporting cast; however, at the point, they’re iffy at best. The Hornets, on the other hand, have one of the better point guards in the National Basketball [...]
Hornets Outlast Jazz In OT 121-117, West Hurt
The New Orleans Hornets, fresh off a loss to the Boston Celtics, were at the time of this recap just one-half game behind the Memphis Grizzlies in the Western Conference playoff chase. So to say that their game against the Utah Jazz at Energy Solutions Arena on Thursday night was a must-win game is an [...]
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 [...]