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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.

Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce dishes off the ball past New Orleans Hornets forward David West during the first half Sunday in Boston.

A pair of teams hoping to rebound from brutal season openers get together Friday night, when the New Orleans Hornets host the Sacramento Kings down on the bayou.

New Orleans Hornets forward David West, right, drives past San Antonio Spurs center Matt Bonner during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Oct.

New Orleans Hornets Coach Byron Scott says the shooting woes of his bench was due to a lack of familiarity with each other.

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.

A pair of Southwest Division rivals square off tonight, when the San Antonio Spurs welcome the New Orleans Hornets to the AT&T Center in the season opener for both franchises.