Topic: New Orleans Hornets

Mavericks owner upset with Hornets trade for Kings' Carl Landry

DALLAS (Reuters) - A relatively minor deal among the rash of NBA trades this week has left Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban fuming."That's just wrong. That's just wrong. That's just absolutely, positively wrong," Cuban said of the Sacramento Kings sending forward Carl ...

Bobcats extend contract of head coach Paul Silas

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Charlotte Bobcats have extended the contract of head coach Paul Silas through the 2011-12 season and removed the interim tag from his job title, the NBA team said Wednesday.Silas, 67, who was named the club's interim ...

Paul fined $15,000 by league for verbal abuse of official

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul has been fined $15,000 for verbal abuse of a game official, the NBA said on Friday.The incident occurred during the Hornets' 103-101 overtime loss to the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday when ...

Lakers storm back in final quarter to sting Hornets

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol combined to score 66 points and lead the twice defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers to a 101-95 win against the New Orleans Hornets on Saturday.The Lakers squandered a 14-point lead in ...

Montenegro's Pavlovic signs with Hornets

Sasha Pavlovic, an eight-year NBA veteran forward from Montenegro, signed a 10-day contract with the New Orleans Hornets on Friday.Pavlovic will ease the load on a injury-depleted Hornets squad that saw forward Trevor Ariza sprain his right ankle on Wednesday in a ...

Durant scores 43 to power Thunder over Hornets

NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant sank 43 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to power the Oklahoma City Thunder past New Orleans 104-93.Durant leads the NBA with five 40-point games this season and cracked the mark for the third time in the past ...

Kevin Durant extends scoring binge in Thunder win over Hornets

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Kevin Durant continued his prolific scoring streak with 43 points Wednesday to lift his Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-93 victory over the New Orleans Hornets.Durant, who tied an NBA season-high with 47 points last week against the ...

Kings stand firm to take sting out of Hornets

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Sacramento Kings held off a late-charging New Orleans Hornets to halt the visitors' 10-game winning streak with a 102-96 triumph on Saturday.The Kings surged clear with a 12-0 run early in the second quarter to hold a ...

Hornets to stay in New Orleans nest for the moment

The NBA New Orleans Hornets will remain in the Louisiana city for at least another season after meeting an attendance goal that prevents an escape clause activation in their arena lease.The Hornets, who were forced to play two seasons out of Oklahoma ...

West's game-winning shot at buzzer stings Thunder

David West sank the game-winning shot with 0.5 seconds left and Chris Paul had a crucial steal late in the game as New Orleans beat Oklahoma City 91-89 to win their ninth straight game Monday.West had 20 points while Paul finished with ...