New Orleans Hornets

The New Orleans Hornets were a bit shorthanded at the Hive on Friday night in their matchup with the Detroit Pistons. Rookie Anthony Davis sat out with a sprained shoulder, while top reserve and forward Jason Smith learned he'd miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum in his shoulder. Despite that, New Orleans "shouldered" the load, defeating the Pistons 100-95.

No Anthony Davis. No Eric Gordon. No way the New Orleans Hornets were going to beat the Thunder in Oklahoma City, right? Right.

Perhaps the struggling Sacramento Kings were just what the doctor ordered for the New Orleans Hornets.

After playing solid ball for the first 11 minutes of the 4th quarter, the New Orleans Hornets held a 4 point lead with 55 seconds left. Poor defense and a late turnover allowed the Dallas Mavericks to steal the game at the Hive, defeating the Hornets 104-100. It was disappointing to...

Anthony Davis and Greivis Vasquez each had double-doubles, but it wasn't enough to overcome fourth quarter failures.

There are butt kickings, and then there's what the New Orleans Hornets did to the Portland Trail Blazers Wednesday night.

New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon has missed the second game of back-to-backs since returning from his knee injury in December. Now, he'll miss a game for a different reason. Gordon will not play tonight when the Hornets host the Portland Trail Blazers because of...

New Orleans' frontcourt of Anthony Davis, Robin Lopez, Al-Farouq Aminu, and Ryan Anderson combined for 67 points, 36 rebounds, and 10 blocks, on their way to a dominating 105-86 road victory over the Detroit Pistons.

Greivis Vasquez had been experiencing a mid-season slump on the Hornets' road trip last week. He snapped out of it Wednesday night at home. The New Orleans point guard scored...

The New Orleans Hornets looked utterly exhausted on Saturday night in Minnesota. Mentally and physically fatigued, the Hornets played their fourth game in five nights. It wasn't pretty.

The current season-long road trip has not been kind to the Hornets. After beginning with a win against the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans has lost their last three. Last night was the first lopsided game, as the Denver Nuggets trounced the Hornets 113-98. Turnovers hurt the Hornets Friday night, leaving the...

For the second night in the row, the New Orleans Hornets trailed by double-digits in the 4th quarter, rallied to cut the deficit to 1, but came up short in the end. Poor defense down the stretch by New Orleans led to a 104-99 loss to the Utah Jazz. Eric Gordon sat...

The New Orleans Hornets began a stretch of 4 road games in 5 days on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. Things looked bleak with 5:30 minutes to go in the fourth quarter versus the Lakers, but New Orleans put together a 21-4 run in a remarkable 3 minute stretch, cutting the deficit to 1 with...

The New Orleans Hornets used a fourth quarter rally, and the hot hand of Ryan Anderson, to pick up a 91-83 road victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, in Memphis, Tennessee.

The New Orleans Hornets announced this week that beginning in the 2013-2014 NBA season they will change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans.

New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson officially announced the Hornets’ name will switch to the New Orleans Pelicans beginning next season. The name change will begin next season, but merchandise is already available in the team store located at the New Orleans Arena. Benson said that...

The NBA's New Orleans Hornets will officially change the name of their franchise to the New Orleans Pelicans at a news conference on Thursday, according to a Yahoo! Sports source. The team will also debut an entirely new color scheme of blue, gold and red. Several logos fitting that description have been leaked online, but none has yet been deemed official.

While the New Orleans Hornets battle the Spurs in San Antonio tonight, the last thing on their mind will be pelicans. However, Hornets fans will all have pelicans on their mind from tonight until tomorrow when...

Playing an early matinee game on MLK day did nothing to disrupt the offensive flow of the New Orleans Hornets. Ryan Anderson scored 27 off the bench, leading the Hornets to an authoritative 114-105 victory at the Hive.

New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers didn't pretend like Wednesday night's game in Boston versus the Celtics was just like any other game. His Father, Celtics coach Doc Rivers, would be competing against him. Austin and his teammates earned an impressive 90-78 victory Wednesday night, making the...