Can the Hornets Conquer the West?
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The New Orleans Hornets are going to have their work cut out for them in the 2004-05 season. When the NBA approved its realignment plan, the Hornets became the newest member of the Western Conference as the expansion Charlotte Bobcats were placed in the East, giving each conference 15 clubs comprised of three divisions of five teams.
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(Sports Network) - The New Orleans Hornets lost to the Phoenix Suns, 107-96, on Wednesday at New Orleans Arena. Smith scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Hornets, while PJ Brown and Baron Davis added 18 apiece.
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Honeybees massacred by oriental assassins The French honey industry is under threat from hoards of bee-massacring oriental hornets, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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The Hornets are one of the surprises of the NBA. But in post-Katrina New Orleans, fans aren't coming, and the franchise may be on the move again soon
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Dan Dickau scored a career-best 23 points and the New Orleans Hornets won their first home game of the season, 98-89 over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
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The Sporting News - The race for the top of the Power Poll isn't the only one exciting the masses these days. There's quite a battle going on to see who will coach the Western Conference All-Stars. The honor -- or obligation, depending upon your perspective -- goes to the coach of the team with the best record through the games of February 3 (though the Suns' Mike D'Antoni is ineligible because he coached the West last year). Because of the Celtics' runaway lead in the East, Doc Rivers already has wrapped up that gig.
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Hey, you take them when, and where, you can get them. And that means a road win over the expansion Charlotte Bobcats at the midway point of the 2004-05 season -- a down-to-the-wire, white-knuckle win -- suits the Celtics just fine.
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PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - The New Orleans Hornets are  going to have their work cut out for them in the 2004-05  season. When the NBA approved its realignment plan, the Hornets  became the newest member of the Western Conference as the  expansion Charlotte Bobcats were placed in the East, giving  each conference 15 clubs comprised of three divisions of five  teams.
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The red-hot New Orleans Hornets cruised to their ninth straight victory, crushing the Denver Nuggets 117-93 on Monday.
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The New Orleans Hornets are moving to the Western Conference without Jamal Mashburn ... for at least one season. Mashburn and the Hornets will announce later Monday that the former All-Star will
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The United States emphatically reasserted its dominance over Puerto Rico. Coming soon: a chance to reclaim its old spot on top of the basketball world.
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SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- The Sacramento Monarchs should get a rousing welcome Friday when they host the Seattle Storm in Game One of the Western Conference finals.
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Dan Dickau can play in the NBA, after all. The point guard scored a career-high 23 points &#151; including a four-point play on a 32-footer at the third-quarter buzzer &#151; to help the New Orleans Hornets win at home for the first time this season, 98-89 over Golden State on Wednesday night.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Although it was more competitive than most of their other trips to the West Coast in recent years, the result was the same.
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The Clippers had the perfect antidote in town to stop a five-game losing streak ... the New Orleans Hornets. But instead of playing fundamentally sound to take advantage of the
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It's finally here - an honest-to-goodness Road Trip. Most of the teams in the Eastern Conference have ventured into the Mountain and Pacific time zones this season. Every team but the Celtics and Bobcats has had at least one road game against a Western Conference foe.
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The red-hot Utah Jazz cruised to their ninth consecutive win, topping the New Orleans Hornets 110-88 in a battle of Western Conference division leaders on Monday.