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**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 10:25 AM

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One of the best games during Chris Paul's first month of his rookie season came against the Atlanta Hawks. After one of the worst performances of his second season, Paul finally will face them again.

Led by the reigning rookie of the year, the New Orleans Hornets look to match their longest home winning streak of the season and avoid falling further back in the Western Conference playoff hunt when they conclude their season series with the struggling Hawks on Wednesday night.

Paul, selected fourth overall from Wake Forest in 2005, had 25 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds to lead the Hornets (27-30) to a 95-92 win over the Hawks (22-35) on Nov. 18, 2005 -- his eighth game as a pro.

He missed the season-series finale on Jan. 7, 2006 because of a torn ligament in his right thumb, and also sat out New Orleans' 96-77 win on Jan. 10 with an ankle injury.

Paul, averaging 17.6 points per game, was held to only seven in a 97-89 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night. Devin Brown, Paul's backcourt mate, didn't score in 19 minutes.

"They were awful -- 3-for-8, seven points between the two of them," Hornets coach Byron Scott said. "That's not going to get it done."

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Hawks didn't have Josh Smith for the last meeting between these teams. We know Josh can be a beast at times. Hopefully tonight won't be one of those times.

Phoenix32 · 02-28-2007, 12:27 PM

I hope Hornets gonna win... They lost last night against Cavs, it wasn;t good, now they came back home and have posibility to beat Hawks... If Hornets wanna play in da playoffs they have to beat the same oponents like this one...

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix32

I hope Hornets gonna win... They lost last night against Cavs, it wasn;t good, now they came back home and have posibility to beat Hawks... If Hornets wanna play in da playoffs they have to beat the same oponents like this one...

I agree Phoenix32. And if the Hornets lose tonight, I think their run for the playoffs will begin to look very dim.

supermati · 02-28-2007, 04:46 PM

We really need to win this, I'm on to the plane back to Argentina, good luck Hornets, good luck everybody.

See you back soon, like tomorrow.

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by supermati

We really need to win this, I'm on to the plane back to Argentina, good luck Hornets, good luck everybody.

See you back soon, like tomorrow.

See you soon supermati! Hurry back!

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 05:42 PM

Tyson with 11pts and 5rebs in the 1st quarter.

bee-fan · 02-28-2007, 06:15 PM

They are playing much better tonight, even Devin (who I've been concerned about). We just need to finish this game strong and pull us out a win.

bee-fan · 02-28-2007, 07:46 PM

Good win, we really needed this one. The next five games look downright scary. They need to pull a couple of wins out.

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bee-fan

Good win, we really needed this one. The next five games look downright scary. They need to pull a couple of wins out.

Yes, this was a much needed win. I'm glad Paul and Devin finally woke up. They were awful last night. Chicago on Friday right?

Time for B-Jax to wake up too. Doesn't he have an injured finger or something right now?

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 08:14 PM

I'm keeping an eye on Denver/Orlando and Seattle/L.A. Clippers. Looks like Denver is going to pull this one out.

bee-fan · 02-28-2007, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by girllovesthegame

Yes, this was a much needed win. I'm glad Paul and Devin finally woke up. They were awful last night. Chicago on Friday right?

Time for B-Jax to wake up too. Doesn't he have an injured finger or something right now?

I'm glad you brought that up, he had a broken thumb. He did have a couple of good games recently, so I'm hoping he's just going through a rough couple of games. But if he's not healed, he need to take a seat on the bench for a while.

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bee-fan

I'm glad you brought that up, he had a broken thumb. He did have a couple of good games recently, so I'm hoping he's just going through a rough couple of games. But if he's not healed, he need to take a seat on the bench for a while.

Agree.

**girllovesthegame** · 02-28-2007, 09:58 PM

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- One night after struggling badly in a loss to Cleveland, the backcourt of Chris Paul and Devin Brown came through for the New Orleans Hornets.

Paul had 24 points, 13 in the fourth quarter, and 13 assists, while Brown scored 19 points as the Hornets beat the Atlanta Hawks 107-100 Wednesday night.

Paul had just seven points and Brown was scoreless in the road loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday.

"I haven't been shooting the ball, really, at all, and I wanted to come out and be aggressive," said Brown, who took only two shots against the Cavs. "One thing I wanted to do tonight is come out and answer the bell."

He hit two 3-pointers to start the game and had 14 points in the first half. Paul did much of his damage later, after the Hawks had tied the score at 80 early in the fourth quarter. He hit a 3-pointer during a 10-0 run, capping the spurt with an assist on an alley-oop dunk by Tyson Chandler, who finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Paul then scored the Hornets' next six points and assisted on another basket.

"I was just taking what the defense gave me," Paul said. "Finally I hit a 3 and it sort of opened things up for me."

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