• Hornets try to get their offense back up to speed
When the Hornets went through their video review session of last week's loss to Portland, Coach Byron Scott kept rewinding the tape.

• Marks adjusting to Hornets' players, system
When Hornets backup forward Sean Marks played last Thursday against the Denver Nuggets, it marked the end of a frustrating six-week period for the nine-year veteran.

• Peja Stojakovic is bouncing back after an early season shooting slump.
Until he combined to make 18 of 37 shots for a 17-point average in games last week against the Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers, Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic was struggling to live up to his reputation as one of the league's better perimeter shooters.

• Team camaraderie is not an issue
Remember what it was like, Hornets fans, when this team had its share of malcontents and ego-driven individuals who thought they were bigger than the game?

• Chandler back with team
PORTLAND, ORE. -- After arriving in Los Angeles at midday Friday, three days after becoming a father for the second time, Hornets center Tyson Chandler wasn't prepared to hand out cigars celebrating the birth of his son, Tyson.

• Trail Blazers surge, snap Hornets' streak
PORTLAND, ORE. -- Putting together a decisive 17-0 run during the last three minutes of the third quarter and first two of the fourth, the Trail Blazers remained unbeaten at home this season, dropping the Hornets 101-86 Friday night at the Rose Garden.

• Armstrong starts vs. Nuggets
DENVER -- The Hornets' center position had a different look Thursday night when New Orleans faced the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center.

• HORNETS AT TRAIL BLAZERS
Time/place: 9 p.m. at The Rose Garden (20,630) in Portland

• A TIME FOR THANKS
CHRIS PAUL: "I'm most thankful for life and having my family and girlfriend. Those are the people who make you who you are, so I'm thankful for having them in my life."

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Hornets at Nuggets

• ON THE RISE
DENVER -- -- Sometimes in the course of the development of a young player, an event takes place, perhaps a strong move to the basket, a critical rebound or a blocked shot, that causes a light to suddenly glow.

• In the past three games, Chris Paul and David West have been more assertive, the rest of the Hornets are feeding off of it, and the team appears to be jelling
LOS ANGELES -- After going through a stretch last week of five losses in seven games, David West and Chris Paul are taking over games in an effort to carry the Hornets to victories.

• Clippers' Davis presents challenge for N.O.'s Paul
LOS ANGELES -- In three games against Chris Paul last season, former Hornets point guard Baron Davis often relied on post-up moves to shoot over him.

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HORNETS (7-5) AT CLIPPERS (2-11)

• Hornets hit road with renewed vigor
LOS ANGELES -- -- Earning his fifth career triple-double, Hornets point guard Chris Paul appeared happy after the Hornets' second consecutive victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

• Victories provide Hornets some relief
The patient can't yet be declared cured, not after being given a couple of injections by an opponent that has been the remedy for anything that ails anyone in the NBA. But it's no small thing to say that in back-to-back smacks of Oklahoma City, the Hornets looked like the Hornets for the first time in more than two weeks.

• Brooks takes over for fired Carlesimo
About 16 hours after being hired as head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, which fired P.J. Carlesimo after Friday night's 25-point loss to the Hornets, Scott Brooks talked about his admiration for the man who gave him an NBA job a year ago and his vision for the team's future.

• Paul, West carry N.O. to win again over OKC
It was a complete performance, with Hornets point guard Chris Paul dishing assists, making driving layups and grabbing rebounds Saturday night against the struggling Oklahoma City Thunder.

• Hornets' return one of pride for OKC
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A stunning confluence of natural and unnatural events brought this once-sleepy flatland town out of the shadows and into the klieg lights of big-time sports.

• HORNETS at THUNDER
Time/place: 8:30 p.m., Ford Center (19,134).

• Hornets expect homecoming atmosphere
OKLAHOMA CITY -- It's possible it will be difficult to distinguish the home team tonight at the Ford Center when the Hornets return there for their first regular-season game since 2007, as the team was ending its two-year, storm-induced exile from New Orleans.

• Jackson shows old team what it misses
In his first game this season against his former teammates, Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson initially struggled Wednesday night at the New Orleans Arena.

• KINGS' RANSOM
By the end of the third quarter, not one of former Hornets guard Bobby Jackson's three attempts from the field had found the bottom of the net as the Sacramento Kings were battling to scratch out a win.

• Let the good times and big events roll
You could call it a roll, but New Orleans has been on one of these before -- several times before, to be exact. You could call it impressive if the city hadn't already, in the past, been considered even more impressive when it comes to consideration for such things.