New Orleans Hornets (18-10) at Charlotte Bobcats (10-16), 7 p.m.

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(Sports Network) - The New Orleans Hornets close out a short two-game road trip when they pay a visit to the Charlotte Bobcats tonight. The Hornets have won three straight games and opened the trek with a 116-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday at FedExForum. Chris Paul scored 40 points and dished out nine assists for the Hornets, who have won six of their last nine games. David West added 20 points and nine rebounds, while Peja Stojakovic chipped in 21 points for New Orleans. The Hornets are 10-5 away from home this season. Meanwhile, Charlotte will conclude a brief two-game homestand on Friday and has lost two straight, four of six and 12 of the last 16 games. In Wednesday's 108-104 setback to the Washington Wizards at Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Gerald Wallace finished with a season-high 32 points, nine boards and eight assists. Jason Richardson added 27 points in the loss, as the Bobcats fell to 9-7 at home in 2007-08. New Orleans and Charlotte split a pair of meetings last season. The Hornets have won four of the six all-time meetings. The Hornets are 1-2 in games played at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Eastern Atlantic W-L Pct. GB Boston 66-16 .805 --- Toronto 41-41 .500 25 Philadelphia 40-42 .488 26 New Jersey 34-48 .415 32 New York 23-59 .280 43 Central W-L Pct. GB Detroit 59-23 .720 --- Cleveland 45-37 .549 14 Indiana 36-46 .439 23 Chicago 33-49 .402 26 Milwaukee 26-56 .317 33 Southeast W-L Pct. GB Orlando 52-30 .634 --- Washington 43-39 .524 9 Atlanta 37-45 .451 15 Charlotte 32-50 .390 20 Miami 15-67 .183 37 Western Southwest W-L Pct. GB New Orleans 56-26 .683 --- San Antonio 56-26 .683 --- Houston 55-27 .671 1 Dallas 51-31 .622 5 Memphis 22-60 .268 34 Northwest W-L Pct. GB Utah 54-28 .659 --- Denver 50-32 .610 4 Portland 41-41 .500 13 Minnesota 22-60 .268 32 Seattle 20-62 .244 34 Pacific W-L Pct. GB LA Lakers 57-25 .695 --- Phoenix 55-27 .671 2 Golden State 48-34 .585 9 Sacramento 38-44 .463 19 LA Clippers 23-59 .280 34

Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % J.Richardson 82 38.4 21.8 .441 3.1 5.4 1.4 0.7 166 243 .752 G.Wallace 62 38.3 19.4 .449 3.5 6.0 2.1 0.9 180 71 .731 R.Felton 79 37.6 14.4 .413 7.4 3.0 1.2 0.2 213 56 .800 E.Okafor 82 33.1 13.8 .535 0.9 10.7 0.8 1.7 164 0 .570 M.Carroll 80 25.2 9.0 .428 0.9 2.8 0.6 0.2 58 105 .804 N.Mohammed 82 20.1 7.8 .515 0.9 6.0 0.5 0.7 101 0 .583 J.Dudley 73 18.9 5.8 .468 1.1 3.9 0.8 0.1 50 9 .737 E.Boykins 36 16.0 5.1 .355 2.7 0.9 0.4 0.0 41 14 .831 D.Anderson 28 14.1 5.0 .376 1.6 1.9 0.4 0.0 25 19 .737 W.Herrmann 17 10.2 4.0 .385 0.2 2.1 0.2 0.0 4 9 .900 J.Davidson 38 8.4 3.2 .408 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.4 17 0 .643 R.Hollins 60 8.9 2.5 .489 0.2 1.8 0.2 0.5 25 0 .671 O.Harrington 22 7.5 2.1 .429 0.2 1.9 0.0 0.2 11 0 .625 P.Brezec 20 13.3 1.9 .395 0.3 2.2 0.0 0.2 15 0 .600 Player Gm Min Pts FG % A Reb Stl Blk TO 3pt FT % C.Paul 80 37.6 21.1 .488 11.6 4.0 2.7 0.1 201 92 .851 D.West 76 37.8 20.6 .482 2.3 8.9 0.8 1.3 165 6 .850 P.Stojakovic 77 35.2 16.4 .440 1.2 4.3 0.7 0.1 61 231 .929 T.Chandler 79 35.2 11.8 .623 1.0 11.7 0.6 1.1 136 0 .593 B.Wells 22 19.9 8.8 .490 0.8 3.2 1.1 0.4 27 4 .660 J.Pargo 80 18.7 8.1 .390 2.4 1.6 0.6 0.1 93 65 .877 M.Peterson 76 23.6 8.0 .417 0.9 2.7 0.6 0.1 41 113 .765 B.Jackson 46 19.3 7.1 .392 1.7 2.4 0.7 0.1 31 53 .816 R.Butler 51 17.2 4.9 .350 0.7 2.0 0.3 0.4 10 44 .839 J.Wright 57 11.2 3.9 .533 0.7 2.1 0.5 0.2 34 10 .635 M.Ely 52 11.9 3.9 .472 0.4 2.8 0.1 0.3 42 0 .552 H.Armstrong 65 11.3 2.7 .453 0.4 2.5 0.2 0.5 59 0 .629 M.James 21 8.7 2.7 .344 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.0 7 7 1.000 R.Bowen 53 12.4 2.2 .490 0.5 1.9 0.6 0.2 15 0 .552 C.Andersen 5 6.8 1.2 .286 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.8 1 0 .500 No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 1 Anderson,D. G 6-5 195 7/18/74 Kentucky 11 Boykins,Earl G 5-5 133 6/2/76 Eastern Mich. 13 Carroll,Matt G 6-6 212 8/28/80 Notre Dame 15 Hollins,Ryan C 7-0 230 10/10/84 U-C-L-A 20 Felton,R. G 6-1 198 6/26/84 North Caroli. 23 Richardson,J. F 6-6 225 1/20/81 Michigan Sta. 24 Harrington,O. F 6-9 235 1/31/74 Georgetown 3 Wallace,G. F 6-7 220 7/23/82 Alabama 33 Davidson,J. F 6-10 230 11/17/84 Alabama 35 Morrison,Adam F 6-8 205 7/19/84 Gonzaga 4 Dudley,Jared F 6-7 225 7/10/85 Boston Colle. 42 May,Sean F 6-9 266 4/4/84 North Caroli. 50 Okafor,Emeka F 6-10 255 9/28/82 Connecticut 6 Mohammed,Nazr C 6-10 250 9/5/77 Kentucky No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB College 1 Andersen,C. C 6-10 228 7/7/78 Blinn JC (TX. 12 Armstrong,H. C 6-11 235 11/11/84 Connecticut 16 Stojakovic,P. F 6-10 229 6/9/77 Serbia & Mon. 2 Pargo,Jannero G 6-1 175 10/22/79 Arkansas 24 Wells,Bonzi G 6-5 210 9/28/76 Ball State 3 Paul,Chris G 6-0 175 5/6/85 Wake Forest 30 West,David F 6-9 240 8/29/80 Xavier 32 Wright,Julian F 6-8 225 5/20/87 Kansas 33 Ely,Melvin F 6-10 261 5/2/78 Fresno State 40 Bowen,Ryan F 6-9 218 11/20/75 Iowa 45 Butler,Rasual G 6-7 205 5/23/79 La Salle 5 James,Mike G 6-2 188 6/23/75 Duquesne 6 Chandler,T. C 7-1 235 10/2/82 Dominguez HS 9 Peterson,M. G 6-7 220 8/26/77 Michigan Sta. Charlotte CENTERS Emeka Okafor Nazr Mohammed Ryan Hollins POWER FORWARDS Gerald Wallace* Othella Harrington* Jermareo Davidson Sean May* SMALL FORWARDS Jason Richardson Jared Dudley Adam Morrison* POINT GUARDS Raymond Felton Earl Boykins SHOOTING GUARDS Matt Carroll Derek Anderson Coach Sam Vincent New Orleans CENTERS Tyson Chandler Melvin Ely Hilton Armstrong POWER FORWARDS David West Chris Andersen Ryan Bowen SMALL FORWARDS Peja Stojakovic Bonzi Wells Rasual Butler Julian Wright POINT GUARDS Chris Paul Mike James SHOOTING GUARDS Morris Peterson Jannero Pargo Coach Byron Scott