Hornets looking to end their three-game slide tonight when they host the Los Angeles Clippers. Game tips at 7 Central.

These two teams met just last week in L.A., with the Hornets riding some hot shooting to a blowout victory. Since then, the Clippers have fallen to the visiting Thunder and Raptors, before winning in OKC on Sunday. They come to New Orleans with a 4-7 record.

The Clips are still without Eric Gordon (strained undercarriage) and Blake Griffin (bum knee). Chris Kaman continues to put up big numbers, Baron Davis is always a threat and Al Thornton dropped 20 in Oklahoma City last game.

For the Hornets, Chris Paul is out indefinitely as the Hornets refuse to give straight answers about his ankle injury. Darren Collison will start again at point tonight. NOLA.com reports that Hilton Armstrong will also be unavailable due to a shoulder sprain (read: Kiwi time).

I’ll be chatting it up again over at ESPN’s Daily Dime Live during the game. Drop on by, bring a friend.

Linkage:

• Earlier on the blog: Breaking Down the Rookies and some Random Thoughts
• Journals: Consequences of a Short Term CP3 Injury
• Lagniappe: Mardi Gras jersey design leaked, and some other stuff
  
• Rival bloggers: ClipperBlog.com | Clips Nation

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