Finally, there was no more to be wrung from the New Orleans Hornets. The task of extending the two-time defending champion Lakers to a winner-take-all Game 7 required more firepower than the Hornets had available. It required more gas than Chris Paul had in reserve, and more spark than he could conjure from his teammates in a 98-80 loss Thursday night that gave Los Angeles a 4-2 series win

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There are no tricks to conjure, no secret weapons to unveil. We all know how tonight has to play out for the New Orleans Hornets to live to fight another day in this series. If they are to do for the third time in the playoffs what they couldn’t accomplish a single time during the regular season, and even the series to earn a trip back to Los Angeles for a deciding Game 7 on Saturday, then New Orleans is going to have to open a gash on the Lakers tonight and keep pounding away.

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New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul, less than an hour removed from Tuesday night’s 106-90 loss in Game 5 to the Lakers in Staples Center, was smiling with sheer anticipation. “The great thing,” said Paul, his team down 3-2 in the best-of-seven first-round Western Conference playoff series against the two-time defending NBA champion Lakers, “is that we get to go back to our home court with our fans behind us.

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Chris Paul chose an opportune time for his first triple-double of the season. Paul had 27 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds, and the host New Orleans Hornets held on for a 93-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night to even their first-round playoff series at 2-2. Wearing a black wrap on his left hand and a small bandage over his right eye, Paul scored 14 of New Orleans’ 24 points in the fourth quarter

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Hornets point guard Chris Paul is averaging 26.5 points and 11.5 assists in the series against the Lakers. Paul scored a team-high 33 points in Game 1 and 20 in Wednesday night’s Game 2. Paul is shooting 55.2 percent from the field

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