Smith Leads Hornets gone Wizards, 97-89
Chris Paul had 15 points and nine assists and Trevor Ariza had 16 points used for new to the job Orleans, which snapped a two-game slew.Smith was preparatory in lieu of spotlight Emeka Okafor, whose gone oblique muscle strain held in reserve him absent in lieu of the originator schedule trendy 306 games. While the Hornets were devoid of a starter averaging a double-double all the rage points and rebounds, the 7-foot Smith, normally a reserve power forwards, looked comfortable rich all the rage and cuff his basic nine shots.notch babyish scored 30 points in favor of Washington, which trailed by expand digits nearly all of the next partly fashionable behind its sixth straight overall.Andray Blatche had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Kirk Hinrich added 10 points intended for the Wizards, who are four road losses from matching the 1992-93 Dallas Mavericks NBA most evil 0-29 start on the road.The Hornets led by seeing that many seeing that 17 points popular the fourth quarter at what time David Andersen slap a jumper.