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Rookies lead Hornets past Hawks, 96-88

NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Hornets' two rookies left the New Orleans Arena with bright-colored, glittery suitcases specially selected for them by veterans, Darren Collison's with a "Little Mermaid" theme and Marcus Thornton's emblazoned with Tinkerbell's smiling visage.

"It keeps us grounded, I'll tell you that much," Collison said.

The way Collison and Thornton are playing lately, the Hornets might want to think of other ways to keep their egos in check. (MORE)

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Final	1	2	3	4	Tot
Atlanta	19	23	18	28	88
New Orleans	22	27	22	25	96

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Final Boxscore

Leaders	Atlanta	New Orleans
Points	J. Crawford 20	D. Collison 22
Rebounds	A. Horford 11	2 tied with 10
Assists	J. Smith 7	D. Collison 11

Standings
Southeast Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
Atlanta	11	3	.786	--
Orlando	10	3	.769	0.5
Miami	7	5	.583	3.0
Charlotte	3	9	.250	7.0
Washington	3	9	.250	7.0
Full Standings

Hawks Leaders
Points:	J. Johnson	22.6
Rebounds:	A. Horford	10.1
Assists:	J. Johnson	4.9
FG%:	A. Horford	57.1%
Steals:	J. Smith	1.6
Blocks:	J. Smith	2.6

Offense (Rank)
Points:	105.5 (5)
Rebounds:	43.7 (8)
Assists:	21.1 (14)
FG%:	46.9% (9)
FT%:	78.6% (7)
3P%:	32.9% (19)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	98.9 (15)
Rebounds:	40.8 (10)
Assists:	20.9 (18)
FG%:	45.5% (18)
FT%:	76.7% (21)
3P%:	36.4% (20)

Next 5
Date	Opp	Previous
11/26	vs. Orl	-
11/27	@ Phi	-
11/29	@ Det	-
12/2	vs. Tor	-
12/4	vs. NY	W 114-101 11/11
Full Schedule

Last 10
Date	Opp	Final
11/21	@ NO	L 88-96
11/20	vs. Hou	W 105-103
11/18	vs. Mia	W 105-90
11/16	vs. Por	W 99-95
11/14	vs. NO	W 121-98
11/13	@ Bos	W 97-86
11/11	@ NY	W 114-101
11/7	vs. Den	W 125-100
11/6	@ Cha	L 83-103
11/4	@ Sac	W 113-105

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
10/21/2009	G. Siler	Waived
10/21/2009	C. Sims	Waived
10/21/2009	M. West	Waived
10/20/2009	M. Wilks	Waived
10/20/2009	J. Dixon	Waived
10/13/2009	A. Miles	Waived
10/13/2009	F. Robinson	Waived
9/30/2009	A. Miles	Signed as Free Agent
9/30/2009	F. Robinson	Signed as Free Agent
9/30/2009	G. Siler	Signed as Free Agent

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
No Recent Injuries for this team

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