NBA professional basketball team season
The 2011–12 New Orleans Hornets season was the 10th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since the 2004–05 season, Chris Paul was not on the roster as he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers during the lockout. Paul was supposed be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers but then commissioner David Stern vetoed the trade. The post-Chris Paul era Hornets finished the shortened season with a 21–45 record, last in the Western Conference.
Key dates [ edit ] Draft picks [ edit ] Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team 2 45 Josh Harrellson United States Kentucky
2011–12 New Orleans Hornets roster Players Coaches Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From SF 0 Aminu, Al-Farouq 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1990-09-21 Wake Forest SF 1 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985-07-30 UCLA PF 15 Ayón, Gustavo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1985-04-01 San José State SG 8 Belinelli, Marco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1986-03-25 Italy SG 10 Gordon, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1988-12-25 Indiana SG 4 Henry, Xavier 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991-03-15 Kansas PG 2 Jack, Jarrett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 197 lb (89 kg) 1983-10-28 Georgia Tech C 35 Kaman, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1982-04-28 Central Michigan PF 24 Landry, Carl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1983-09-19 Purdue C 50 Okafor, Emeka 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1982-09-28 Connecticut PF 14 Smith, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986-03-02 Colorado State PF 42 Thomas, Lance 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1988-04-24 Duke PG 21 Vásquez, Greivis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 211 lb (96 kg) 1987-01-16 Maryland C 31 Watkins, Darryl 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 258 lb (117 kg) 1984-11-08 Syracuse
Head coach Assistant coach(es) Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended(DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster Last transaction: April 18, 2012
Pre-season [ edit ] Due to the 2011 NBA lockout negotiations, the programmed pre-season schedule, along with the first two weeks of the regular season were scrapped, and a two-game pre-season was set for each team once the lockout concluded.
Regular season [ edit ] Standings [ edit ] Game log [ edit ] 2011–12 game log Total: 21–45 (Home: 11–22; Road: 10–23) December: 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
January: 2–16 (home: 1–9; road: 1–7)
February : 4–10 (home: 1–5; road: 3–5)
March: 5–12 (home: 2–6; road: 3–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Dallas W 97–92 Rodrigue Beaubois (25) Chris Kaman (13) Greivis Vásquez (7) New Orleans Arena 9–27 37 March 3 Indiana L 84–102 Jarrett Jack (18) Solomon Jones (9) Gustavo Ayon (4) New Orleans Arena 16,379 9–28 38 March 5 @ Portland L 74–86 Marco Belinelli (18) Chris Kaman (11) Three players (3) Rose Garden 20,520 9–29 39 March 7 @ Sacramento L 98–99 Jarrett Jack (25) Chris Kaman (11) Chris Kaman (8) Power Balance Pavilion 13,487 9–30 40 March 9 @ Denver L 97–110 Lance Thomas (18) Four players (5) Greivis Vásquez (8) Pepsi Center 19,155 9–31 41 March 10 @ Minnesota W 95–89 Chris Kaman (20) Al-Farouq Aminu Chris Kaman (6) Jarrett Jack (7) Target Center 20,123 10–31 42 March 12 Charlotte L 71–73 Jarrett Jack (15) Chris Kaman (16) Jarrett Jack (9) New Orleans Arena 15,254 10–32 43 March 14 L. A. Lakers L 101–107 (OT) Jarrett Jack (30) Chris Kaman (12) Jarrett Jack Greivis Vásquez (6) New Orleans Arena 17,272 10–33 44 March 15 Washington L 89–99 Chris Kaman (20) Gustavo Ayon (9) Greivis Vásquez (6) New Orleans Arena 14,256 10–34 45 March 17 @ New Jersey W 102–94 Marco Belinelli Chris Kaman (20) Gustavo Ayon (9) Greivis Vásquez (9) Prudential Center 11,271 11–34 46 March 21 Golden State L 92–101 Jarrett Jack (17) Jarrett Jack (10) Jarrett Jack (11) New Orleans Arena 13,959 11–35 47 March 22 L. A. Clippers W 97–90 Chris Kaman (20) Chris Kaman (10) Jarrett Jack (9) New Orleans Arena 17,209 12–35 48 March 24 San Antonio L 86–89 Jarrett Jack (27) Gustavo Ayon (13) Greivis Vásquez (6) New Orleans Arena 16,118 12–36 49 March 26 @ L. A. Clippers L 85–97 Al-Farouq Aminu (15) Carl Landry (10) Jarrett Jack Greivis Vásquez (7) Staples Center 19,060 12–37 50 March 28 @ Golden State W 102–87 Marco Belinelli (22) Al-Farouq Aminu Carl Landry (8) Jarrett Jack (9) Oracle Arena 18,771 13–37 51 March 29 @ Portland L 93–99 Marco Belinelli (27) Jason Smith (9) Greivis Vásquez (6) Rose Garden 20,499 13–38 52 March 31 @ L. A. Lakers L 85–88 Jarrett Jack (18) Jason Smith (10) Jarrett Jack (10) Staples Center 18,997 13–39
April : 8–6 (home: 6–2; road: 2–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 53 April 1 @ Phoenix L 75–92 Marco Belinelli Jason Smith (14) Al-Farouq Aminu (8) Greivis Vásquez (6) US Airways Center 15,753 13–40 54 April 4 Denver W 94–92 Trevor Ariza Eric Gordon (15) Chris Kaman (10) Greivis Vásquez (10) New Orleans Arena 15,020 14–40 55 April 6 @ San Antonio L 103–128 Eric Gordon (31) Three players (6) Eric Gordon (4) AT&T Center 18,581 14–41 56 April 7 Minnesota W 99–90 Jason Smith (26) Chris Kaman Jason Smith (10) Greivis Vásquez (10) New Orleans Arena 15,520 15–41 57 April 9 L. A. Lakers L 91–93 Marco Belinelli (20) Carl Landry (11) Greivis Vásquez (11) New Orleans Arena 17,275 15–42 58 April 11 Sacramento W 105–96 Jason Smith (22) Chris Kaman (10) Jerome Dyson Greivis Vásquez (5) New Orleans Arena 16,906 16–42 59 April 13 Utah W 96–85 Eric Gordon (25) Jason Smith (8) Eric Gordon Greivis Vásquez (6) New Orleans Arena 16,326 17–42 60 April 15 Memphis W 88–75 Eric Gordon (18) Carl Landry (11) Greivis Vásquez (9) New Orleans Arena 15,570 18–42 61 April 16 @ Charlotte W 75–67 Greivis Vásquez (20) Carl Landry (12) Greivis Vásquez (6) Time Warner Cable Arena 10,876 19–42 62 April 18 @ Memphis L 91–103 Jerome Dyson (24) Darryl Watkins (13) Greivis Vásquez (9) FedExForum 14,507 19–43 63 April 19 Houston W 105–99 (OT) Eric Gordon (27) Carl Landry Gustavo Ayon (10) Greivis Vásquez (9) New Orleans Arena 18,315 20–43 64 April 22 @ L. A. Clippers L 98–107 Eric Gordon (17) Jason Smith Al-Farouq Aminu (8) Greivis Vásquez (7) Staples Center 19,060 20–44 65 April 24 @ Golden State W 83–81 Marco Belinelli (23) Al-Farouq Aminu (11) Greivis Vásquez (7) Oracle Arena 17,598 21–44 66 April 26 @ Houston L 77–84 Jerome Dyson (15) Al-Farouq Aminu Darryl Watkins (10) Greivis Vásquez (6) Toyota Center 16,602 21–45
2011–12 season schedule
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