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Hornets snap long skid by slipping by Magic

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Robin Lopez had a season-high 29 points and Greivis Vasquez scored 27 points as the New Orleans Hornets snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 97-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

Larry Holder, nola.com

Pierre Thomas, Jed Collins also miss Wednesday's practice

Katherine Terrell, nola.com

NFC playoff spots still up in the air going into the last week

ESPN.com

There won’t be any scoreboard-watching by NFC South teams Sunday because the Falcons already have clinched everything they can clinch and the other three teams are out of the playoffs. But there might be some stat-sheet-watching as two division teams at…

Mike Triplett, nola.com

A breakdown of the total team effort in overtime that led to Saints' 34-31 victory