New Orleans Hornets beat Orlando Magic 92–89 for the NBA belt (Jan 12, 2011)

Orlando Magic had held it since December 25, 2010, with 7 defenses over 18 days.

New Orleans Hornets held it for 17 days and 8 defenses, then lost it to Sacramento Kings on January 29, 2011.

2,597Reign number

10Team's reign

8Defenses

17Days held

Box score

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Marcus Thornton	31	22	9	1	1	0	7-18	2-8	6-6
Emeka Okafor	45	18	14	0	0	0	8-11	0-0	2-8
Trevor Ariza	45	16	4	2	2	0	7-12	2-4	0-0
David West	36	13	10	4	0	2	6-18	0-0	1-2
Chris Paul	40	12	5	13	1	0	5-12	0-1	2-3
Willie Green	17	7	2	1	0	0	3-6	1-2	0-0
Aaron Gray	7	2	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0
Jarrett Jack	14	2	2	1	0	0	1-6	0-1	0-0
Marco Belinelli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Jason Smith	7	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0
Quincy Pondexter	16	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0
DJ Mbenga	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3P	FT
Dwight Howard	48	29	20	0	1	2	13-19	0-0	3-7
Jason Richardson	43	21	7	1	1	0	8-16	5-8	0-0
Ryan Anderson	20	14	8	0	0	2	5-9	4-7	0-0
Hedo Turkoglu	34	8	3	4	0	0	2-10	2-3	2-3
Brandon Bass	31	6	9	0	0	0	3-13	0-0	0-0
JJ Redick	34	5	0	2	0	0	2-11	1-8	0-0
Gilbert Arenas	14	4	2	2	1	0	2-5	0-2	0-0
Jameer Nelson	38	2	1	10	0	0	1-9	0-3	0-0
Chris Duhon	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Earl Clark	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Jason Williams	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0
Quentin Richardson	—	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0

New Orleans Hornets take the belt