Hornets cool off Celtics with win

NEW YORK: The New Orleans Hornets found a way to cool off the red-hot Boston Celtics on Saturday, coming from behind the beat the team with the best record in the NBA 113-106.

The Celtics came into New Orleans having just completed a sweep of three games in Texas that made them the first team to take all three from the San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks on the same trip in seven years. But they blew an early 15-point lead and fell to the young and talented Hornets, the leaders of the Southwest Division.

"We know they were coming in hot," Hornet David West told reporters after scoring 37 points in his team's ninth straight home victory. "They beat all three Texas teams. We just wanted to play hard tonight."