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Byron Scott had been stewing for more than a day over the Hornets' recent 0-2 road trip to Boston and New York when he finally snapped during shootaround as New Orleans prepared to host the Dallas Mavericks. "We're not a team. We're just a collection of individual basketball players right now," Scott recalled telling his players Wednesday. "I'm pretty good at holding things in for a little while, but when I let 'em out, I kind of let 'em out. I kind of let it out this morning.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score
Wed 11/4	NO	NO 114-107
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Mon 12/14	Dal	8:30 pm
Sun 2/28	Dal	9:30 pm
Mon 3/22	NO	8:00 pm

Game Stats

Mavericks (3-2) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts E Dampier, C 34 14 0 4 16 D Nowitzki, F 37 5 2 6 12 J Kidd, G 44 5 10 1 9 R Beaubois, G 14 0 1 2 9 S Marion, F 39 6 0 1 8 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts J Terry 39 2 3 2 35 J Barea 28 1 3 4 8 K Humphries 19 3 0 3 7 J Singleton 11 4 0 2 3 D Gooden 0 0 0 0 0 Q Ross 0 0 0 0 0 M Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 J Howard 0 0 0 0 0 T Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 S Williams 0 0 0 0 0

Hornets (2-3) Season Stats | Roster Starters Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts C Paul, G 45 5 7 5 39 D West, F 43 10 5 3 25 E Okafor, C 41 13 3 4 11 M Peterson, G 29 5 0 2 8 J Wright, F 18 7 1 1 0 Bench Name Min Reb Asst PF Pts B Brown 30 1 1 5 18 D Songaila 16 2 1 2 10 P Stojakovic 29 1 3 0 3 J Posey 8 0 2 2 0 H Armstrong 7 0 1 2 0 D Brown 0 0 0 0 0 D Collison 0 0 0 0 0 I Diogu 0 0 0 0 0 S Marks 0 0 0 0 0 M Thornton 0 0 0 0 0

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Injury Report

Mavericks Date Player Injury 11/15 E Dampier, C Illness 10/20 J Howard, GF Recovery from ankle surgery

Hornets Date Player Injury 11/23 H Armstrong, FC Injured right shoulder 11/13 C Paul, PG Sprained left ankle

Player News

Mavericks Shawn Marion (DAL) News: Marion went through parts of practice on Monday, but his ankle was still too tender for him to participate fully, the Dallas Morning News reports. "I tried to get through as much [of practice] as I could. I can't push off the way I want to. We want to get it back as close to 100 percent as we can."  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Shawn Marion (DAL) News: Marion (ankle) is targeting a Tuesday return when the Mavericks play the Warriors, the Dallas Morning News reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Erick Dampier (DAL) News: Dampier has been attending games and sitting on the bench in a suit with an undisclosed illness, the Associated Press reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Hornets Hilton Armstrong (NO) News: Armstrong re-aggravated a shoulder problem in Sunday's loss to the Heat.  (STATS - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Ike Diogu (NO) News: Diogu (knee) will sit out another two weeks to rest his injury, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) James Posey (NO) News: Posey had 14 points (5-11 FG, 4-8 3Pt), six rebounds and three assists in Sunday's loss to Miami.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)