Lakers tonight

By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 23, 2008 12 AM PT

Time: 5 PST.

On the air: TV: Channel 9; Radio: 570, 1330.

Where: New Orleans Arena.

AT NEW ORLEANS

Records: Lakers 22-5, Hornets 16-7.

Record vs. Hornets: 1-0.

Update: The Lakers had a 21-point lead cut to three but held off the Hornets, 93-86, last month at New Orleans Arena. After a slow start, the Hornets have won four consecutive games and 11 of their last 13. Point guard Chris Paul had eight steals in a recent game against Sacramento and is averaging 20.3 points, 11.8 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 3.04 steals a game.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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