GAME RECAP

IMPACT PLAYER

Greivis Vasquez,

New Orleans

The third-year point guard led the Hornets back by dissecting the Wolves with pick-and-roll plays, finding his big men for open shots and recording his third consecutive double-double (18 points, 13 assists).

BY THE NUMBERS

18 Wolves' first-quarter lead, 29-11.

4 Hornets' winning streak after they had lost 11 in a row earlier this season.

4-18 The Wolves' three-point shooting figures. The worst team in the league at that this season did it again with a 22.2 percent night.

5 Wolves starters in double figures, but their depleted bench got outscored 45-14 by the Hornets' reserves.

JERRY ZGODA