Last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder took advantage of Chris Paul's absence to beat the New Orleans Hornets for the first time since relocating from Seattle. 上球季雷霆利用CP不在的情況下擊敗黃蜂。 The Thunder will now have to contend with Paul when they host the Hornets for the first time this season Monday night. 本季雷霆則要在CP在陣的情況下面對黃蜂。 Paul played in each of New Orleans' 10 consecutive wins in this series spanning nearly three calendar years, but the All-Star point guard missed a Feb. 3 matchup while preparing for arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Oklahoma City won 103-99. 這三年來CP在陣時，黃蜂對上雷霆是10連勝。但CP在今年2月3日的比賽缺席，那場比賽 雷霆以103-99獲勝。 With Paul still recovering from surgery, the Thunder also claimed a 98-83 home victory March 10. David West scored 33 points but no other Hornets player had more than 11. 而在保羅復健時，3月10日雷霆又以98-83獲勝。 Now healthy, Paul will try to help his club prevail in a matchup of teams that have cooled off lately. 現在健康的保羅試圖在近況不佳的兩隊比賽中帶領黃蜂突圍。 The Hornets have dropped three of four since opening 11-1 for the first time in franchise history. They gave up a season high for points in Sunday's 109-95 loss to San Antonio after previously allowing a league-low 91.1 per game. 黃蜂近四場輸三場，並在上場對馬刺的比賽時丟掉本季新高的109分。 After building a 17-point halftime lead, New Orleans (12-4) was outscored 65-34 over the final 24 minutes and 37-18 in the fourth quarter. 黃蜂上半場遙遙領先但到下半場突然被屠殺。 "We've got to execute better on offense and push the tempo. That's my fault," Paul said. "I pushed it in the first half and I guess I didn't in the second half and they were able to get their defense set. I've got to pick up the pace. 保羅說：「我們需要執行更好的進攻並且推動節奏，那是我的錯。我上半場有做到但 下半場沒有做到，讓他們有機會站穩防守的陣腳。我應該要抓穩節奏。」 Oklahoma City (11-6) has dropped two of three - including a 99-98 loss at Houston on Sunday night - after winning a season-high five in a row. 雷霆近三場則是輸掉兩場，包含上一場98-99輸給火箭。 The Thunder rallied from an eight-point halftime, and were within a point with 29 seconds left, but Kevin Durant missed a short jumper just before the buzzer. 雷霆追回半場八分的落後但最後KD無法演出絕殺。 "We battled back and no one on our team gave up and we had a shot to win," coach Scott Brooks said. "Kevin's shot was on line but just a little short. We had a chance to win down the stretch." The league's scoring leader (27.4 ppg), Durant finished with 18 points after scoring no fewer than 23 in his previous 10 games. Russell Westbrook had 23 points after scoring a career-high 43 in a 110-106 overtime win at Indiana on Friday night. Durant has shined against the Hornets, averaging 32.6 points and shooting 56.7 percent the last five times he's faced them. KD對上黃蜂會爆走，平均32.6分、56.7%命中率。 Paul has averaged 20.5 points and 11.6 assists in his last eight games versus the Thunder, who haven't beaten the Hornets in Oklahoma City when he's been in the lineup. 保羅對上雷霆則有20.5分與11.6助攻，並帶領黃蜂在OKC保持不敗(CP在陣時)。 --

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