The ' hometown Hornets ' won the game 94 – 92.

Again, the Sixers won their first round series in four games, this time defeating the Charlotte Hornets.

The Hornets were in the lottery again in 1992, and won the second overall pick in the draft, using it to select Georgetown center Alonzo Mourning.

The Hornets also won their first-ever division title, winning the Southwest Division.

The Hornets finished the season with a 37 – 45 record, finishing last in the Southwest division they had won only two seasons before.

It was the first time since 1991 ( when the team was located in Charlotte ) that the Hornets won the draft lottery.

The Hornets ' most consistent state-level athletic success has come in wrestling, in which five students have won a total of seven individual state titles ( Ralph Edwards and Gary Pierson in 1972, Ethan Harris in 2005, Danny Coyne in 2006, and a three-year unbeaten run by Steven Bradley from 1996 to 1998 ).

In 2002, Norfolk presented a proposal to bring the Charlotte Hornets basketball team to southeastern Virginia, but New Orleans won the bid for the team, renaming it the New Orleans Hornets.

In February 1998 the British-French Matra British Aerospace consortium won a contract to supply ASRAAM to the Royal Australian Air Force for use on their F / A-18 Hornets where the improved ASRAAM, the Rafael Python 4 and the AIM-9X were competitively evaluated, with ASRAAM selected over the other two contenders.

In March 2010, the Lady Hornets basketball team won the NCAA Division II National Championship, defeating the Fort Lewis College ( Colorado ) Skyhawks.

The final against Rochdale Hornets, at Knowsley Road, was won 16 – 5.

Popovich won his 100th playoff game on May 19, 2008, on the New Orleans Hornets ' home court.

Through the years, the Hornets won championships in the North Carolina League ( 1902, 1916 and 1923 ), Piedmont League ( 1931 and 1938 ) Tri-State League ( 1946, 1947 and 1952 ) and Southern League ( 1971 ).

In 1951 the Hornets also won 100 games, while losing 40 with a. 714 winning percentage record.

Larry Johnson won the 1992 NBA Rookie of the Year award and was a two-time All-Star, the first player to represent the Charlotte Hornets franchise at an All-Star game.

Just three weeks after the Moscow match, on 1 April the team suffered their first ever defeat as the Hornets won 32 – 8 and the Crusaders were thus eliminated from the 2006 Challenge Cup.

Over his career, he has played for the Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs ( Daniels was on the 1999 team that won the NBA Championship ), the Portland Trail Blazers, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Washington Wizards and the New Orleans Hornets.

In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts, bringing the total to 27 teams.

The Hornets played their final home game in Oklahoma City during the exhibition season on October 9, 2007 against the Houston Rockets, as a way to say thanks for the temporary hosting.

For instance, the Portland Storm's players were reportedly being fed by sympathetic local fans, while the Charlotte Hornets had their uniforms impounded for not paying a laundry bill from the time the team was located in New York.

The Orlando Magic hosted their first preseason game at Amway Center on October 10 against the New Orleans Hornets.

In their inaugural season, the Hornets were led by ex-Pistons guard Kelly Tripucka, who provided instant offense and was Charlotte's top scorer for the franchise's first two seasons.

On December 23, 1988, the Hornets really gave their fans something to cheer about, beating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls 103 – 101 at the buzzer in Jordan's first return to North Carolina as a professional.

The Hornets finished their inaugural season with a record of 20 wins and 62 losses, and led the NBA in attendance ( a feat they would achieve seven more times in Charlotte ).

The Hornets, who hosted the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, finished their third season with a 26 – 56 record.

The Hornets opened their inaugural season in New Orleans on October 30, 2002, against New Orleans ' previous NBA franchise, the Utah Jazz.

In the subsequent draft, the Hornets used their first round pick to select point guard Chris Paul out of Wake Forest University.

Healthier than previous seasons, the Hornets raced to a 29 – 12 record at the halfway mark, completing the regular season with a record of 56 – 26, making the season their most successful ever.

An important reason for their strong finish was the re-acquisition of Dale Davis, who had been released by the New Orleans Hornets after being traded there by the Golden State Warriors.

The Spurs and the Hornets would battle for seven hard fought games ( with New Orleans earning the upper hand throughout much of the series ), but the Spurs scrapped together a game 7 win on the road ( marking their first ever game 7 win on the road and series win after being down 0 – 2 ) to advance to the Western Conference Finals against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, where their run would come to an end after five games.

On April 5, 2006, the Warriors were officially eliminated from playoff contention with a 114 – 109 overtime loss to the Hornets, extending their playoff drought to 12 seasons.

Failing to make the Detroit roster out of training camp, Henderson was assigned to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate, the Pittsburgh Hornets, to begin the 1963 – 64 season.

Mendon High school is also currently at 13 state championships in football, their most recent coming over Fowler ( 33-0 ) where the Hornets displayed a big game of smash-mouth football.

* Wigan retained their title in the English Rugby League competition, with Oldham, Sheffield Eagles and Rochdale Hornets being relegated.

On December 14, the Bobcats beat the New Orleans Hornets 94 – 93 in overtime in the team's first trip to Charlotte after their move to New Orleans.

On April 9, 2010 the Bobcats clinched their first ever playoff berth with an exciting 104 – 103 road win over the New Orleans Hornets, finishing the 2009 – 10 season with an overall record of 44 – 38, the team's first-ever winning record.

The Miami Heat, an expansion to the NBA along with the Charlotte Hornets, were now in their second-year in need of some offensive help after finishing last in the NBA in points per game in 1988-89.

Eventually, six teams were chosen for the tournament: all three division winners, and three wild cards ; however, the 9-11 Philadelphia Bell were awarded a wild card despite finishing one game behind the 10-10 Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Division, as the Hornets could not afford to travel to Orlando for the first round.

The Heat met the 6th seeded Charlotte Hornets in the first round, the same team they had traded Mashburn and Brown to the previous summer.

However, the Magic were defeated 3 – 1 in the first round of the playoffs by the Charlotte Hornets led by Baron Davis.

Additionally, the Hornets were the first NBA team to popularize the use of pinstripes on uniforms, inspiring similar designs by the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers.

The Hornets ' first NBA game took place on November 4, 1988, at the Charlotte Coliseum, and was a 133 – 93 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Hornets selected Alonzo Mourning with the 2nd overall pick of the 1992 NBA Draft ; 1991 NBA Draft | a year earlier, they selected Larry Johnson ( basketball, born 1969 ) | Larry Johnson with the first overall pick

With the first pick in the 1991 NBA Draft, the Hornets drafted power forward Larry Johnson from University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Finishing fifth in the Eastern Conference, the Hornets upset the Boston Celtics in the first round, with Mourning winning the series with a 20-footer in game four.

The Hornets made it to back-to-back playoffs for the first time in franchise history, and advanced to the second round, only to again be stopped by the Bulls.

In the first regular season NBA game played in New Orleans in over 17 years, the Hornets defeated the Jazz 100 – 75, and posthumously retired # 7 of " Pistol " Pete Maravich during halftime.

The Hornets finished the season with a 47 – 35 record but were defeated by Philadelphia in the first round of the playoffs.

Having clinched the 2nd overall seed for the Western Conference in the 2008 playoffs, the Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks in the first round but eventually lost to the defending-champion San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the conference semifinals.

Paired up with the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the Hornets were eliminated in five games.

On May 30, the Hornets were awarded the first overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.

On December 14, 2011 they traded Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota's 2012 first round pick acquired in 2005 for New Orleans Hornets ' four-time all-star Chris Paul.

In the playoffs, the Lakers defeated the New Orleans Hornets in the first round.

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, the Marching Hornets returned to the state finals in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, for the first time in 19 years, where they placed 5th in Class C on 2009, 7th in Class C in 2010, and 2nd in Class C in 2011.