2012–13 New Orleans Hornets season explained

Team:	New Orleans Hornets
End Year:	2013
Wins:	27
Losses:	55
Division:	Southwest
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	14
Coach:	Monty Williams
Gm:	Dell Demps
Owner:	Tom Benson
Arena:	New Orleans Arena
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	NOH
Television:	Fox Sports New Orleans
Radio:	WWL-FM
Next Name:	New Orleans Pelicans

The 2012–13 New Orleans Hornets season was the 11th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was also the final season the New Orleans franchise played with the Hornets name; the team would change their name to the New Orleans Pelicans shortly after the conclusion of the regular season.

Key dates

May 30: The 2012 NBA Draft Lottery took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The New Orleans Hornets won the 1st and 10th overall picks in the draft.
June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Draft picks

See main article: 2012 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Team
1	1		PF/C		Kentucky
1	10		PG/SG		Duke
2	46		SF		Kentucky

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 7| Orlando| | Brian Roberts (17)| Davis & Anderson (8)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| Mexico City Arena
18,133| 1-0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| October 9| Charlotte| | Anthony Davis (22)| Robin Lopez (13)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
9,264| 2–0|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 11| @ Charlotte| | Brian Roberts (16)| Anthony Davis (9)| Brian Roberts (8)| North Charleston Coliseum
-| 3–0|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 12| @ Houston| | Al Farouq Aminu (15)| Lopez & Thomas (8)| Greivis Vásquez (5)| Toyota Center
10,718| 3-1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| October 18| @ Atlanta| | Anthony Davis (19)| Davis & Anderson (7)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| Philips Arena
8,563| 3–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| October 22| @ Dallas| | Lopez & Anderson (14)| Anthony Davis (17)| Greivis Vásquez (5)| American Airlines Center
16,982| 3-3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| October 24| Houston| | Ryan Anderson (23)| Davis, Lopez & Anderson (8)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
9,278| 3-4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 8| October 26| @ Miami| | Anthony Davis (24)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 4-4

Regular season

Game log

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| October 31| San Antonio| | Anthony Davis (21)| Robin Lopez (9)| Greivis Vásquez (13)| New Orleans Arena
15,358| 0-1

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2| November 2| Utah| | Anderson & Lopez (19)| Al Farouq Aminu (8)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| New Orleans Arena
14,147| 1-1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| November 3| @ Chicago| | Greivis Vásquez (18)| Ryan Anderson (13)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| United Center
21,758| 2-1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| November 7| Philadelphia| | Al Farouq Aminu (10)| Al Farouq Aminu (16)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| New Orleans Arena
12,988| 2-2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| November 9| Charlotte| | Ryan Anderson (25)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
12,668| 3-2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 6| November 14| @ Houston| | Greivis Vásquez (24)| Ryan Anderson (12)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Toyota Center
14,535| 3-3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 7| November 16| Oklahoma City| | Ryan Anderson (15)| Anthony Davis (11)| Roberts & Vasquez (7)| New Orleans Arena
15,458| 3-4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| November 17| @ Milwaukee| | Anthony Davis (28)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| BMO Harris Bradley Center
14,731| 3-5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| November 20| New York| | Ryan Anderson (15)| Ryan Anderson (8)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| New Orleans Arena
13,705| 3-6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| November 21| @ Indiana| | Robin Lopez (21)| Robin Lopez (13)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Bankers Life Fieldhouse
12,633| 3-7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| November 23| @ Phoenix| | Ryan Anderson (34)| Ryan Anderson (11)| Greivis Vásquez (14)| US Airways Center
14,020| 3-8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 25| @ Denver| | Brian Roberts (17)| Darius Miller (8)| Rivers & Vasquez (6)| Pepsi Center
15,402| 3-9|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13| November 26| @ L.A. Clippers| | Greivis Vásquez (25)| Aminu & Anderson (9)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| Staples Center
19,060| 4-9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 14| November 28| Utah| | Lopez & Vasquez (18)| Jason Smith (9)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
10,693| 4-10

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| December 1| Oklahoma City| | Ryan Anderson (21)| Ryan Anderson (10)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| New Orleans Arena
14,547| 4-11|- style="background:#cfc;"| 16| December 3| Milwaukee| | Ryan Anderson (22)| Ryan Anderson (7)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
12,321| 5-11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 17| December 5| L.A. Lakers| | Ryan Anderson (31)| Al Farouq Aminu (10)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
18,449| 5-12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 18| December 7| Memphis| | Anderson, Rivers & Roberts (15)| Jason Smith (5)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
13,698| 5-13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 19| December 8| @ Miami| | Ryan Anderson (24)| Robin Lopez (8)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| American Airlines Arena
19,600| 5-14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| December 11| Washington| | Ryan Anderson (17)| Ryan Anderson (11)| Greivis Vásquez (5)| New Orleans Arena
10,076| 5-15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 21| December 12| @ Oklahoma City| | Ryan Anderson (14)| Robin Lopez (8)| Anderson & Vásquez (5)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 5-16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| December 14| Minnesota| | Austin Rivers (27)| Al Farouq Aminu (8)| Greivis Vásquez (17)| New Orleans Arena
14,671| 5-17|- style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 16| @ Portland| | Ryan Anderson (26)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| Rose Garden
18,772| 5-18|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| December 18| @ Golden State| | Ryan Anderson (28)| Anthony Davis (16)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 5-19|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| December 19| @ L.A. Clippers| | Robin Lopez (22)| Robin Lopez (9)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| Staples Center
19,188| 5-20|- style="background:#fcc;"| 26| December 21| @ San Antonio| | Anthony Davis (18)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (4)| AT&T Center
17,943| 5-21|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 22| Indiana| | Robin Lopez (24)| Robin Lopez (11)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
15,042| 5-22|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28| December 26| @ Orlando| | Robin Lopez (29)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Amway Center
18,846| 6-22|- style="background:#fcc;"| 29| December 28| Toronto| | Anthony Davis (25)| Ryan Anderson (12)| Greivis Vásquez (14)| New Orleans Arena
13,968| 6-23|- style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 29| @ Charlotte| | Eric Gordon (24)| Anthony Davis (10)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Time Warner Cable Arena
18,110| 7-23

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| January 1| Atlanta| | Ryan Anderson (23)| Anthony Davis (13)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| New Orleans Arena
12,712| 7-24|- style="background:#fcc;"| 32| January 2| @ Houston| | Ryan Anderson (18)| Aminu & Lopez (8)| Greivis Vásquez (14)| Toyota Center
18,198| 7-25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33| January 5| @ Dallas| | Greivis Vásquez (25)| Al Farouq Aminu (13)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| American Airlines Center
20,338| 8-25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34| January 7| San Antonio| | Eric Gordon (24)| Al Farouq Aminu (10)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
11,599| 9-25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 35| January 9| Houston| | Mason Jr., Smith,
& Vásquez (17)| Aminu & Smith (10)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
11,453| 10-25|- style="background:#cfc;"| 36| January 11| Minnesota| | Greivis Vásquez (18)| Al-Farouq Aminu (13)| Greivis Vásquez (13)| New Orleans Arena
13,538| 11-25|- style="background:#fcc;"| 37| January 13| @ New York| | Eric Gordon (22)| Al-Farouq Aminu (11)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| Madison Square Garden
19,033| 11-26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 15| @ Philadelphia| | Greivis Vásquez (23)| Ryan Anderson (9)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Wells Fargo Center
17,304| 12-26|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39| January 16| @ Boston| | Al-Farouq Aminu (18)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| Greivis Vásquez (4)| TD Garden
18,624| 13-26|- style="background:#fcc;"| 40| January 19| Golden State| | Eric Gordon (23)| Anthony Davis (12)| Greivis Vásquez (15)| New Orleans Arena
15,472| 13-27|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41| January 21| Sacramento| | Ryan Anderson (27)| Al-Farouq Aminu (11)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
10,880| 14-27|- style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 23| @ San Antonio| | Eric Gordon (17)| Al-Farouq Aminu (12)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| AT&T Center
17,511| 14-28|- style="background:#fcc;"| 43| January 25| Houston| | Eric Gordon (20)| Anthony Davis (7)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| New Orleans Arena
15,302| 14-29|- style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 27| @ Memphis| | Ryan Anderson (22)| Al-Farouq Aminu (12)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| FedExForum
16,277| 15-29|- style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 29| @ L.A. Lakers| | Eric Gordon (25)| Robin Lopez (9)| Greivis Vásquez (15)| Staples Center
18,997| 15-30|- style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 30| @ Utah| | Greivis Vásquez (17)| Al-Farouq Aminu (13)| Greivis Vásquez (13)| EnergySolutions Arena
17,490| 15-31

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 47| February 1| @ Denver| | Ryan Anderson (21)| Anthony Davis (10)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Pepsi Center
17,221| 15-32|- style="background:#fcc;"| 48| February 2| @ Minnesota| | Anthony Davis (18)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| Target Center
16,289| 15-33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 49| February 6| Phoenix| | Greivis Vásquez (19)| Al-Farouq Aminu (11)| Greivis Vásquez (12)| New Orleans Arena
12,148| 16-33|- style="background:#cfc;"| 50| February 8| @ Atlanta| | Eric Gordon (27)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| Greivis Vásquez (12)| Philips Arena
14,022| 17-33|- style="background:#fcc;"| 51| February 10| @ Toronto| | Robin Lopez (19)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| Air Canada Centre
17,177| 17-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52| February 11| @ Detroit| | Ryan Anderson (31)| Al-Farouq Aminu (14)| Greivis Vásquez (13)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
10,177| 18-34|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53| February 13| Portland| | Anthony Davis (21)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
11,656| 19-34|- align="center"|colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break|- style="background:#fcc;"| 54| February 19| Chicago| | Eric Gordon (20)| Anthony Davis (10)| Greivis Vásquez (10)| New Orleans Arena
13,612| 19-35|- style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 20| @ Cleveland| | Brian Roberts (17)| Al-Farouq Aminu (10)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Quicken Loans Arena
16,103| 19-36|- style="background:#fcc;"| 56| February 22| Dallas| | Eric Gordon (23)| Ryan Anderson (12)| Greivis Vásquez (11)| New Orleans Arena
16,538| 19-37|- style="background:#cfc;"| 57| February 24| Sacramento| | Anthony Davis (20)| Ryan Anderson (9)| Greivis Vásquez (13)| New Orleans Arena
12,788| 20-37|- style="background:#fcc;"| 58| February 26| Brooklyn| | Greivis Vásquez (20)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| New Orleans Arena
12,651| 20-38|- style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 27| @ Oklahoma City| | Ryan Anderson (14)| Al-Farouq Aminu (7)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| Chesapeake Energy Arena
18,203| 20-39

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 60| March 1| Detroit| | Greivis Vásquez (25)| Al-Farouq Aminu (14)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
14,189| 21-39|- style="background:#fcc;"| 61| March 4| Orlando| | Anthony Davis (17)| Anthony Davis (15)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| New Orleans Arena
11,050| 21-40|- style="background:#fcc;"| 62| March 6| L.A. Lakers| | Eric Gordon (18)| Al-Farouq Aminu (16)| Greivis Vásquez (12)| New Orleans Arena
16,019| 21-41|- style="background:#fcc;"| 63| March 9| @ Memphis| | Anthony Davis (20)| Anthony Davis (18)| Greivis Vásquez (8)| FedEx Forum
17,501| 21-42|- style="background:#cfc;"| 64| March 10| Portland| | Greivis Vásquez (20)| Ryan Anderson (13)| Brian Roberts (9)| New Orleans Arena
15,036| 22-42|- style="background:#fcc;"| 65| March 12| @ Brooklyn| | Eric Gordon (24)| Anthony Davis (11)| Greivis Vásquez (14)| Barclays Center
17,732| 22-43|- style="background:#fcc;"| 66| March 15| @ Washington| | Eric Gordon (20)| Al-Farouq Aminu (8)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Verizon Center
14,942| 22-44|- style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 17| @ Minnesota| | Greivis Vásquez (24)| Robin Lopez (11)| Greivis Vásquez (5)| Target Center
14,246| 22-45|- style="background:#fcc;"| 68| March 18| Golden State| | Ryan Anderson (21)| Ryan Anderson (9)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
11,844| 22-46|- style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 20| Boston| | Ryan Anderson (21)| Al-Farouq Aminu (9)| Greivis Vásquez (6)| New Orleans Arena
14,740| 23-46|- style="background:#cfc;"| 70| March 22| Memphis| | Robin Lopez (23)| Anthony Davis (15)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
16,494| 24-46|- style="background:#cfc;"| 71| March 25| Denver| | Ryan Anderson (23)| Ryan Anderson (9)| Brian Roberts (18)| New Orleans Arena
11,185| 25-46|- style="background:#fcc;"| 72| March 27| L.A. Clippers| | Eric Gordon (24)| Anthony Davis (9)| Greivis Vásquez (4)| New Orleans Arena
15,128| 25-47|- style="background:#fcc;"| 73| March 29| Miami| | Ryan Anderson (20)| Al-Farouq Aminu (16)| Brian Roberts (5)| New Orleans Arena
18,647| 25-48|- style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 31| Cleveland| | Greivis Vásquez (25)| Anthony Davis (13)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| New Orleans Arena
11,008| 26-48

|- style="background:#fcc;"| 75| April 3| @ Golden State| | Eric Gordon (21)| Anthony Davis (9)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Oracle Arena
19,596| 26-49|- style="background:#fcc;"| 76| April 5| @ Utah| | Anthony Davis (24)| Anthony Davis (12)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| EnergySolutions Arena
18,023| 26-50|- style="background:#cfc;"| 77| April 7| @ Phoenix| | Anthony Davis (20)| Aminu & Anderson (10)| Greivis Vásquez (7)| US Airways Center
16,780| 27-50|- style="background:#fcc;"| 78| April 9| @ L.A. Lakers| | Eric Gordon (22)| Anthony Davis (14)| Greivis Vásquez (9)| Staples Center
18,997| 27-51|- style="background:#fcc;"| 79| April 10| @ Sacramento| | Eric Gordon (23)| Anthony Davis (10)| Eric Gordon (7)| Sleep Train Arena
14,275| 27-52|- style="background:#fcc;"| 80| April 12| L.A. Clippers| | Eric Gordon (25)| Robin Lopez (12)| Brian Roberts (11)| New Orleans Arena
15,206| 27-53|- style="background:#fcc;"| 81| April 14| Dallas| | Ryan Anderson (20)| Robin Lopez (13)| Brian Roberts (6)| New Orleans Arena
17,246| 27-54|- style="background:#fcc;"| 82| April 17| @ Dallas| | Aminu & Gordon (16)| Al-Farouq Aminu (20)| Brian Roberts (6)| American Airlines Center
19,973| 27-55

Standings

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	82	82	26.0	.534		.778	5.6	.8	.4	1.6	11.3
	81	22	30.9	.423	.382	.844	6.4	1.2	.5	.4	16.2
	78	78	34.4	.433	.342	.805	4.3	9.0	.8	.1	13.9
	78	5	17.0	.417	.386	.909	1.2	2.8	.5	.0	7.1
	76	71	27.2	.475	.211	.737	7.7	1.4	1.2	.7	7.3
	69	13	17.7	.433	.415	.907	1.9	1.1	.4	.2	5.3
	64	60	28.8	.516	.000	.751	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	13.5
	61	26	23.2	.372	.326	.546	1.8	2.1	.4	.1	6.2
	59	9	10.9	.500		.729	1.9	.3	.2	.1	2.5
	52	2	13.3	.407	.393	1.000	1.5	.8	.3	.2	2.3
	51	0	17.2	.490	.000	.843	3.6	.7	.3	.9	8.2
	50	2	12.5	.410	.364	.630	1.8	.3	.3	.1	3.9
	42	40	30.1	.402	.324	.842	1.8	3.3	1.1	.2	17.0
^†	18	0	11.6	.429		.500	3.2	.4	.5	.3	2.4
^†	13	0	8.3	.105	.000	.500	1.3	.5	.2	.2	.4
^†	9	0	16.1	.429		.500	3.1	1.0	.9	.3	2.1
^†	3	0	2.0				.0	.3	.0	.0	.0
	2	0	2.5	.667			1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0
^†	1	0	7.0	.500		1.000	.0	.0	1.0	.0	4.0

Transactions

Free agents

Player	Date Signed	Former Team
Eric Gordon	July 14	New Orleans Hornets
Roger Mason	August 4	Washington Wizards

External links

2012–13 New Orleans Pelicans season at ESPN

Notes and References

Web site: Pelicans deal Ariza, Okafor to Wizards for Lewis. June 20, 2012. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. June 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120702114831/http://www.nba.com/2012/news/06/20/hornets-wizards-trade.ap/index.html. July 2, 2012. dead.
Web site: Pelicans, Magic trading Ayon, Anderson. July 8, 2012. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 8, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120710223123/http://www.nba.com/2012/news/07/08/hornets-magic-trade.ap/index.html. July 10, 2012. dead.
Web site: Timberwolves Waive Martell Webster, Trade Brad Miller To Pelicans. July 13, 2012. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 13, 2012.
Web site: HORNETS ACQUIRE LOPEZ AND WARRICK FROM PHOENIX. July 27, 2012. NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 27, 2012.