=== Hornets, Jazz clash in the Big Easy ===
 
 (Sports  Network) -  The New  Orleans Hornets  snapped a  seven-game slide  on
 Monday  night and  return home Wednesday to  host the Utah Jazz at New Orleans
 Arena.
 
 Prior  to Monday  night, the Hornets last  victory came Nov. 9 at home against
 the Charlotte Bobcats. During that losing streak, the Hornets surrendered over
 100  points in each contest and are winless for the season when the opposition
 hits the century mark.
 
 On Monday, the Hornets, who are still without No. 1 overall pick Anthony Davis
 to  an  ankle injury, took  an 11-point lead into  the fourth quarter, but the
 Clippers  battled back and  got within six with less than two minutes to play.
 The  Hornets defended the 3-point line and made four free throws to secure the
 victory.
 
 "We  came  out here tonight  with a mission,"  said guard Greivis Vasquez. "We
 didn't  care who we were going to play, we just wanted to compete and show who
 we are. We showed it tonight. Tonight was a good learning process for us all."
 
 The  Hornets  shot 50.7 percent  from the field on  Monday and a staggering 60
 percent  from  beyond the arc. Ryan  Anderson went 5-for-9 from long distance,
 Vasquez hit 5-for-8 and rookie Austin Rivers made three of his four attempts.
 
 The  Hornets are home for the next five, but it won't be easy in the Big Easy.
 They host Utah, the Oklahoma City Thunder, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers
 and Memphis Grizzlies.
 
 The  Jazz  head into  Wednesday night's contest  after a come-from-behind home
 victory  Monday  night over  the Denver  Nuggets. Derrick  Favors, who is back
 coming  off  the bench after  starting a few games,  hit three big free throws
 late to secure the 105-103 victory.
 
 Favors  contributed 19 off  the bench, but the Jazz were led by 28 points from
 Al  Jefferson.  He shot  10-for-15 from  the floor and  8-for-10 from the foul
 line.
 
 Both point guard Mo Williams and reserve forward DeMarre Carroll are listed as
 game-time  decisions  Wednesday. Williams injured  his foot Friday against the
 Sacramento Kings and has missed the last two games.
 
 Carroll  was key to the win on Monday. Denver didn't even get a shot up in its
 final possession thanks in part to Carroll's collapsing defense.
 
 "When  I saw Ty drive, I've been playing against him all summer, I knew he was
 going  to try and  make something happen and go to the goal," said Carroll. "I
 just tried to come collapse. He saw me and time ran out."
 
 Head  coach Tyrone  Corbin  left  Favors, Carroll  and  fellow reserve  Gordon
 Hayward  in most  of the fourth quarter  Monday as he is still ironing out his
 rotation.
 
 The Hornets beat the Jazz in New Orleans on Nov. 2, 88-86, when Vasquez made a
 floater  with  less than two seconds  left. The Jazz,  who are 2-7 on the road
 this season and 6-0 at home, have lost three straight in the Big Easy.
 
 11/28 10:54:03 ET