ROTATION: Starters --Point guard Steve Blake, Shooting guard Brandon Roy, Small forward Nicolas Batum, Power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, Center Joel Przybilla. Bench -- Guard Rudy Fernandez, Guard Sergio Rodriguez, Forward Travis Outlaw, Forward Channing Frye, Center Greg Oden.
PLAYER NOTES: --G Sergio Rodriguez made only 1-of-4 shots and was 0-for-3 from three-point range, but made his impact off the bench with seven assists and no turnovers in 24 minutes.
--G Brandon Roy has struggled with his shot lately, and it happened again against New Orleans. Roy was 7-of-17 from the field and threw up a forced three-point air-ball inside the final minute. But the All-Star guard finished with 21 points and six assists.
--C Joel Przybilla had a quietly solid game, collecting eight points and seven boards in 22 minutes. Przybilla and C Greg Oden combined to hold Hornets center Tyson Chandler to two points and seven rebounds.
--G Rudy Fernandez scored 10 points, but it was his least productive game in some time. The rookie from Spain had no rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes.
MEDICAL WATCH:
--F Martell Webster, (stress fracture in a foot) hopes to return to duty by mid-December.
