New Orleans Hornets will want to improve on their standings after going 1-2 so far this season. Currently on their east coast trip, they had a run in with the formidable Celtics and struggled to gain momentum and lost by 10. But this is only the start for the Hornets, who made a brilliant off season move of getting a young Okafor, who can now be the centrepiece of the Hornets franchise along with CP3 and West. The experience of Peja Stojakovic has also been proving well coming off the bench and netted 26 points in their last game, giving the veteran leadership in the rotation. The Knicks have been 0-3 after struggling against Miami and Charlotte away and Philidelphia at home, and will seek to avoid their first 0-4 start in 4 seasons. Although the Knicks are running the D'Antoni style of defence, in which the best form of defence is attack. While they struggled for shooting in their last time out in OT vs Sixers, they actually took 99 shots in that game. This tells us that they are looking for the long range shots, and not looking to improve on the percentage shots. Hornets would be looking to the other teams that have beaten the Knicks and put a bit of emphasis on defence as a way to keep the Knicks on the arc and shoot from around, as they can they can be able to keep the inside tight.