Brooks makes coaching debut as Thunder visit Hornets

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11/22/2008 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The woeful Oklahoma City Thunder will have a new look Saturday when they face the New Orleans Hornets in the back end of a home-and- home series in the Big Easy.

After an embarrassing 105-80 loss to New Orleans in Oklahoma City on Friday, the Thunder axed head coach P.J. Carlesimo and replaced him with assistant coach Scott Brooks on an interim basis.

The Thunder have lost 10 straight games en route to a league-worst 1-12 record.

Carlesimo, who was in his second season with the team, guided the Seattle SuperSonics to a franchise-worst 20-62 record in 2007-08, the organization's final campaign in the Emerald City.

David West scored 19 points and Chris Paul scored 17 to go with six assists and six rebounds Friday in the Hornets blowout win testerday.

Devin Brown scored 16, while Hilton Armstrong and Peja Stojakovic each had 13 for the Hornets, who passed the .500 mark on the season,

Kevin Durant scored 17 points, while Nick Collison tallied 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder. Rookie Russell Westbrook scored 15.

The Hornets have won six straight games over Seattle/Oklahoma City.

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