---

The National Basketball Association today announced changes to the 2005-06 New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets’ home schedule.

Five Hornets’ home games that were scheduled to be played at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge have been moved to different venues. Three of those games will be played at the New Orleans Arena:

· March 8 vs. Los Angeles Lakers
· March 18 vs. Denver Nuggets
· March 21 vs. Los Angeles Clippers

The other two games scheduled at LSU will be moved to Oklahoma:

· January 13 vs. Sacramento Kings (site to be determined)
· January 18 vs. Memphis Grizzlies at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City

The NBA will make a decision by the end of January on the location of Hornets’ home games for the 2006-07 season.

Read InsideHoops.com every day for the web's best NBA coverage.