National Basketball Association

Hornets win one for Bower against Clippers

Published Nov. 18, 2009 6:15 a.m. ET

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Jeff Bower calmly walked off the court and quickly into the tunnel, doing little to attract attention to himself after his first win as an NBA coach.

When he first took over for the fired Byron Scott on Thursday, he said the change was about a New Orleans Hornets team he believed could play better because he had assembled it as general manager.