[excerpt] The guard slashing to the basket and blowing by defenders on the way down the court wasn't Kobe Bryant.
Chris Paul upstaged the Lakers' superstar with 26 points and 11 rebounds in the New Orleans Hornets' 105-89 victory Wednesday night that snapped their season-high five-game losing streak.
"You won't be seeing too many dudes like that this season, getting into the paint like that," said Bryant, who led Los Angeles with 24 points. "I love his game."
Rasual Butler added 22 points and former Laker Jannero Pargo had 21 off the bench as coach Byron Scott beat the team he helped to NBA championships during the Lakers' "Showtime" era.
"Where our team has changed so much is we didn't let (the losing streak) bother us," Paul said. "Last year I think it would have gotten us down and we would have thought about it too much. But when you play 82 games in this league as fast as you lose them, you can win them just as quick."
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