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NEW ORLEANS (AP)\u2014Hornets starting forward and leading scorer David West<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span>
\nhas a torn left knee ligament and is out for the season.<\/p>\n

General manager Dell Demps says an MRI performed on Friday revealed a torn
\nanterior cruciate ligament. West was injured Thursday night in the Hornets\u2019
\n121-117 overtime win at Utah.<\/p>\n

West scored 29 points in the game before being taken off in a wheelchair
\nholding his head and grimacing in pain after going down hard after a dunk that
\ntied the game at 103.<\/p>\n

The Hornets, who play at Phoenix on Friday night, currently hold the seventh
\nof eight playoff seeds in the Western Conference with nine regular season games
\nremaining. West\u2019s primary backup is Carl Landry<\/a>(notes)<\/a>,<\/span> whom the Hornets acquired in a
\ntrade in February.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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