Hornets 96, Hawks 77

Thursday, January 11th 2007, 6:19 am

By: News On 6

ATLANTA (AP) _ Jannero Pargo scores 24 points and Rasual Butler adds 21 to help the New Orleans Hornets end a five-game losing streak with a 96-to-77 win over the listless Atlanta Hawks.

The injury-riddled Hornets had dropped eight of nine and 19 of 23 games before beating an Atlanta team Wednesday night that's lost two straight, 10 of 11 and 14 of 16 games.

Joe Johnson was 6-for-24 from the field to finish with 13 points for Atlanta. Josh Childress, who took over at point guard after Speedy Claxton hurt his knee and missed the second half, had a team-high 19 points.

After going 5-and-5 on the road to start the season, the Hornets had lost seven straight away from New Orleans and Oklahoma City.