High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2002–03 New Orleans Hornets season was the franchise`s fifteenth season in the National Basketball Association, and their first in New Orleans. Decades after the Jazz relocated to Utah, the NBA returned to New Orleans as the Hornets left Charlotte. Ironically, the Hornets first game in New Orleans was against the Utah Jazz; Baron Davis led the team to a 100–75 victory. The franchise won their first 10 games at home on the way to a 17–7 start. A midseason injury to Baron Davis resulted in a 13 game stretch from mid December to mid January, where the club went 3–13. At the trade deadline the Hornets acquired Kenny Anderson from the Seattle SuperSonics, as Davis was hampered all season with a back injury. With help from Anderson, the Hornets won seven of their last ten games on the way to finishing with a strong record of 47-35, allowing the team to qualify for their fourth straight playoff appearance. They faced the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round, but were eliminated in six games.