Wesley scored a season-high 25 points and Baron Davis added 20 and a career-high tying 14 assists as Charlotte improved to 2-2 on its season-high six-game road swing. They combined for 40 points and 12 assists in Thursday's 95-89 triumph over the Portland Trail Blazers.
"Tonight was great," Davis said. "I'm proud that we came back after a tough game last night and played with some energy and poise. We played well defensively in not giving up the lead. It was key that we kept plugging and plugging and believed in ourselves."
 Larry Hughes and the Warriors found resistance against the Hornets. Rocky Widner NBAE/Getty Images |
Mashburn was placed on the injured list with an abdominal strain on November 19 and the Hornets had lost five of seven games before coming out to the West Coast.
"I thought the guys gave a hugh effort after a tough game last night," Charlotte coach Paul Silas said. "Overall, the guys kept pushing and kept the pressure and eventually they made them crack a little bit."
Rookie Troy Murphy had a season-high 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Warriors, who have lost five of their last six games and dropped their fifth straight meeting with the Hornets.
"David Wesley came out and shot the heck out of the ball in the first quarter and that really took us out of the zone. We were hoping to stay in the zone," Murphy said. "It was effective against a good point guard (Allen Iverson) and we were hoping it would be effective against Baron Davis but Wesley really (messed) that plan up."
Wesley connected on a season-high 10 baskets and moved ahead of Alonzo Mourning for fifth place on the franchise scoring list with 4,571 points.
Murphy's basket pulled Golden State within 77-70 with 10:23 left before Charlotte went on a 22-9 run to open a 99-79 lead with 3:54 remaining.
"Basketball is a game of runs," Murphy said. "They went on a run and gave it to us. We're having a tough time right now but (the season is) a marathon, not a sprint."
Hughes gave the Warriors their last lead, 7-6, with a free throw with 8:57 left in the first quarter, but the Hornets used a 16-4 run to go ahead by 11 points with 4:56 left in the period and maintained a double-digit lead throughout most of the second and third quarters.
"We jumped out early, so it was tough for them to come back because they would have had to play perfect for them to reach us," said Hornets center Elden Campbell, who contributed 21 points. "We made it tough for them to fight back all night."
Matt Bullard came off the bench with 11 -- making three 3-pointers -- for Charlotte, which shot 55 percent (45-of-82) from the field, including 44 percent (7-of-16) from long range.
The Hornets were outrebounded, 41-39, but outscored the Warriors, 56-32, in the paint.
Antawn Jamison had 13 points and seven rebounds and Danny Fortson chipped in 12 and seven as Golden State shot 42.5 percent (34-of-80). Bob Sura added 13 and Chris Mills had 10 as the Warriors' bench outscored the starters for the third time this season (47-42).
"Someone shoots 55 percent on you, it's pretty tough to win," Golden State coach Dave Cowens said. "They shot the (heck) out of the ball and we didn't. You look at any stat sheet, any team with the highest percentage normally wins."
Golden State was particularly let down by Erick Dampier, who grabbed three rebounds and did not score in 20 minutes.
"I didn't play the way I was capable of playing," Dampier said. "It was an off night. Not that they had a great defense, (but) we didn't play well as a team."