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New Orleans Hornets starting center Tyson Chandler and starting small forward Peja Stojakovic participated in Tuesday's full-court scrimmage and Coach Byron Scott said both are likely to play Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks.

"We'll see how they feel in the morning, but I'll say right now both are a go,'' Scott said.

The New Orleans Hornets may be at full strength for Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks if a pair of injured starters play as expected.

Center Tyson Chander, who has missed the last two games with a sprained right ankle, and forward Peja Stojakovic, who sat out Saturday's win over the Cleveland Cavaliers with the same injury, both said at Wednesday morning's shoot-around they'd suit up for the Hawks.

ChrisTheFuturePaul wrote:What a joke of a game from the Hornets (except for CP3) woulda been better off keeping Chandler & Peja rested..

But it's ok I guess, we needed to lose one so everyone forgets we're contenders again ;p

"We thought we could just turn it on whenever we got ready," said Hornets point guard Chris Paul, who scored a team-high 22 points. "They were just better than us. We have to understand it's a long season. We lost a game. We would like to go 82-0, but it wasn't very likely. We just have to find out what our identity is and we have to start establishing it."

"We just came out flat and they had a little more pep in their step," said West, who scored 15 points but could not avoid stretches when he was unable to make shots. "They kept us on our heels defensively, and we couldn't stop them."