CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Antawn Jamison hit a floater in the lane with 6.8 seconds left in the second overtime to lead the Washington Wizards over the expansion Bobcats 126-125 Thursday night, spoiling Charlotte's return to the NBA.
Jarvis Hayes scored 31 points and Jamison had 20 for the Wizards, who dropped their first two preseason games. Anthony Peeler scored 19.
Gerald Wallace had 26 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Bobcats, the league's 30th franchise. Primoz Brezec had 26 points and 11 rebounds, while rookie Emeka Okafor -- the No. 2 pick in this year's draft -- had 18 points.
Jason Hart, who had 19 points, hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Charlotte to send the game to a second overtime. Hart missed a potential game-winning jumper after Jamison's go-ahead basket.
The game was played less than two years after the Hornets left for New Orleans, ending a 14-year run in Charlotte. That stint ended acrimoniously, but 9,948 fans attended the Bobcats' preseason opener.
The fans were quiet at the beginning, probably trying to figure out who's who for the orange-and-white-clad Bobcats, a team loaded with young and obscure players picked up in the expansion draft.
The crowd soon warmed to Wallace, who played in 138 games in three seasons in Sacramento, and the 7-foot-1 Brezec, who played in just 62 games in three seasons with Indiana.
Okafor, who led Connecticut to the national championship in April, hit 8-of-12 shots and had four rebounds. Washington's Larry Hughes sat out the game with a sore left knee, and fellow starter Gilbert Arenas left in the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle.
GERALD PLAYED GREAT IN HIS DEBUT AS A BOBCAT WELL DONE!!...
Jarvis Hayes scored 31 points and Jamison had 20 for the Wizards, who dropped their first two preseason games. Anthony Peeler scored 19.
Gerald Wallace had 26 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Bobcats, the league's 30th franchise. Primoz Brezec had 26 points and 11 rebounds, while rookie Emeka Okafor -- the No. 2 pick in this year's draft -- had 18 points.
Jason Hart, who had 19 points, hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Charlotte to send the game to a second overtime. Hart missed a potential game-winning jumper after Jamison's go-ahead basket.
The game was played less than two years after the Hornets left for New Orleans, ending a 14-year run in Charlotte. That stint ended acrimoniously, but 9,948 fans attended the Bobcats' preseason opener.
The fans were quiet at the beginning, probably trying to figure out who's who for the orange-and-white-clad Bobcats, a team loaded with young and obscure players picked up in the expansion draft.
The crowd soon warmed to Wallace, who played in 138 games in three seasons in Sacramento, and the 7-foot-1 Brezec, who played in just 62 games in three seasons with Indiana.
Okafor, who led Connecticut to the national championship in April, hit 8-of-12 shots and had four rebounds. Washington's Larry Hughes sat out the game with a sore left knee, and fellow starter Gilbert Arenas left in the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle.
GERALD PLAYED GREAT IN HIS DEBUT AS A BOBCAT WELL DONE!!...