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Hornets-Pacers preseason
10/08/08 - 10:08 PM
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Chris Paul scored 17 points, and the New
Orleans Hornets beat the Pacers 105-71 in Indiana’s preseason
opener on Wednesday night.
Former Pacer Peja Stojakovic scored 14 points and Tyson Chandler
had 11 rebounds for the Hornets, who topped Golden State 106-103 in
their preseason opener on Sunday.
It was the first time Pacers fans got to see their new-look
team. The Pacers made two draft-day moves that brought seven new
players, including point guards T.J. Ford from Toronto and Jarrett
Jack from Portland.
Ford led the Pacers with 15 points in just under 20 minutes.
Jack had 11 points and eight rebounds, but had eight turnovers.
Indiana’s Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy and Travis Diener sat out
with injuries.
The Pacers used the game to pay respect to their past. It was
played at the Pepsi Coliseum, the team’s home in the 1960s and ‘70s
during its American Basketball Association days, instead of Conseco
Fieldhouse.
The Pacers pulled out their white throwback uniforms, and even
brought back their old coach for a quarter. Pacers coach Jim
O’Brien spent the first quarter helping on the radio broadcast,
while former coach and current radio commentator Bobby “Slick”
Leonard returned to the sideline. Leonard became the Pacers’ coach
in 1969 and led them to three ABA championships before the league
merged with the NBA.
Leonard, wearing a salmon-colored suit jacket, threw up a
ceremonial opening tip before moving to the bench. Many former ABA
Pacers were introduced during a halftime ceremony.
New Orleans led 27-20 at the end of the first quarter, and would
have been up 10 if Jared Jordan would have released his
three-quarter-court heave a few moments earlier. The Hornets led
52-42 at halftime, and 78-48 at the end of the third quarter.
Notes: Eight Hornets players, including 2008 All-Stars Paul
and David West, met presidential candidate Barack Obama on
Wednesday and took a picture with him. Obama was in Indianapolis
for a campaign stop. ... Indiana rookie center Roy Hibbert was
given a flagrant two foul and ejected in the fourth quarter for
hitting New Orleans’ Melvin Ely with an elbow. ... Austin Croshere,
a free agent Indiana got last month, started the game. He spent the
first nine years of his career with the Pacers before playing the
past two seasons for Dallas and Golden State. He finished with one
point and seven rebounds in 15 minutes.

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