Miami Heat @ New Orleans Hornets

Preseason

3-2, 0-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Heat MIA	16	13	36	11	76
Hornets NO	27	18	19	26	90

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

1-2, 1-1 Home

Matchups

MIA

Season tied

1-1

Game 1@ NO

Final

Game 2@ MIA

Final

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

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