Tracy McGrady left early in the first quarter with a strained right hip, falling to the floor after colliding with Yao Ming while defending in the lane.

In his absence Bobby Sura scored 19 points and had 11 assists in an 81-68 victory over the Hornets.

``Obviously somebody had to step up, take the shots, and I was able to get in the lane, get penetration and make some plays for myself and my teammates,'' Sura said. ``The penetration really hurt them.''

``I'm just glad we came out of here with a win,'' Wesley said. ``We have a good inside game. Yao didn't play particularly well tonight, but we can go inside, we've got good shooters on the floor. Even though we didn't shoot the ball particularly well, our defense is going to give us a chance to make some mistakes and hopefully all those other things will work out.''