CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- After starting the 2003-04 season with a 1-19 record, the Orlando Magic look for their first 3-0 start since the 1993-94 campaign when they visit the expansion Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday.

Steve Francis, who was acquired in a trade with the Houston Rockets for two-time scoring champ Tracy McGrady during the offseason, scored 26 points in Orlando's season-opening victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday, including the go-ahead layup with 0.2 seconds left.

On Friday, Francis came through with another clutch performance. He scored 19 points and hit a follow shot with 2.7 seconds remaining to lift the new-look Magic to a 90-89 triumph over the New Orleans Hornets.

It was the first consecutive one-point victories in franchise history for Orlando, which returned just four players from last year's team.

Free-agent acquisition Hedo Turkoglu scored 21 points in Friday's victory after managing just four points in his Magic debut.

Saturday's contest marks the first meeting between Dwight Howard and Emeka Okafor - the top two picks in the 2004 Draft.

The eighteen-year-old Howard, who Orlando selected with the first overall pick, has 17 points, 20 rebounds and five blocked shots in his first two games.

Okafor, who was selected second, had 19 points and 10 rebounds in Charlotte's 103-96 loss to the Washington Wizards.

Center Primoz Brezec scored 15 points and veteran Steve Smith added 15 off the bench for the Bobcats, who had six players scoring in double figures while shooting 47 percent (37-of-78) from the field.

Charlotte committed 19 turnovers, including seven by forward Gerald Wallace, in its inaugural loss.