The Washington Wizards flew to Berlin but forgot to make their presence felt in a pre-season game.

Reserves Rasual Butler and James Posey had 20 and 17 points, respectively, as the New Orleans Hornets whipped the short-handed Wizards 96-80 on Tuesday night in front of a sold out crowd of 14,000 at the 02 World Arena.

Wizards coach Eddie Jordan was hoping his team would put on a good effort even without injured all-stars Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison as the NBA continues to promote the sport overseas. No such luck.

Olympic gold medalist Chris Paul scored four of his nine points and handed out eight of his 11 assists as New Orleans jumped to an 18-0 lead en route to a 36-9 cushion after the first quarter. The lead swelled to 61-24 by halftime, and the Hornets coasted home with the easy victory before the disappointed fans.

“We missed some shots, and they forced us to miss some,” Jordan said of the blowout. “I don’t know if the whistles and jeers were because we were missing shots. I thought it was because we were missing shots, and we didn’t show up.”

DerMarr Johnson led the Wizards (1-3) with 19 points and DeShawn Stevenson added 15 on five 3-pointers.