Collins said he will wait until he sees how Alexander plays in today's practice, and did not rule out Alexander returning to action against New Jersey on Monday night at MCI Center.Īfter a career-low six points Thursday, Michael Jordan had 24 in 1st quarter last night. Alexander complained of stiffness after feeling "something pop" and was given an MRI exam Friday, which showed no further injury, Collins said before last night's game.
Wizards Notes: Wizards guard Courtney Alexander sat out last night's game nursing a sprained left ankle he suffered in the closing minutes of Washington's 108-81 loss at Indiana on Thursday. Jordan capped his game by making a short jump shot over Nailon and Jamaal Magloire with 3:08 left in the game to break the MCI Center record of 49 points by Orlando's Tracy McGrady and Boston's Antoine Walker. In just three quarters, Jordan set a record for most points scored by a Washington player at MCI Center, a record he had established with a then-season-high, 44-point performance against Utah on Nov. Jordan scored 11 third-quarter points before leaving to a standing ovation with 3:27 left in the period, only to return 41 seconds later to add a 19-foot jump shot from the right wing to give him 45 points. He just does."Īfter leading, 56-51, at the half, Washington opened the third quarter on a 24-8 run, which was capped by Jordan's turnaround jump shot with 3:40 left in the period. is just a player that can have a bad game and then go out and score 50. "There is no way you can see something like that coming. "Did I see that coming in the first half? What am I? Miss Cleo?" asked Washington guard Chris Whitney, who finished with seven points and eight assists. Jordan scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting - with his 17-foot jump shot with four seconds left giving him 34 first-half points and breaking Jeff Malone's team record for most points in a half set in 1988.
He returned with 6:02 left in the half and the score tied at 38. However, Jordan's night did not end there. Washington swingman Tyrone Nesby ended the quarter with a two-handed slam dunk off an assist from Tyronn Lue with 47 seconds left, becoming only the third Wizard to score in the quarter. "The one thing I was not going to do was get all cute and start drawing up plays for other players." "Michael was incredible," Washington Coach Doug Collins said.
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Jordan hit a 10-foot turnaround jump shot, followed by three mid-range jump shots, converting the last into a three-point play after he was fouled while making a 14-foot jumper.Īfter Jordan missed from the left wing - his fourth miss in 14 shots in the opening period - Jordan broke Bernard King's team record of 23 first-quarter points - set exactly 11 years ago to the day by converting two free throws with 1:08 left after he was fouled by Lee Nailon. 26, which ended the Wizards' nine-game unbeaten streak. The Wizards kept getting him the ball against a Charlotte zone defense that frustrated them in the Hornets' 99-93 victory on Dec. Jordan scored Washington's next 11 points. Guard Hubert Davis (21 points) was the next Wizard to score, hitting a three-pointer for a 16-15 lead with 5:17 left in the first quarter.
Last night, Jordan made his first four shots en route to scoring the Wizards' first 13 points in the opening 6 minutes 17 seconds. I may not have 50 points the next game, so someone has to come in and take some of that load." But on every night, we can't continue to do this. Most of what happened tonight was individual from my standpoint, and the other guys kind of fed into it. " tonight, I'm pretty sure people are going to say that I can still play this game.
Most important, I wanted to get back on the winning track." "And I certainly wanted to make a statement offensively. "Scoring six points, my career-low, I'm pretty sure you guys were saying how old I was," said Jordan, who last scored 50 when he put up 55 in a 1997 playoff game against Washington. Jordan's performance occurred 48 hours after he posted the lowest point total in his 13-year NBA career, a six-point effort against Indiana on Thursday that was also the first time in 866 games he failed to score in double figures. He made a team-record 21 field goals on 38 attempts and converted 9 of 10 free throws, and the Wizards ended a two-game losing streak and improved to 15-14 before a capacity crowd of 20,674. In his best game since returning from retirement, Jordan, 38, became the oldest player in league history to score at least 50 points in a game. Two days after playing the worst game of his career, Michael Jordan gave a vintage performance, scoring 51 points in Washington's 107-90 victory over the Charlotte Hornets last night at MCI Center.
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