Washington ? Michael Jordan’s 28 first-half points showed he can’t win a game by himself. In fact, his teammates put together the decisive run while he was taking a rest.

Jordan finished with 32, but it was Larry Hughes, Brendan Haywood and Kwame Brown who did all the scoring in the key 12-2 fourth-quarter run as the Washington Wizards beat the Orlando Magic 108-93 Thursday night.

The Wizards recovered from their most embarrassing loss of the season and proved they can be competitive without injured leading scorer Jerry Stackhouse. Hughes and the front court combinations of Haywood, Brown, Christian Laettner and Etan Thomas more than compensated.

“Our big men were responsible for that win tonight,” coach Doug Collins said. “When they were trying to come over and help on Michael, our big guys did a good job of finding the open areas and finishing. We played as good a game as you could play without Jerry.”

The Wizards beat the Magic for the first time in three meetings this season, in a game between two .500 teams expected to battle for playoff position in April. Washington also recovered from a lifeless 84-75 home loss to undermanned Toronto on Tuesday.

“We were really mad from the other night,” said Laettner, who scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting. “We just regrouped. We realized this was a big game. We’re both right there for playoff position.”

Tracy McGrady scored 31 points for the Magic, who overcame a 16-point first-half deficit but fell apart with just one field goal in the first 4:59 of the final period.

“When you play defense like that, you deserve to lose basketball games,” Orlando coach Doc Rivers said. “They came to play.”

Washington guard Michael Jordan (23) looks for an opening over Orlando guard Tracy McGrady during their game in Washington. The Wizards beat the Magic, 108-93, Thursday.

Hughes scored nine of his 22 points in the fourth. Haywood had five of his season-high 16 points, and Brown scored all of his nine points in the final period.

Jordan, seemingly determined to compensate for his lumbering second-half performance Tuesday, came out of the blocks like a one-man show. He scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting in the first quarter, capping the period with a pair of free throws after stealing the ball from Darrell Armstrong.

“I thought it was one of those nights where he was going to get 50,” McGrady said. “Thank God, he stopped shooting, spreading the ball around.”

Jazz 92, Sonics 85

Salt Lake City — Matt Harpring scored 15 of his 26 points in the third quarter, helping Utah rally from a 15-point halftime deficit.

Karl Malone finished with 34 points and nine rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko had 13 points.

Gary Payton had 27 points and had eight assists and Desmond Mason and Rashard Lewis each scored 11 for the Sonics. Seattle, which opened the season 4-0, dropped to five games below .500 for the first time this season.