NBA ROUNDUP Thursday's games

Wizards 198, Magic 93
WASHINGTON -- Michael Jordan scored 28 of his 32 points in the first half and Washington pulled away in the fourth quarter. 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 its worst game of the season, an 84-75 home loss to undermanned Toronto on Tuesday. 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. Larry Hughes, Brendan Haywood and Kwame Brown keyed the Wizards' stretch run, scoring 23 of Washington's 34 fourth-quarter points.
Jazz 92, SuperSonics 85
SALT LAKE CITY -- Matt Harpring scored 15 of his 26 points in the third quarter as Utah rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit, extending Seattle's losing streak to six. The Sonics had not dropped six in a row since early in the 1990-91 season. Karl Malone finished with 34 points and nine rebounds and Andrei Kirilenko had 13 points and eight rebounds as the Jazz won for the fifth straight time at home. Utah has won 11 of 14 to improve to a season-high eight games above .500. 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.
-- Associated Press