Throw the ball to Michael and let him shoot.

That was the Seattle SuperSonics' formula for victory Sunday afternoon, when they rolled over a moribund Washington Wizards team,

99-84, at MCI Center.

Defensively, teams rarely have wanted Jordan to keep shooting. Normally, when that happens, you are on the losing end of a scintillating performance, wondering what you can do to stop him.

But on this afternoon, a heavier, slower Jordan lofted shot after shot and watched it clang off the rim, as if the raw skills of many of his young, inexperienced teammates had rubbed on him, much to his and their detriment.

"I couldn't get anything to go," said Jordan, who finished with 16 points (5-for-26), a team-high 12 rebounds and four assists. "This was probably one of the worst shooting nights I've had in my career ... I wouldn't say I had bad shots. I had great shots. When you miss a few, it starts working on you mentally. Then you start trying to fix the mechanics and it gets more technical and especially during the course of a game, that's the worst way to go about coming out a shooting slump."

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