The Hawks happened to catch Michael Jordan two nights after His Airness had the worst game of his career. It wasn't a pretty sight for the home team.

Jordan responded from his two-point performance against Toronto by scoring a season-high 30 points as the Washington Wizards beat the Hawks 109-99 Tuesday. A crowd of 16,587 attended the game at Philips Arena, the smallest to see Jordan play in Atlanta since the Chicago Bulls played the Hawks in the Omni in 1985.

Jordan hit 12 of 18 from the field in 38 minutes, including a pretty left-handed hook over Shareef Abdur-Rahim late in the game to show that he still had some rise in his 39-year-old legs.