The Charlotte Hornets countered a 28-point barrage from Michael Jordan by getting double-figure scoring from six players and slipped away late for a 99-93 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday at the Charlotte Coliseum.

Elden Campbell scored 17 and Baron Davis scored 15 with 15 assists to lead the Hornets (13-15).

The Hornets fell behind by nine points twice during the third quarter but began choking off Washington's offense later in the period. They came back for a 73-72 lead entering the fourth quarter. They got the margin to six points, 80-74, on Jamaal Magloire's jarring two-hand dunk after the rebound of David Wesley's missed jumper.

Jordan hit back-to-back jumpers to keep the gap at six for the next few minutes. But as the Wizards began going to him possession after possession, he misfired three straight times and the Hornets began building the lead, twice taking it to nine.

Charlotte led 91-82 with 2 minutes, 59 seconds left on a Stacey Augmon jumper off a feed from Davis. The Wizards scored on their next three possessions, however, while the Hornets scored once and had back-to-back turnovers by Lee Nailon. That left Washington with the ball, trailing by five (93-88) with 1:16 to play.

Davis' jumper got the margin back to seven with 35.8 seconds left. Jordan followed with a three-pointer at 23.9 seconds, cutting it to four at 95-91.

Davis, fouled immediately after the inbounds play, missed twice at the line. But as the Wizards set up a play Augmon slapped the ball out of Jordan's hands and it went out of bounds, off Washington.

Augmon's two free throws with 9.4 seconds left sealed it.

The game attracted Charlotte's first sellout audience of the season, a crowd of 23,799. They were drawn by the first local appearance of Jordan since his return to the NBA though, after a loud response when Jordan was introduced, they were reacting more to the Hornets' plays than the Wizards.

The Hornets had won only three of 10 previous games at the Coliseum and had played much better on the road.

The Wizards had also been playing well away from home since breaking out of an early-season eight-game losing streak. They came to Charlotte with nine consecutive victories, needing one more to set a franchise record.

Both teams played well offensively at the outset, spending most of the first quarter shooting in the 70-plus percent range. Jordan scored the game's first basket and went on to make four of seven shots and score 11 in the period. The Wizards went ahead by six at one point, then led 30-29 at the end of the quarter.

Charlotte shot 66.7percent from the field and had balanced scoring early. Nailon hit each of his four shots and scored eight but got two quick fouls while guarding Jordan.

Robert "Tractor" Traylor came off the bench for seven points and Davis had five with five assists in the quarter.

The shooting for each team cooled a little in the second but both still hit well overall (58.8percent for Charlotte, 57.9for Washington). Center Elden Campbell scored eight of his 12 first-half points in the period to lead the attack and the Hornets moved ahead, leading by five points on a couple of occasions.

The Wizards came back with reserve guard Tyronn Lue making five of seven shots, two of them three-pointers, and scoring 12. Washington led by five, 57-52, at halftime.

Turnovers were a problem for the Hornets at that stage. They had eight in the first half leading to a dozen Washington points (compared to the Wizards' two for two Charlotte points).

In the third, The Wizards shot only 30 percent from the floor and it took a toll. They led twice by nine points early in the period but their errant shots later helped the Hornets rally.