Whether in the purple sport coat he wore Saturday night or the purple Lakers jersey he used to wear during his playing days, Byron Scott doesn't see much difference in Michael Jordan.

"He looked real good playing the way I remember," the Nets coach said, "except for jumping over everybody."

Picky, picky, picky. Jordan's 41 points in the Nets' 102-95 preseason victory over the Wizards signaled that at 38, after three years away from the game, he may not be able to jump as high but he still can captivate an opponent and a crowd -- .even his own team.

"Not bad for a 38-year-old man," he said. "I'm feeling good. That's a good sign. The bad sign is the team's going to have to elevate to keep up with me."

"Michael was magnificent," Wizards coach Doug Collins said. "When he wasn't on the floor, we were bad."