WASHINGTON (AP) With the coach's words fresh in their heads, Kwame Brown and Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards tried to move on Tuesday in their first practice since making critical postgame remarks.

Coach Eddie Jordan spoke to both players on Monday's day off, trying to short-circuit any festering bad feelings between power forward Brown _ who accused players of being selfish _ and point guard Arenas _ who said Brown needs to do a better job of scoring when he gets the ball.

``Boys will be boys, and it happens with every team,'' Jordan said. ``I would think things have settled down. And a win will be like soap; it'll clean everything up.''

The Wizards have lost five straight by an average of 22 points heading into Wednesday's game at Toronto. The frustration boiled over when Brown and Arenas spoke freely following Sunday's season-high 28-point home blowout to Milwaukee.

Brown didn't mention any player by name, but he said the Wizards weren't sharing the ball in recent games and that ``we have one guy with OK numbers, but he's just shooting.'' Arenas responded by saying Brown ``ain't converting'' the chances he does get.

On Tuesday, both players tried to explain themselves.

``I don't think everything's hunky-dory, but we've got to go and perform the right way,'' Brown said. ``They want to spin it like I was talking to Gilbert. But when you look at the quotes I said 'we.' It wasn't blown out of proportion. Everybody should be mad at themselves and each other, but you've still got to work together.''

Brown said he spoke with Arenas at practice.

``He said what he said. I said what I said. And we've still got to play. That happens,'' Brown said. ``Coach talked to myself and Gilbert. It's over.''

Arenas said there was ``nothing to talk about'' between him and Brown and that there were no hard feelings. He expounded on comments he made to The Washington Times in which he said that Brown was perhaps feeling the pressure of a disappointing career start after being chosen No. 1 overall in the 2001 draft.

``Anybody in this league, you get picked in the top 10, you're going to have pressure on you to succeed,'' Arenas said. ``I got paid 64 (million dollars). I have great expectations on me, too.''

Jerry Stackhouse, one of the few voices of experience on the Wizards roster, said the struggles were just more evidence of the team's youth.

``I can sit and try to tell them everything, the experience that I've had,'' Stackhouse said. ``But you don't get it until you get there, and they're not there.''