Washington, DC (My Sportsbook) - The Washington Wizards try for their fourth home win of the season when they welcome the Utah Jazz to MCI Center.

Utah has won two of its last three games on the heels of a two-game skid. The Jazz are coming off a 108-87 thrashing of the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. It was Utah's first road win after dropping their first four contests away from Delta Center.

Karl Malone scored 21, Andrei Kirilenko added 20 and Matt Harpring 19 for Utah.

The Jazz were facing a injury-depleted, sub-par NBA team, but Malone had no sympathy.

"No disrespect, but you've got to kick 'em when they're down," Malone said.

The Jazz are 2-4 against teams from the Eastern Conference.

Washington had its three-game winning streak snapped 101-95 by the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday night. Michael Jordan had a season-high 27 points on 13-for-22 shooting in 31 minutes and scored 10 of the last 14 points for the Wizards, who cut an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to one. Coach Doug Collins elected to take Jordan out of the game for two minutes in the fourth quarter, which is something the greatest player on planet Earth is not used to.

"I didn't want to go out, obviously," Jordan said. "Doug used his judgment. That's just the nature of me. When it gets to the situation where I feel like I can make a difference, obviously I want to be in there. So when the time comes for me getting in, I certainly try to make things happen.

"Things are starting to fall in place for me. I never like to put myself in a situation where the team needs me to save them or motivate them, but tonight was one of those situations where I had to step my game up a little bit. We got right at the brink of climbing over the hill and just fell short."

Washington is 3-2 at home this season and has a 1-2 mark against teams from the Western Conference.

Utah has dominated the history of this series, winning seven straight and 15 of the last 18 meetings between the teams. The Jazz have won four straight and five of their last six at Washington, and hold a slim 36-35 edge in the all-time series.