jodie meeks

The first domino has fallen in the wake of the news of John Wall's extended absence: The Wizards are breaking up what many believed to be their core for years to come, trading Otto Porter Jr. to the Chicago Bulls for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis.

6-foot-7 Troy Brown Jr. provides the Wizards with needed wing depth, a versatile defender and a potential playmaker for their second unit.

A win would have pulled the Wizards up to seventh place and a first-round playoff series against the injury-marred Boston Celtics. Instead, they will play the Toronto Raptors in the opening round.

Digest: Wizards suffer second-worst loss in franchise history, 116-69 to Jazz

Orioles first baseman Chris Davis went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in the Delmarva Shorebirds' 9-2 loss to the Lexington Legends in a Low-A South Atlantic League

NBA: Wizards flame-broiled by 76ers, 120-89, in perhaps worst loss of season