WASHINGTON -- The Washington Wizards had the perfect opportunity for a first victory, facing a struggling and tired Utah Jazz team ready to go home after nearly a week on the road. Instead, the night ended with another demoralizing loss that turned awkward and surreal in the final minute -- when the home crowd started cheering wildly for a chicken sandwich giveaway. The Jazz pulled away in the fourth quarter and capped a four-game road trip with an 83-76 win Saturday, making the Wizards only the second team in NBA history to start 0-8 in back-to-back seasons. "Its tough," Washington coach Randy Wittman said. "I dont know how else to put it." Al Jefferson scored 21 points, Gordon Hayward added 15 in his first game as a reserve this season, and the Jazz put on a sloppy performance that included 19 turnovers -- and got away with it because they were playing the Wizards. "We didnt play our best basketball," Utah coach Tyrone Corbin said. "But its good to see the guys gut it out there when things werent going particularly well for us." The game was tied at 65 early in the fourth when the Wizards went cold, shooting only 4 for 19 from the field in the final period. The Jazz held Washington scoreless for more than 4 minutes while building their first double-digit lead of the game. Utah had nine offensive rebounds in the quarter. Then, in the final minute, the marketing atmosphere of the NBA game experience hit a new low when the fans roared because Marvin Williams missed two free throws to guarantee everyone a free chicken sandwich -- even as Utahs Paul Millsap was grabbing the offensive rebound to help put the game out of reach. "You kind of notice it, but the fans pay their money," Millsap said. "They didnt get a win; at least they got some sandwiches." Fed up with recent slow starts, both coaches shuffled their lineups with two new starters. Corbin went with Randy Foye and Derrick Favours instead of Hayward and Williams, hoping Hayward would get more shots with the second unit. The strategy had mixed results. The Jazz again started slowly -- looking like a team that couldnt wait to get on the plane. They missed nine of their first 10 shots to trail 15-2 midway through the first quarter. Players said they were adjusting to the new lineup. But Hayward and Williams came in and provided a spark, with Hayward scoring six points in a quarter-ending 13-2 spurt. The game then stayed close into the fourth quarter, with Jefferson asserting himself along the way with 17 of Utahs 27 third-quarter points. Corbin said hes not sure whether hell stick with the new starting five for another game. "I didnt feel too comfortable with it," Millsap said. "It was tough, especially starting out. ... Nothing worked at the beginning of the game, but when were clicking, when everything is flowing, thats a pretty good starting lineup." Wittman made his first lineup change of the season, with Jordan Crawford and Jan Vesely on the floor at tipoff instead of Trevor Booker and rookie Bradley Beal. The Wizards have yet to play this season with John Wall (knee) or Nene (foot), although Nene has resumed practicing with the team. "Thats not an excuse," Wittman said. "Weve got enough here to win games, and we do -- and weve got to believe that. Ive got to help them believe in themselves right now. Were low on confidence right now from an offensive standpoint." The changes didnt alter the final result for the Wizards, who remain overmatched and inconsistent as the only winless team in the NBA. The Jazz entered the game 1-6 on the road and were playing the second half of a back-to-back following a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, but Washington was outrebounded 60-44, outhustled too often, and again couldnt get to the free-throw line nearly enough. Utah also took 27 free throws to Washingtons 12. And, no, not all of the Wizards fans were cheering for sandwiches at the end. There werent that many left in the arena. Most had already departed after booing their team. "Its acceptable," Crawford said. "We are 0-8." NOTES: Crawford scored 20 points to lead the Wizards. ... The teams combined for the same number of turnovers as made baskets (12) in the first quarter. ... The Memphis Grizzlies are the only other franchise with back-to-back 0-8 starts, accomplishing the dubious feat in 2001-02 and 2002-03, according to STATS, LLC. ... Shaun Livingston, signed on Thursday, made his Wizards season debut, scoring four points in 17 minutes. wholesale nfl jerseys. There were plenty of handshakes and welcome-back hugs all around as the six-foot-four, 248-pound tailback returned to the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday after being released Saturday by the NFLs Miami Dolphins. cheap jerseys from china. He showed why Wednesday night -- at the Washington Wizards expense. 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TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger reported via Twitter on Monday that while the 40-year-old winger enjoyed his stint with the Philadelphia Flyers last season, he plans on testing free agency.TORONTO -- The first tense moments of the NHLs collective bargaining negotiations have arrived. With Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr not scheduled to sit across from one another until the middle of next week and the sides unable to even agree on the core issues that need to be addressed, a sense of uneasiness has suddenly enveloped the talks. After Wednesdays session, in which the NHL dismissed the unions initial proposal, Fehr set off for pre-scheduled player meetings in Chicago. The union boss will also oversee a session with players in Kelowna, B.C., before returning to Toronto and resuming CBA discussions on Aug. 22. At that point, the league and the NHL Players Association will have just 24 days left to reach a new agreement and avoid a lockout. But where do they start? There is very little common ground between the proposals each side has put forth and neither seems particularly willing to move off its current position. "What the issues are and how they get solved and how deep the issues go are something that were not yet on the same page," Bettman said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the hockey world remains on hold -- and many are starting to brace for the worst. The Detroit Red Wings announced Thursday that theyre cancelling their annual September prospects tournament in Traverse City, Mich., due to the "uncertainty" surrounding the CBA. Eight teams had been scheduled to participate. "We have determined that it is in everyones best interest to cancel this years tournament," Red Wings GM Ken Holland said in a statement. Sub-committees from the league and union gathered Thursday to discuss non-core economic issues such as travel, ice conditions and training camp. Both sides seemed encouraged about the status of those talks, but as deputy commissioner Bill Daly pointed out: "I dont think thats where this CBA is going to get cut or not." In simple terms, the owners want to pay players less -- much less. Despite the fact the NHLs revenues grew from $2.2 billion before the 2004-05 lockout to $3.3 billion last season, a number of teams are still struggling. The financial success of the wealthiest franchises over the last seven years ended up hurting the poorer ones. Thats because the salary cap was tied to overall hockey-related revenues and rose dramatically from $39 million in 2005-06 to $64.3 million last season, bringing the salary floor (the minimum teams must spend) up along with it. If next season was played under the current system, the cap would have been set at $70.2 million and the floor would have been $54.2 million. However, a new deal needs to be put in place before the NHL resumes operations. Under the proposal put forward by the owners in July, the players share in revenue would be cut from 57 per cent to 43 per cent and would include a change to the way the salary cap is calculated. Instead of being set at $8 million above the midpoint (total league revenues divided by 30 teams), the upper limit would be reduced to $4 million above. As a result, the salary cap would drop to $50.8 million next season, which is below where the floor currently rests. The league also called for the elimination of salary arbitration, contract limits of five years (with equal money paid each year, essentially eliminating signing bonuses) and 10 years of service before unrestricted free agency kicks in. All of those proposed changes are designed to slow the increase in salaries. The NHLPA estimated the leagues proposal would cost players approximately $450 million per season. Rather than making a direct counter-offer, Fehr elected to design his own system.dddddddddddd He attempted to appease owners by keeping the hard salary cap in place and putting a drag on salaries by delinking them from overall revenues, but called for an expanded revenue-sharing plan that would see the wealthy teams distribute more than $250 million per season to the poor. Under the unions plan, the salary cap would fall at roughly $69 million next season. It would increase to $71 million in 2013-14 and $75 million in 2014-15. In other words, the owners would only realize significantly more profit in the deal if the league continued to grow at a level beyond the seven per cent it averaged since the lockout. Theres no guarantee of that, especially since the strength of the Canadian dollar has helped fuel the growth. The offer is based on the premise that the players would give up revenue for three years -- the system would revert back to the current rules in the fourth -- so that the NHL could work on getting its struggling teams on stable footing. "If there are issues remaining, they are club-specific issues," said Fehr. "And that if the clubs that dont need assistance are willing to partner with the players to help get at the issues of the clubs that may need it were prepared to do that. But its not a circumstance in which the players are just going to say OK, take everything from us." History is also at play here. The players are still smarting after being locked out for an entire season in 2004-05 before eventually accepting a 24 per cent rollback on salaries and a salary cap. At the time, Bettman repeatedly talked about the need for "cost certainty" to keep the league healthy -- something the union eventually capitulated to. Now in the next round of negotiations, the sides appear to be back where they started and the threat of yet another lockout seems very real. The league is contending the players need to give up a significant amount of salary to stabilize the industry while the union maintains that goal would be best accomplished with the wealthy teams doing more to help their struggling counterparts. Against that backdrop, the first signs of animosity are beginning to surface. After talks wrapped up Wednesday, Fehr hinted the NHL was working from a "playbook" that involves using the lockout as a negotiating tactic and called for the owners to present an offer that moved in the players direction. Bettman, meanwhile, seemed to suggest that this wasnt a good time for Fehr to step away from talks and hold regional player meetings. "Where we go from here is I come back next Wednesday to resume negotiations when the unions ready," said Bettman. Fehr contends that he doesnt need to be present for talks to continue. "As we go forward ... what we have to do is sit and negotiate until we get the deal done," he said. "It doesnt mean that every single person has to be in the room on every single meeting, but the parties have to be going at it regularly." --- Heres a look at how the salary cap and salary floor would be impacted by the current CBA along with proposals from the NHL and NHL Players Association for the 2012-13 season: Current system@ Salary cap: $70.2 million Salary floor: $54.2 million NHLs proposal@ Salary cap: $50.8 million Salary floor: $38.8 million NHLPAs proposal (assuming a fixed $16-million gap is kept in place)@ Salary cap: $69 million Salary floor: $53 million ' ' '