Three teams each have a 14 percent chance at the top pick. History says one of those teams landing at No. 1 is far from guaranteed.

essentially meaning the Spurs are in the lottery twice — with a 6% chance of winning on their own, and an 0.7% chance to win with the Hawks' combinations of ping-pong balls. This system has been ...

Before the NBA draft lottery is televised, the actual lottery will happen in a separate room. Fourteen ping pong balls numbered one through 14 will be placed in the lottery machine, and there are ...

Monday’s NBA draft lottery provided another reminder of how inexact the science of “tanking” is for organizations. Utah was ...

Only the Sacramento Kings had a better record than the Bulls among lottery teams. So if the ping-pong balls bounce strictly according to the odds Monday night, the Bulls would have the No. 12 ...

essentially meaning the Spurs are in the lottery twice — with a 6% chance of winning on their own, and an 0.7% chance to win with the Hawks' combinations of ping-pong balls. This system has been ...

The work has indeed come, as well as the maturity. What Minnesota lost in lottery balls at the end of that season, it gained in the knowledge of what could be, which has now become what is.

essentially meaning the Spurs are in the lottery twice — with a 6% chance of winning on their own, and an 0.7% chance to win with the Hawks’ combinations of ping-pong balls. This system has been in ...