Unluckiest team in the Lottery: Wizards miss out on Wemby on bad feat / News - Basketnews.com

The Wizards had six of the 11 possible remaining combinations when the first three balls were drawn but ended up missing out on Wembanyama and got the 8th pick.

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19-year-old basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama will be going to the San Antonio Spurs as the franchise received the number one overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday. However, it was very close for things to be entirely different.

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Before the lottery, each of the 14 teams receives a number of ball combinations according to the percentages pre-determined before the ceremony. With a 14% chance of getting the top pick, San Antonio held 140 such combinations out of 1000 that were distributed.

The Spurs won the Wembanyama Sweepstakes with the combination of 14-5-8-2. The Portland Trail Blazers had the combination of 14-5-8-3 and missed out on getting the French phenom by the last ball.

Nevertheless, the title of the unluckiest team in the lottery goes to the Washington Wizards.

Once the first three balls were drawn, they had six of the remaining 11 possible combinations (7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) and still missed out on getting the no. 1 overall pick. Instead, they stayed put in 8th place.

The Orlando Magic had the number 4 ball as the last piece of the winning combo to get the top selection but ended up having to pick 6th.

Full Draft order:

San Antonio Spurs Charlotte Hornets Portland Trail Blazers Houston Rockets Detroit Pistons Orlando Magic Indiana Pacers Washington Wizards Utah Jazz Dallas Mavericks Orlando Magic (via Chicago Bulls) Oklahoma City Thunder Toronto Raptors New Orleans Pelicans

The NBA Draft will take place on June 22nd.

Full 2023 NBA Draft Lottery:

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