Exciting night for non playoff teams

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Finally fans of losing teams having something to look forward to for the first time since October. Tonight is not only the night of the first game of the Western Conference finals. It is draft lottery night. As excited as fans may be about acquiring a franchise player some fans will be disappointed after the lottery is all said and done. The Lakers could possibly lose their pick to the Sixers. The Sixers could end up with 3 picks in the top 11. And the most unlikely of all the Thunder have a .5% chance of winning the number one pick. A lot of these losing teams are banking on the possibility of getting a franchise player. I'm most interested in seeing where teams like the Heat, Magic and Pacers land in the lottery. A high pick for any of those teams could be what gets them in the playoffs.
Here is a break down of each teams odds and there record from last year.

• Minnesota Timberwolves (16-66): 25%
• New York Knicks (17-65): 19.9%
• Philadelphia 76ers (18-64): 15.6%
• Los Angeles Lakers (21-61): 11.9%
• Orlando Magic (25-57): 8.8%
• Sacramento Kings (29-53): 6.3%
• Denver Nuggets (30-52): 4.3%
• Detroit Pistons (32-50): 2.8%
• Charlotte Hornets (33-49): 1.7%
• Miami Heat (37-45): 1.1%
• Indiana Pacers (38-44): 0.8%
• Utah Jazz (38-44): 0.7%
• Phoenix Suns (39-43): 0.6%
• Oklahoma City Thunder (45-37): 0.5%

The lottery will be on tonight at 8 o'clock eastern time on ESPN. The lottery will be followed by game one of the Western Conference finals between the Warriors and Rockets. This should be a good night for NBA fans.