NBA draft lottery results: Jazz's film for No. 5 continues hard lottery for the worst team of NBA

The Mavericks' breathtaking jump To win the NBA draft lottery, although only a chance of 1.8% occurs for this The The history of the night, but jazz, wizards and hornets, fell as an important subplot in the most dramatic lottery ever.

Utah (17-65), Washington (18-64) and Charlotte (19-63) had the three worst records in the NBA and, in turn, shared the best chances of landing the No. 1 selection with 14%each.

Utah and Washington then saw as follows after dismay:

• The wizards received the number 6 selection, their worst possible result. They had a chance of 80%to land among the top 5.
• The jazz received No. 5 selection, also its worst result. They had a chance of 52.1%to land among the top four.
• The hornets received the No. 4 selection, roughly their median result. Like jazz, they had a chance of 52.1%to land among the top 4.

The fall of jazz in 5th place continues a discouraging trend for the worst team in the NBA: Since the NBA changed its lottery quotas in 2019, no team with the worst record of the league has won the lottery.

On the one hand, the change in 2019 seems to work as intended: from 1993 to 2018, the NBA gave the worst team in the league a 25% chance of winning the lottery. However, the league Approved change of quotas format.

Perhaps karma came for the jazz, who finally gave a fine of 100,000 US dollars for violating the league player participation during the season because of resting star Lauri Markkanen.

On the other hand, the jazz has never appeared in the design lottery, which was initiated in 1985, and they have never had number 1 in the NBA design. This is your second year in a row in the lottery. They had the eight best chances in 2024, but had the number 10 selection with which they had selected Cody Williams from Colorado.