in the NBA\u2019s playoff bubble<\/a>, the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday won the NBA Draft Lottery and the right to the No. 1 overall draft pick.<\/p>\nAccording to DraftKings, Anthony Edwards is the favorite to be that pick at -134. He is followed by LaMelo Ball (+280), James Wiseman (+320), Deni Avdija (+2,000), Onyeka Okongwu (+2,000) and Obi Toppin (+3,000).<\/strong><\/p>\nGolden State, which had the NBA\u2019s worst record and, as a byproduct, the best odds of getting the first pick, will pick second.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the draft order of the teams that failed to qualify for the playoffs and were in the lottery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n- Minnesota<\/li>\n
- Golden State<\/li>\n
- Charlotte<\/li>\n
- Chicago<\/li>\n
- Cleveland<\/li>\n
- Atlanta<\/li>\n
- Detroit<\/li>\n
- New York<\/li>\n
- Washington<\/li>\n
- Phoenix<\/li>\n
- San Antonio<\/li>\n
- Sacramento<\/li>\n
- New Orleans<\/li>\n
- Boston (from Memphis)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When the Houston Rockets continue their first-round NBA playoff series on Saturday against Oklahoma City, they\u2019ll have one particularly invested fan. According to Kevin Hennessy, the director of publicity at FanDuel Sportsbook, a customer placed a $47,000 wager on the Rockets to win the NBA championship. At the time, they were listed at +950 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":145861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[81516,81517,81256,81255,81033,81034,81258,81037],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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