Overview
- League operations, which ran six random drawings Monday in Secaucus under Ernst & Young oversight, finalized tie breaks and posted the pre-lottery order and odds.
- Utah beat Sacramento for the No. 4 lottery slot, which guarantees the Jazz keep their top-eight-protected 2026 first-round pick and prevents a conveyance to Oklahoma City.
- Washington, Indiana and Brooklyn each hold a 14.0% chance at the No. 1 pick, with Utah and Sacramento at 11.5% and Memphis at 9.0% under the published odds.
- A three-way result put Phoenix, Philadelphia and Orlando at 16–18 pre-lottery, and those picks now belong to Memphis, Oklahoma City and Charlotte because of prior trades.
- The NBA Draft Lottery is set for May 10 on ABC to determine the top four selections, and the draft is scheduled for June 23–24 in Brooklyn, with tiebreakers fixing order only if teams do not jump.