NBA Draft Lottery 2018 live stream: Watch online

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After weeks of tanking to close out the 2017-18 season, the NBA’s bottom-feeders will soon learn whether their hard work paid off.

As the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics continue to battle for this year’s Larry O’Brien Trophy, the NBA’s non-playoff teams are gearing up for their own version of the Super Bowl.

That’s right: It’s almost time for the 2018 NBA draft lottery.

Over the final weeks of the 2017-18 season, a number of bottom-feeders shamelessly tanked to increase their chances of picking up more pingpong balls. With the NBA set to change its lottery format beginning next season — the odds will be smoothed out among lottery teams, which theoretically reduces the incentive to tank — this year’s race to the bottom could be perhaps the last of its kind.

On Tuesday, the top three picks in this year’s draft will be determined via the lottery system. The remaining lottery teams will be slotted from Nos. 4 through 14 based on reverse order of record.

Who will land the No. 1 overall pick? Will any team make an unexpected jump into the top three? We’ll find out before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Here’s all of the information you need to watch the lottery festivities:

Date: Tuesday, May 15
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Palmer House Hilton
TV Info: ESPN
Stream: WatchESPN

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Heading into Tuesday, the Phoenix Suns have the best odds to land the No. 1 pick at 25 percent. The Memphis Grizzlies (19.9 percent), Dallas Mavericks (13.8 percent), Atlanta Hawks (13.7 percent) and Orlando Magic (8.8 percent) round out the top five.

Two years ago, the lottery held to form, as the teams with the best, second-best and third-best odds landed the top three picks, respectively. Last year, however, the Sacramento Kings leapt from the eight-best odds to No. 3 overall, and the Los Angeles Lakers jumped from the third-best odds to No. 2.

How will this year’s proceedings play out? We’ll see on Tuesday evening.

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