The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery Ceremony will be held at 7 pm local time on May 16.

During the lottery ceremony, the host will take out 14 table tennis balls numbered 1-14, put them in a container, and randomly draw 4 balls from the 14 balls, regardless of the order of the numbers. , one *** can produce 1001 possible combinations, and removing this 11-12-13-14 combination, there are exactly 1000 left.

Before the lottery, the teams that have not qualified for the playoffs have been ranked in reverse order according to their regular season records, and the corresponding number of combinations (probabilities) for winning the No. 1 pick have been obtained. For example, there are 14 teams that have not entered the playoffs. The Eagles, who have the worst record among these 14 teams, receive 250 combinations, which means they have a 25% chance of winning the No. 1 pick.

The lottery probability of the 2023 NBA Draft:

The Pistons (17 wins and 65 losses), Rockets (22 wins and 60 losses), and Spurs (22 wins and 60 losses) will win the No. 1 pick. The probability is 14%; the Hornets (27 wins and 55 losses) have a 12.5% ??probability of winning the No. 1 pick, the Trail Blazers (33 wins and 49 losses) have a 10.5% probability, the Magic (34 wins and 48 losses) have a 9% probability, and the Pacers ( 35 wins and 47 losses) is 6.8%.

The Wizards (35 wins and 47 losses) are 6.7%, the Jazz (37 wins and 45 losses) are 4.5%, the Mavericks (38 wins and 44 losses) are 3%, and the Bulls (40 wins and 42 losses) are 1.8 %, 1.7% for the Thunder (40 wins and 42 losses), 1.0% for the Raptors (41 wins and 41 losses), and 0.5% for the Pelicans (42 wins and 40 losses).