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The Dallas Mavericks have officially won the NBA Draft Lottery odds tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks. The Mavs and Hawks both finished the regular season with a record of 24-58, and the tiebreaker today was held to determine which team would have the third slot (13.8-percent chance of winning the first overall pick) or the fourth slot (13.7-percent).
Fifth and final tiebreaker: Dallas Mavericks gets the #3 pick in the draft (before the lottery), Atlanta Hawks get the #4 pick. Dallas has a 13.8 percent chance of getting the #1 pick. Atlanta has a 13.7 percent chance to get #1.
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 13, 2018
Although the odds are almost identical, the Mavs winning that third spot in the lottery guarantees that the team will pick no higher than sixth, which would be a worst-case scenario. The Hawks, on the other hand, have a very small chance of getting the seventh pick as their worst-case scenario. Given that the Mavs were projected to be in the 8-10 slots all throughout this season, it’s almost a miracle that the franchise is going to be in this good of a position.
On paper, this comes off as a minor accomplishment, but this little bit of luck could pay huge dividends for the franchise going forward if things continue to go their way.
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