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[WATCH THREAD] 2023 NBA Draft Lottery/Wemby Sweepstakes 5/16/23 5:00PM PST | 2022-23 NBA WCF Game 1: Denver Nuggets (0-0) vs Los Angeles Lakers (0-0) 5/16/23 5:30PM PST

  • May 16, 2023


While our season is over, the NBA playoffs still continues on. Come here to discuss the Conference Finals with your fellow Dubs fans especially if you want to avoid the r/nba Game Thread. Let’s have fun and watch some NBA playoffs basketball!

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### WCF Game 1 – Nuggets (1) vs Lakers (7)

**Time:** 5:30PM PST

**Location:** Denver, CO

**Broadcast:** ESPN

**Line:** DEN -6.0

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Projected Starters:

Position | Nuggets| Lakers
:–:|:–:|:–:
G | #27 Jamal Murray | #1 D’Angelo Russell
G | #5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | #17 Dennis Schroder
F | #1 Michael Porter Jr | #15 Austin Reaves
F | #50 Aaron Gordon | #6 LeBron James
C | #15 Nikola Jokic | #3 Anthony Davis

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[ESPN Live Boxscore](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401547679)

[NBA.com Live Boxscore](https://www.nba.com/game/lal-vs-den-0042200311)

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### 2023 NBA Draft Lottery

Today, we will also make this the thread to react to the Draft Lottery since it happens right before the game and the game happens after. You may be wondering, “why not just make 2 seperate threads then?” The answer is that sounds like too much work lol

**Time:** 5:00PM PST

**Location:** Chicago, IL

**Broadcast:** ESPN

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[NBA Draft Lottery Probablities via @NBAPR](https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1658191663808802816)

[NBA Team Represenatives via @NBAPR](https://twitter.com/NBAPR/status/1658227837134929921/photo/1)

Team | #1 Pick | #2 Pick | #3 Pick | #4 Pick | #5 Pick | #6 Pick | #7 Pick | #8 Pick | #9 Pick | #10 Pick | #11 Pick | #12 Pick | #13 Pick | #14 Pick | Odds for a Top-4 Pick
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Detroit Pistons | 14% | 13.42% | 12.74% | 11.97% | 47.87% | – | – | -| -| – | -| -| -| -| 52.13%
Houston Rockets | 14% | 13.42%| 12.74% | 11.97%| 27.84% | 20.04%| -| -| – | -| -| -| -| – | 52.13%
SA Spurs | 14% | 13.42%| 12.74%| 11.97%| 14.83%| 26.01%| 7.03%| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 52.13%
Charlotte Hornets | 12.5% | 12.23%| 11.89% | 11.46%| 7.24%| 25.73%| 16.76%| 2.2%| -| -| -| -| -| -| 48.07%
Portland Trail Blazers | 10.5% | 10.54% | 10.55% | 10.52%| 2.22%| 19.6%| 26.75%| 8.7% | 0.62%| -| -| -| -| -| 42.11%
Orlando Magic | 9% | 9.2% | 9.41% | 9.61% | – | 8.62%| 29.74%| 20.57%| 3.7%| 0.15% | -| -| -| -| 37.22%
Indiana Pacers | 6.8% | 7.13% | 7.5%| 7.93%| -| -| 19.72%| 35.61%| 13.85%| 1.43%| 0.03%| -| -| -| 29.36%
Washington Wizards | 6.7% | 7.03% | 7.41%| 7.84% | -| -| -| 32.91% | 31.1%| 6.62%| 0.38%| <0.01%| -| -| 28.98%
Utah Jazz | 4.5% | 4.83% | 5.23% | 5.71%| – | -| -| -| 50.73%| 25.89%| 3.02% | 0.09%| <0.01%| – | 20.27%
Dallas Mavericks | 3% | 3.27% | 3.27%| 4.01% | -| -| -| -| -| 65.91%| 18.98%| 1.21%| 0.21%| <0.01% | 8.5%
Chicago Bulls | 1.8% | 1.98% | 1.98% | 2.5% | -| -| – | -| -| -| 77.59%| 13.46%| 0.44%| <0.01% | 8.50%
OKC Thunder | 1.7% | 1.88% | 2.09%| 2.37% | – | – | -| -| -| -| – | 85.23%| 6.66% | 0.07%| 8.04%
Toronto Raptors | 1% | 1.11%| 1.25%| 1.42% | -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| 92.88%| 2.33%| 4.78%
New Orleans Pelicans| 0.5% | 0.56% | 0.63%| 0.72%| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| -| – | 97.59%| 2.41%

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Draft Order:

1. **San Antonio Spurs: Home of Victor Wembayama**
2. Charlotte Hornets
3. Portland Trail Blazers
4. Houston Rockets
5. Detroit Pistons (Portland moves up)
6. Orlando Magic
7. Indiana Pacers
8. Washington Wizards
9. Utah Jazz
10. Dallas Mavericks
11. Orlando Magic (via Bulls)
12. OKC Thunder
13. Toronto Raptors
14. New Orleans Pelicans

35 comments

  1. Oh damn Spurs got the 1st pick? Wonder how Wemby will do under Pop. Actually hilarious that the Pistons got shafted 😂

  3. LeBron loses so many playoff games by atleast 20 points, and this looks like another one. 17 of them while MJ has only lost two games by 20 or more points.

  8. Wilt Chamberlain has gotten the most boards in a playoff game, with 41 boards in Game 3 of the 1967 Division Finals against the Celtics.

    Jokic has 12 with 3 mins left in 1st. Wow.

  10. Denver’s size is making the Lakers look small. Denver vs Boston it seems.

  13. Lebron worked really hard at the end there just to keep the lead to *just* 12 at the end of the first…

  16. Lakers are a dirty ah team, not getting away with it in denver…

  17. I would quit watching NBA if refs somehow help Lakers wins this game

  19. A bench player who can make layups is something I never thought I’d audibly WOW at

  24. Man the nuggets have such good depth. We need to get our depth together next season

  25. When they don’t get a 20+ ft discrepancy the Lakers suddenly don’t look so amazing.

  26. This score, it pleases me so hard. I’d still rather us being out there getting flattened in the WCF, but seeing the Lakers losing is rather cathartic.

  30. Can’t let the Lakers hang around, could bite Denver in the ass. Then again, if they get AD/LeBron busting their ass off for a win, just to hand them a fat L, that’d be great for Game 2

  31. My wife would rather the Lakers win because she thinks they’re an easier opponent for her Miami Heat but I’m like screw that. DESTROY THE LAKERS

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