{"id":713179,"date":"2026-04-18T12:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713179\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:45:29","slug":"the-2026-nba-draft-lottery-teams-are-set-with-play-in-wrapped-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713179\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 NBA Draft Lottery Teams are set with Play-In Wrapped up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5g\">With the NBA Play-In Tournament\u2019s conclusion, the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery standings are officially set, with teams now awaiting their actual picks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">Friday\u2019s evening slate officially wrapped up the Play-In, with one final East and West game. In the early game, the Magic ran away with the game, grabbing a near-30-point lead before halftime over the Hornets and never relenting. The second bout between the Suns and Warriors would be closer, but Phoenix eventually exploded in the fourth quarter behind Jalen Green to grab a double-digit win.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">The Magic now move on to become the East\u2019s No. 8 seed, with the 44-38 Hornets becoming the draft lottery\u2019s final team at No. 14. The Suns move on to play the defending-champion OKC Thunder in the first round, cementing the Warriors status at No. 11. With Phoenix\u2019s win, the Thunder\u2019s pick via the Clippers is now going to land with the twelfth-best odds, previously able to move as high as eleven.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">There are still tie-breakers that will need to be broken prior to the lottery. The Jazz and Kings both stand tied for No. 4 at 22-60, and the Hawks, picking via New Orleans, as well as Dallas are currently tied for No. 7. Those respective coin flips will reportedly happen on April 20, just days after the start of the NBA Playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">The odds-changes are likely to be minimal, though even the smallest of chances can be helpful, as referenced by the Mavericks&#8217; slimmest chance at grabbing No. 1 last season, which it did. The Wizards, Pacers and Nets grabbed the shared 14% chance at landing the top pick.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Below are the 2026 NBA Draft odds, with each team\u2019s chance of landing the top pick:<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">1. Washington Wizards: 14%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">2. Indiana Pacers: 14%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">3. Brooklyn Nets: 14%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">T4. Utah Jazz: 11.5%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6a\">T4. Sacramento Kings: 11.5%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6d\">6. Memphis Grizzlies: 9%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">T7. Atlanta Hawks (via Pelicans): 6.8%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">T7. Dallas Mavericks: 6.8%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">9. Chicago Bulls: 4.5%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">10. Milwaukee Bucks: 3%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">11. Golden State Warriors: 2%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">12. OKC Thunder (via Clippers) 1.5%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">13. Miami Heat: 1%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">14. Charlotte Hornets: 0.5%<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">There are several key NBA Draft dates coming up, starting with the end of the Early Entry deadline on April 24. The combine will happen from May 8-10, with the draft lottery taking play on May 10. The 2026 NBA Draft will be held on June 23 and 24, starting at 7 p.m. CT both nights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the NBA Play-In Tournament\u2019s conclusion, the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery standings are officially set, with teams now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3793],"tags":[7,686,149,4057,166,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-713179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallasmavericks","12":"tag-mavericks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116425782732981004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}