Today, celebrity journalist Zach Lowe posted an article about the 2024
lottery
The article.
According to Lowe.
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The lucky number combinations for the lottery are 6, 10, 13, and 14. according to an unofficial count by ESPN, six teams came up just short of the final number, 13, in the lottery process to win the first-place prize. Those six teams included the Spurs, Raptors, Wizards, Grizzlies, Trail Blazers and Rockets (as a trade for the Bucks). The Pistons, who had the worst regular season record, lost their chance to win the first-place lottery before the last number.
The Raptors reportedly came up one number short of each number combination in the top four picks, but they ended up drawing only the eighth pick, which they gave to the Spurs (top 6 protection).