With a few weeks to go until the end of the regular season, the NBA will soon split into two distinct groups. On the one hand the short-term ambitious teams, whose goal is therefore to win games, we agree, and on the other a few franchises whose ambitions are clearly turned towards the 2023 Draft, all the more so in this year which should crown Victor Wembanyama with the status of first pick.
The results of the night
- Cavaliers – Celtics : 118-114 (stats)
- Pacers – Sixers : 143-147 (stats)
- Pistons – Blazers : 104-110 (stats)
- Heat – Hawks : 130-128 (stats)
- Nuggets – Raptors : 118-113 (stats)
- Kings – Pelicans : 123-108 (stats)
Le Tankathon 2023
Good deal of the day – Pistons, Rockets: It’s the stampede in Detroit, as expected one would like to say. Without Cade Cunningham, we shouldn’t have hoped for much anyway and the Pistons continue their learning with defeats. Why talk regarding the Rockets when they haven’t played? Because Houston is no longer the dunce of the League, Detroit has inherited the dunce cap. Since the three worst records have the same chances of having the first pick, you might as well save the honor by not finishing dead last.
Wrong deal of the day – nobody
Next night’s posters
- 1h : Pistons – Wizards
- 1h : Magic – Bucks
- 1h30 : Knicks – Hornets
- 1h30 : Wolves – Sixers
- 2h : Thunder – Warriors
- 2h : Rockets – Nets
- 2h30 : Mavs – Jazz
- 4h : Lakers – Grizzlies
Reminder regarding the Lottery:
- Worst record in the League: 14% chance of getting the 1st draft pick
- 2nd worst record in the League : 14% chance
- 3rd worst record in the League : 14% chance
- 4th worst record in the League : 12.5% chance
- 5th worst league record : 10.5% chance
- 6th worst league record : 9% chance
- 7th worst league record : 7.5% chance
- 8th worst league record : 6% chance
- 9th worst record in the League : 4.5% chance
- 10th worst league record : 3% chance
- 11th worst league record : 2% chance
- 12th worst league record : 1.5% chance
- 13th worst league record : 1% chance
- 14th worst league record : 0.5% chance
Source texte: Tankathon
