The Suns are officially THE WORST

The Phoenix Suns lost their 61st game of the season on Sunday, clinching the absolute worst record in the league in a season where that really means something. This means that the Suns will have the best shot at winning the No. 1 overall pick (25%) and a top-3 pick (64%). Perhaps the most important factor is that Phoenix can fall no lower than No. 4 in the draft, a boon in a top-heavy year.

The Suns have actually never in their history had a No. 1 pick. The team’s picked No. 2 twice, both before the lottery era. Phoenix had the league’s second-worst record last season but fell to the No. 4 slot after the lottery. The Suns didn’t have any lottery luck in 2016 either, taking No. 4 with the fourth-worst record. In the lottery era, in fact, the Suns have only had good luck once: in 1987, Phoenix’s envelope got picked second despite six teams with worse record. The Spurs took David Robinson first, and the Suns grabbed ... Armen Gilliam. Scottie Pippen went No. 5. Reggie Miller went No. 11. Oh well.

Let’s see if that sort of luck comes back to the desert this summer, or if a miserable season has a miserable finish. The NBA Draft lottery is May 15.

The Jazz are in! On Monday, the Pelicans, Spurs, and Thunder could all join them.

IND 123, CHA 117
DAL 97, PHI 109
ATL 112, BOS 106
DET 117, MEM 130
ORL 101, TOR 112
UTA 112, LAL 97
GSW 117, PHX 100

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Manu Ginobili, age 40 and still saving the Spurs’ tails.

The Celtics aren’t going to do it this year, but their championship window is so wide open it might as well not even exist.

Three questions leading up to Thursday’s WNBA Draft.

Nice look at Clint Capela’s growth into a -- dare we say? -- star.

How Jared Jeffries found a home in esports.

Be excellent to each other.