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NBA Draft Lottery 2018: Time, TV schedule for Tuesday night

All eyes on who gets the top selection in the 2018 draft.

2017 NBA Draft
2017 NBA Draft
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The 2018 NBA Draft lottery, to be held in Chicago Tuesday night, will determine which team gets each of the top 14 picks in June’s draft. At 7:30 p.m. ET, an hour before tip-off of the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers Eastern Conference Finals Game 2, the results will be revealed.

The Phoenix Suns have to the best odds in the lottery, which is their reward for having the worst record in the league this season. The Grizzlies, Mavericks, Hawks, and Magic round out the top-five odds, respectively.

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The favorite to go No. 1 overall is Real Madrid’s Luka Doncic, a superstar 19-year-old guard/forward from Slovenia. Other top prospects include Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton, Michigan State’s Jaren Jackson Jr., Duke’s Marvin Bagley III, and Oklahoma’s Trae Young.

This is a stacked draft class, and teams will be itching to get a top pick.

2018 NBA Draft Lottery

Date: May 15

Where: Chicago

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

TV: ESPN

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