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The 2015 NBA draft lottery takes place in New York City on Tuesday, locking in the order of selections for the first round of the June 25 NBA draft. Let's get up to speed for this year's drawing with the relevant facts, figures and frozen envelopes fun related to the NBA's annual ping-pong-a-palooza. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] 1. When is the lottery? The 2015 NBA draft lottery will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 19, before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. Again: Before the game, not at halftime. 1a. Yeah, but when is it really ? ESPN's coverage will start at "approximately 8:05 p.m. ET." The unveiling of the order of the draft's top 14 picks doesn't kick off until about 8:30 p.m. ET. The actual drawing of the ping-pong balls actually happens earlier. We'll explain that in a bit. 2. Which team has the best chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick? The NBA employs a weighted lottery system, meaning the team with the worst record has the best odds of receiving the top pick. This year, that's the Minnesota Timberwolves, who finished a league-worst 16-66, three games worse than our preseason prediction . (It's also one game worse than the 17-65 New York Knicks, who went 3-3 over the last 10 days of the season after going 14-62 over the previous 158 days, and did inexplicable stuff like beating the San Antonio Spurs and Atlanta Hawks down the stretch to reduce their odds of picking first. Of course they did.)
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