Actually if the lottery would be fair aka not rigged that wouldn't be true. The Knicks have a 6.6 % shot at getting into the top three but have a lower % shot at dropping below 7th since everyone below them has an even lower % of getting into the top three.
- Team Record Chances 1st 2nd 3rd
- GS 21-61 225 22.50% 20.30% 17.63%
- Ch 21-61 225 22.50% 20.30% 17.63%
- Mp 23-59 157 15.70% 15.80% 15.66%
- Dv 27-55 120 12.00% 12.68% 13.39%
- Ht 28-54 89 8.90% 9.75% 10.78%
- Cv 29-53 64 6.40% 7.20% 8.23%
- NY 30-52 44 4.40% 5.05% 5.91%
- Al 33-49 29 2.90% 3.37% 4.02%
- Ph 36-46 15 1.50% 1.77% 2.14%
- Mi 36-46 14 1.40% 1.65% 2.00%
- Wa 37-45 7 0.70% 0.83% 1.01%
- LA 39-43 6 0.60% 0.71% 0.87%
- Mi 41-41 5 0.50% 0.59% 0.73%