OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Cleveland Cavaliers solidified a bottom-three record Friday night, losing to the Golden State Warriors 120-114. That loss now gives them equal chance of winning the NBA Draft Lottery and landing Duke phenom Zion Williamson.

The only thing that can change in the final few games is whether the Cavs will have the second-worst or third-worst record. New York has last place clinched. The Knicks are 15-64 with three games to play.

Shortly before Cleveland’s game went final, Phoenix beat the New Orleans Pelicans in overtime, tying the Cavaliers in the win column at 19. While that may seem small, it could end up playing a bigger role in May.

If the standings stay the same, there will be a drawing to see which team goes into the lottery with the second-worst mark. If the Cavs finish second, the lowest they could pick is sixth. If they end up third, they could drop to seventh. A second-place finish in the race to the bottom also means Cleveland’s most-likely selection, by percentage anyway, would be fifth instead of sixth. Some around the league consider this a five-player draft, with Duke’s Cameron Reddish at the end of the pack.

This is the first year with the new lottery setup, as the league made alterations in hopes of minimizing tanking. In the past, the team holding the worst record had a 25 percent chance of winning the lottery and the percentages dropped incrementally from there. This season, the three worst records -- New York, Phoenix and Cleveland -- have a 14 percent chance of getting the No. 1 pick.

It wasn’t their goal at the start of the season. But given everything the Cavs have been through, that’s a pretty good end result.

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