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Hornets NBA Draft Lottery primer

When: Tuesday May 14th, 8:30 p.m. EDT

Where: The Hilton Chicago; Chicago, IL

How to watch: ESPN

Tonight is a massive night in the NBA. The directions of franchises can be altered by the bounces of numbered ping pong balls. The Charlotte Hornets are hoping for some rare lottery luck that can help them out of the NBA purgatory of mediocrity.

There are 14 ping pong balls numbered 1-14. Four of those will be plucked for each pick. There are 1,001 possible combinations that can be drawn (order doesn’t matter).