With one more loss or one more Brooklyn Nets win over the final three games of the season, the Sixers will be locked into at least the NBA’s fifth-worst record this season. That’s hardly what anyone expected when the year began with championship hopes, but if nothing else, at least they tanked correctly.
The Sixers figure to enter the draft lottery on May 12 with a 63.9 percent chance of keeping their first-round pick. If they fall to No. 7 or lower, they’ll send that pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder. (Just what the world needs right now, the rich getting richer.