OKLAHOMA CITY - The battle for the most ping pong balls in the May 15 draft lottery may be coming down to two teams.
Memphis and Phoenix have opened up a 1 ½ game “lead” over five other teams at the bottom of the NBA standings. The Grizzlies and Suns are the only teams with fewer than 20 victories heading into Thursday’s game and the two teams haven’t shown signs that they might be caught. Memphis has lost 15 straight games and Phoenix 18 of 20. The Suns’ only victories over that stretch were against Memphis and Dallas.