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CHICAGO — The NBA Draft Lottery remains one of the silliest yet most entertaining aspects of the league, where the fates of billion-dollar organizations and the world's elite basketball prodigies are decided by sheer chance...

Indiana will pick in the top nine for the first time in over three decades and hope it'll fare better than it traditionally has.

A doctor who was killed in the Laguna Woods shooting sacrificed himself to keep others safe, authorities said.

Mavericks star Luka Doncic authored a dominant performance on Sunday night, in leading Dallas to a Game 7 victory over the defending Western Conference-champion Phoenix Suns, setting up a date with the resurgent Golden State Warriors in the next round.

Luka's elimination-game dominance, the Suns go frigid, and a difference in approach proves pivotal as the Mavericks advance to take on the Warriors.

Luka Doncic scored 35 points, Spencer Dinwiddie added 30 and the Dallas Mavericks stunned the top-seeded Phoenix Suns with a 123-90 Game 7 blowout Sunday night, advancing to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2011.

Luka Doncic came out firing on all cylinders during Sunday's Game 7 123-90 win against the Suns, helping the Mavs advance to the Western Conference Finals

The Mavs never trailed and led by as many as 46 in a shocking slaughter of the 64-win Suns.

Phoenix becomes just 2nd team in NBA history to win 64-or-more games during the regular season and not make the league finals

How does the NBA Draft Lottery work? How did it come to exist? What sort of odds does each team have? What should you watch for this year?