{"id":1884980,"date":"2026-04-16T06:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884980"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:09:29","slug":"clippers-collapse-in-play-in-tournament-delivers-thunder-a-lottery-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1884980","title":{"rendered":"Clippers\u2019 collapse in Play-In Tournament delivers Thunder a lottery gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Article_ContentContainer__jBNW3 article-content-container bodytext1\">\n<p>INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 As the final horn sounded inside Intuit Dome on Wednesday night, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors spilled onto the court, celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7200627\/2026\/04\/16\/warriors-clippers-nba-play-in-score-results-takeaways\/\">a wild, come-from-behind win<\/a> in the NBA\u2019s Play-In Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The home crowd was stunned. The LA Clippers were shocked. And along press row, a few scouts watching it all unfold were also upset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cF\u2014!\u201d one shouted. \u201cOKC gets another lottery pick.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-wrapper article-treatment\">\n<div class=\"ad-slug-container\">\n<p class=\"ad-slug\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mid1\" data-position=\"mid1\" class=\"ad place-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of the 126-121 Warriors victory, the ripple effects stretched well beyond those in attendance. The Clippers\u2019 elimination means the 2026 first-round pick owed to Oklahoma City will enter the lottery. Slotted at No. 12, the pick carries a 7.1 percent chance of jumping into the top four and a 1.5 percent chance of becoming the No. 1 pick.<\/p>\n<div data-ath-video-stream=\"OpJZBlCYAUdlC1B\" data-horizontal=\"9\" data-vertical=\"16\" data-restricted-countries=\"BI,BY,CD,CF,CU,IQ,IR,KP,LB,LY,ML,NI,RU,SD,SO,SS,SY,UA,VE,YE,ZW\" data-restricted-countries-mode=\"block\" data-thumbnail-url style=\"padding:0\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:764px\"><\/div>\n<p>      <span data-type=\"application\/dash+xml\" data-source=\"https:\/\/video.nyt.com\/athletic\/streams\/OpJZBlCYAUdlC1B\/rJ4FdtVsFKss\/rJ4FdtVsFKss.mpd\"><\/span><br \/>\n      <span data-type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" data-source=\"https:\/\/video.nyt.com\/athletic\/streams\/OpJZBlCYAUdlC1B\/rJ4FdtVsFKss\/rJ4FdtVsFKss.m3u8\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<p>The 2026 pick is the final asset headed to Oklahoma City from the 2019 blockbuster trade that sent Paul George to L.A. The deal also delivered future MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a haul of picks and draft-pick swaps and Danilo Gallinari to the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Wizards, Indiana Pacers and Brooklyn Nets \u2014 the league\u2019s three worst teams \u2014 each hold a 14 percent chance at the top pick. The Clippers could receive the Pacers\u2019 first-round pick if it falls between Nos. 5 and 9 as part of the Ivica Zubac trade at the deadline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2014 As the final horn sounded inside Intuit Dome on Wednesday night, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors spilled onto the court, celebrating a wild, come-from-behind win in the NBA\u2019s Play-In Tournament. The home crowd was stunned. The LA Clippers were shocked. And along press row, a few scouts watching it all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1884980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1884980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1884980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1884980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1884980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1884980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}