Re: lottery odds - april 4, 97

["Caleb J. McArthur" <cmcarthu@umich.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Charles Jowett wrote:
>                           Odds of
>     Team           W   L  #1 pick
> ---------------------------------
>  1. Vancouver     12  63   N/A
>  2. Boston        13  61  27.3%
>  3. San Antonio   18  54  21.4%
>  4. Denver        20  53  16.4%
>  5. Philadelphia  21  51  12.2%
>  6. Dallas        22  51   8.7%
>  7. New Jersey    23  50   6.0%
>  8. Golden State  27  46   4.0%
>  9. Toronto       27  47   N/A
> 10. Milwaukee     29  44   1.5%
> 11. Sacramento    29  44   1.0%
> 12. Indiana       35  38   0.8%
> 13. Wash or Cleve 38  35   0.7%
> 
> Boston + Dallas = 36.0%

Golden State has a better record than Toronto (27-46 beats 27-47), so GS
should be in the 9 spot and Toronto should be in the 8 spot.  This
increases everybody's chances slightly (except Golden State's of course).

CJM