The season is already over for 11 NBA teams, and 1 team is in the lead for the race to the bottom
Seven NBA teams have a less than 1% chance at making the playoffs while four teams are eliminated from the postseason entirely.
The New York Knicks own the league' worst record, but the bottom three teams share a 14% chance of getting the No. 1 pick.
With a few weeks remaining in the regular season, the playoff race isn't a particularly close one, with only three teams still jostling to make it to the playoffs.
The NBA regular season is in its stretch run, but for many teams, the season is already over.
This year's playoff race, at the moment, lacks drama, with seven teams boasting less than a 1% chance of making the postseason and four already eliminated entirely.
On the other hand, the race for the bottom is on, with the New York Knicks owning the league's worst record over the Phoenix Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers. With the NBA's new lottery odds, the three worst teams share a 14% chance of landing the No. 1 pick, but the team with the worst record can't pick lower than fifth.
We used 538's playoff odds to determine who is out of the race and Tankathon for the odds at the No. 1 pick.
Several Eastern Conference teams boast higher odds to land the No. 1 pick than Western Conference teams, but they aren't mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. The Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets, and Washington Wizards are all 3.5 games or less of a playoff spot in the East.
With a few weeks to go until the playoffs, here are the teams whose seasons are finished and are now jostling for better lottery odds.
