In the NBA, the fourteen basketball teams that did not make the playoffs participate in the draft lottery. Ping pong balls numberd 1 through 14 are placed in a lottery machine and a sample of four balls is drawn randomly to determine which team will have the first overall draft pick. The combination {11,12,13,14} is ignored if it is drawn.(note: each team is assigned between 5 and 250 combinations prior to the drawing in orer of their regular season record.)

In 2008, the Chicago Bulls, who had the ninth orst record in the NBA and were assigned 17 combinations, won the first overall pick. What

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In the NBA, the fourteen basketball teams that did not make the playoffs participate in the draft lottery. Ping pong balls numberd 1 through 14 are placed in a lottery machine and a sample of four balls is drawn randomly to determine which team will have the first overall draft pick. The combination {11,12,13,14} is ignored if it is drawn.(note: each team is assigned between 5 and 250 combinations prior to the drawing in orer of their regular season record.)

In 2008, the Chicago Bulls, who had the ninth orst record in the NBA and were assigned 17 combinations, won the first overall pick. What