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Lu Dort sparked the Oklahoma City Thunder's rally past the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 of the NBA Playoffs with three 3-pointers in a span of less than two minutes in the fourth quarter.
They can grin and laugh and embrace now that the results of Monday’s NBA draft lottery are finalized. The Sixers will select third in June‘s draft. They had the fifth-best odds of securing a pick in the top three — a 31.
Each ticket holder will receive a free T-shirt that will paint the crowd in stripes of blue and white during Tuesday's Game 5 matchup.
Josh Giddey enjoyed quite the breakout season during the 2024-25 NBA campaign, particularly after the trade deadline. Once the Chicago Bulls traded Zach LaVine at the deadline, Giddey was then able to take a larger role within the squad.
Denver was last in the league in 3-point attempts per game during the regular season (31.9), but that number has jumped to 38.5 3PA in the four contests against OKC. In their first-round series versus the LA Clippers, the Nuggets fired up an average of just 29.0 3PA across seven games.