There’s bad luck, and then there’s what the Washington Wizards have experienced since making the Eastern Conference Finals in 1979, when they were named the Bullets. That was the last time they made it that far,

Washington went in with a 14 percent chance at No. 1, tied for the best odds. Instead, the Mavericks (1.8 percent chance) will have the first chance at Duke’s Cooper Flagg.

David Aldridge and Josh Robbins look at the six potential scenarios the Wizards could encounter after the lottery drawing in Chicago.