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Lakers' lottery-draft position has some variables

This might be the strangest pause in the Lakers' schedule, three full days on the road between games.

They'll practice twice in Denver and finally play the Nuggets on Tuesday before heading home.

With so much time between box scores and so few accomplishments this season, it seemed reasonable to update the odds for their most popular event in May the last two years — the NBA draft lottery.

The Lakers' 2016 first-round draft pick is top-three protected, so they keep it only if they finish among the top three after the lottery.