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2017 NBA Draft Lottery winners and losers

The 2017 NBA Draft Lottery is officially in the books, and while there weren't any huge surprises, there were some teams who either saw their positions either improved or worsened based on the way the ping pong balls bounced.

Here are the winners and losers from this year's draft lottery.

Winner: Boston Celtics
Winner: Boston Celtics

As a result of the trade with the Nets that sent Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn in 2013, the Celtics have the right to swap picks with the Nets in this year's draft. They'll do exactly that, after Brooklyn's league-worst record netted them the highest chance of landing the top pick, and the odds held true — which means that a Celtics team that is getting ready to play in the Eastern Conference Finals is getting the No.