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LA Clippers have first pick in NBA Draft

SECAUCUS, N.J., May 19 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Clippers won the NBA Draft lottery Tuesday and will have the first pick on June 25.

The Clippers, who finished this past season 19-63 and had a 17.7 percent chance of getting the top pick, won the lottery for the third time.

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The Clippers had the top pick in 1998 and selected Pacific's Michael Olowokandi and again in 1988, when they took Kansas' Danny Manning.

Memphis (24-68) will pick second, followed by Oklahoma City (23-59) and Sacramento (17-65).

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