What: The league's annual game of chance that decides by blind draw which of 14 participating teams will get the June draft's top three picks.

Where: Disney-Times Square Studios,

New York City.

Wolves' chances: They own 17 of 1,000 possible number combinations. That means they have an 81.3 percent chance of staying put with the ninth overall pick, a 12.2 percent chance of picking 10th and a 6.1 percent chance of getting one of the top 3 picks that breaks down this way: A 1.7 percent of winning the No. 1 pick, a 2 percent chance of getting No. 3 and a 2.4 percent chance of getting No. 3.

They also have a 0.4 percent chance of drafting 12th.

Good-luck charm?

The Wolves are sending as their representative two-time All Star Kevin Love, a guy who's so lucky he broke his hand not once but twice last season.

Associated Press file, Star Tribune
Kansas’ Ben McLemore is the No. 1 shooting guard in the draft, but isn’t expected to be there for the Wolves unless they move up higher than their current No. 9 slot. The lottery is at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

What if the Wolves get lucky?

Well, for starters, it would be the first time in their 24-year history that they got better than they deserved. It's also probably the only way they'll get a chance at the draft's two best shooting guards, their most glaring need: Kansas freshman Ben McLemore, an open-court thoroughbred and shooter some scouts compare to Ray Allen who could go No. 1 overall depending on that team's needs, and Indiana junior Victor Oladipo.

What if the Wolves don't get lucky?

They could go one of two ways: Still opt to fill their shooting-guard need by taking the next best one left — Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, D-Leaguer Glen Rice Jr., Lehigh's C.J. McCollum, among them — or add big-man depth with Maryland center Alex Len (even after foot surgery) or Pitt's Steven Adams. Or they could see who — the much-balleyooed UCLA small forward Shabazz Muhammad perhaps? — might drop to them.

The favorite

The Orlando Magic has the best chance — 25 percent — of winning the No. 1 overall pick, thanks to its league-worst 20-62 record in their post-Dwight Howard, rebuilding season.

Three more

The Wolves also own Memphis' first-round pick (26th overall) and two second-round picks (51st and 59th overall).