The Los Angeles Clippers didn’t need time after the draft lottery to decide who to take with the No. 1 pick. They settled on Blake Griffin long ago. “I’d say we made the decision June 2008,” assistant general manager Neil Olshey said Wednesday at the team’s practice facility.

The winning numbers in the Rhode Island daily lottery drawing for Wednesday were: 8-3-6-4

The Golden State Warriors did not move in Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery and will pick seventh.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) The Los Angeles Clippers won the NBA’s draft lottery Tuesday night and own the No. 1 pick in next month’s draft. The Clippers moved up from the third-best chance to earn the top pick for the third time, earning the right to draft All-America forward Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, the national college player of the year. Read the full story

The Los Angeles Clippers won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night, likely sealing the destination for Oklahoma star Blake Griffin, men’s college basketball’s player of the year. Memphis has the second pick, and Oklahoma City will select third.

The Pacers had less than a one-percent chance of landing the top pick in the lottery held Tuesday night.

If you win really big playing the Connecticut Lottery this holiday weekend, you’ll have to wait until Tuesday to cash in.

The beer didn’t flow. No sticky-floored pub passed itself off as the official “Trail Blazers Draft Lottery Party Headquarters.” No one in the marketing department at One Center Court had to conjure up enthusiasm in an event rooted in failure. Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery rolled along without you, and the…