CHICAGO — The San Antonio Spurs won the top pick in the NBA Draft at the lottery on Tuesday and are expected to select French sensation Victor Wembanyama.

The Orlando Magic, whose fans were hoping lottery luck would shine on them for the second year in a row, had the sixth-best chance of getting the top pick again this year and remained at that spot.

They also will get the No. 11 pick because of the terms of the trade that sent center Nikola Vucevic to the Chicago Bulls in March 2021. That will complete the trade.

San Antonio was one of three teams with the best probability of winning the draft lottery.

Detroit had the worst record in the NBA and also was one of those three teams. The Pistons wound up falling all the way to fifth, the worst of their possible outcomes. The Houston Rockets dropped to the fourth draft spot.

The Charlotte Hornets will pick No. 2, moving up from No. 4, and the Portland Trail Blazers climbed from the fifth-best odds to No. 3.

The following is the draft order of the teams that participated in the lottery.

Magic fans packed Wall Street Plaza in downtown Orlando for a draft watch party, hoping to send enough vibes Chicago's way to land them the top pick.

One by one, as the logo of each team showed up in the spot they were expected to draft for the first three picks, the crowd cheered. When the Magic's logo showed up at No. 11, indicating they were able to claim the Bulls' pick, they applauded and yelled even louder. Then they resumed the cheers for each logo.

Orlando only had a 9% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, but when the Magic's logo came up at the No. 6 spot, the crowd groaned as one.

They turned attentively back to the draft, though, cheering when the logos one of the Eastern Conference teams ahead of them came up before the No. 1 pick.

Magic fans didn't sound too disappointed after the lottery was over, though, as a "Let's go Magic!" cheer broke out soon afterward.

"We didn't go up, but we didn't drop either," one fan said.

Many fans said they were happy with the Magic's progress this season and that they will have two draft picks in the lottery this year.

"I'm excited where we are," Cortez Paul of Orlando said. "We've got a bright future. We can build with two lottery picks."

He said he hopes Orlando will draft guard Gradey Dick out of Kansas, who is known for his 3-point shooting; UCF forward Taylor Hendricks, who is a multipositional defender and shot blocker who can shoot; or Houston forward Jarace Walker, an elite defender with a wingspan estimated at 7 feet, 2 inches.

Tristan Scammell of Orlando said fans have high expectations, but the Magic can get the help they need where they are drafting.

"We're on the right trajectory," Scammell said. "We get some shooters, and we're on our way."

Magic President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman was optimistic after the draft lottery, too.

"That (draft) board looks pretty good," Weltman said. "To be 6 and 11, to have two lottery picks and the greatest likelihood coming into tonight percentage-wise was that we would move back from 6 — to hold 6 and add 11 is a good day for us."

Weltman said the hard work and fun starts Wednesday, getting to meet the players they have been tracking all year.

Magic coach Jamahl Mosley, who represented Orlando on the draft lottery stage, said it will be exciting to find the right players to help the team continue to build.

As for the Spurs and Wembanyama, the pairing seems like a good match.

Wembanyama will be the third No. 1 pick the Spurs have had in club history. The others were Hall of Famers David Robinson and Tim Duncan, who led them to five NBA championships. The Spurs' Gregg Popovich coached both those players and established an especially good relationship with Duncan. He also coached Hall of Fame point guard Tony Parker, who owns the team in France for which Wembanyama currently plays. Duncan, Parker and Argentina's Manu Ginobili won multiple NBA championships together.

Wembanyama finished his regular season with Boulogne-Levallois of France’s top pro league earlier Tuesday, his 22-point effort good enough for him to clinch the league’s scoring title. It was shortly past 2 a.m. Wednesday in Paris when the lottery results were revealed, and Wembanyama was gathered with family and friends for a celebration.

Victor Wembanyama, who the Spurs are expected to make the top pick in the NBA Draft, couldn't be at the Draft Lottery on Tuesday night because his team was in the playoffs in a French league. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Wembanyama is wrapping up his third professional season in France and has been the consensus top pick for months. He has the height of a center, the shooting touch of a wing and the passing ability of a point guard.

“Our future was already bright,” Spurs Managing Partner Peter J. Holt said. “Now, it’s going to be through the moon.”

Portland Trail Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin was happy to move up to the No. 3 position.

“This draft is a deep, talented one,” Cronin said. “We know picks one through six, there’s always gems to be found, but to move up into the top three is really exciting.”

Outside of Wembanyama, many of the other top prospects — Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite, Brandon Miller of Alabama and twin brothers Amen and Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite program — were in the room to watch the lottery results get unveiled and got a little better idea of where they may be heading to start their NBA careers.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.