Everything comes down to the final game of the season. Of course, at this point, “everything” for the Bulls translates to only one issue — the team’s position in the final standings for draft-lottery odds.

With Friday’s 127-103 loss to the Orlando Magic at the United Center, the Bulls are now separated by one game from the Milwaukee Bucks, who beat the Brooklyn Nets. With a win or a Bucks loss Sunday, the Bulls would clinch the ninth-best odds in the draft lottery, which would afford them a 20.3% chance of landing a top-four pick.

The only other notable occurrence in the game — in which Leonard Miller played 39 minutes and Tre Jones scored a team-high 23 points — was that star forward Matas Buzelis rolled his right ankle in the second half. The forward was able to walk to the locker room on his own. After the game, he said he did not anticipate a serious injury. Nevertheless, the tweak will end the forward’s season one game early after he missed the last two games with injury.

Outside of Buzelis’ ankles, the main focus of the game’s outcome was the big board of draft odds. Bulls fans are probably tired of worrying about the odds. That’s fair. Spending the final eight weeks of the season obsessed over wins and losses is a good way to sour anyone’s feelings toward a franchise. But at this point, the only outcome from these games that truly matters — outside of the enjoyment of those in attendance — is how their results influence the lottery standings for this summer’s draft.

The chasm between the ninth and 10th spots in the draft-lottery order is remarkably wide. The No. 9 spot comes with a 20.3% chance of landing a top-four pick; the 10th drops to 13.9%. The final outcome is still purely luck, but the Bulls could use as much help as possible as they attempt to kickstart a rebuild.

At this point, the Bulls can’t be faulted for wins or losses. Seven players — including starters Jalen Smith and Josh Giddey — have been shut down for the season. Two-way players Yuki Kawamura and Mac McClung are logging extensive minutes in these games. This is a skeleton crew doing its best to finish the year.

The Bucks also play their final game Sunday, a 5 p.m. matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers. That game is less of a surefire loss now that Joel Embiid has been sidelined following an appendectomy. The Bulls are in a similarly uncertain position playing the Dallas Mavericks, one of the most aggressively tanking teams in the West.