Ties broken for NBA Draft 2015 presented by State Farm order of selection

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NEW YORK – Four ties among teams that finished the 2014-15 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2015 presented by State Farm, which will be held on Thursday, June 25.

The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today in New York City by Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations.  The tiebreak process was overseen by Denise Pelli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

  • Indiana (38-44) won a tiebreaker with Utah.
  • Dallas (50-32) won a tiebreaker with Chicago.
  • Memphis (55-27) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio.
  • Houston (56-26) won a tiebreaker with the LA Clippers.

Attached is the order of selection for the 2015 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2015 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held on Tuesday, May 19.

2015 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the “lottery teams” will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):

Minnesota                                                                         16-66 (.195)              250
New York                                                                         17-65 (.207)              199
Philadelphia                                                                      18-64 (.220)              156
LA Lakers 1                                                                      21-61 (.256)              119
Orlando                                                                             25-57 (.305)              88
Sacramento                                                                       29-53 (.354)              63
Denver                                                                              30-52 (.366)              43
Detroit                                                                              32-50 (.390)              28
Charlotte                                                                           33-49 (.402)              17
Miami 2                                                                             37-45 (.451)              11
Indiana                                                                              38-44 (.463)              8
Utah                                                                                  38-44 (.463)              7
Phoenix                                                                             39-43 (.476)              6
Oklahoma City                                                                 45-37 (.549)              5

The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

  1. Brooklyn 3 38-44 (.463)
  2. Boston 40-42 (.488)
  3. Milwaukee 41-41 (.500)
  4. New Orleans (To Houston) 45-37 (.549)
  5. Washington 46-36 (.561)
  6. Toronto 49-33 (.598)
  7. Dallas 50-32 (.610)
  8. Chicago 4 50-32 (.610)
  9. Portland 51-31 (.622)
  10. Cleveland 5 53-29 (.646)
  11. Memphis 55-27 (.671)
  12. San Antonio 55-27 (.671)
  13. Houston (To LA Lakers) 56-26 (.683)
  14. LA Clippers (To Boston) 56-26 (.683)
  15. Atlanta 6 60-22 (.732)
  16. Golden State 67-15 (.817)

[1] This pick may be conveyed to Philadelphia via Phoenix.
2 This pick may be conveyed to Philadelphia via Cleveland.
3 This pick may be conveyed to Atlanta.
4 This pick may be conveyed to Cleveland.
5 This pick may be conveyed to Chicago.
6 This pick may be conveyed to Brooklyn.

2015 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

  1. Minnesota
  2. New York (To Houston)
  3. Philadelphia (To Boston via Miami)
  4. LA Lakers
  5. Orlando (To Philadelphia)
  6. Sacramento (To Minnesota via Houston)
  7. Denver (To Philadelphia via Houston, Portland and Minnesota)
  8. Detroit
  9. Charlotte
  10. Miami
  11. Brooklyn

42/43.  Utah

42/43.  Indiana

  1. Phoenix
  2. Boston
  3. Milwaukee
  4. New Orleans (To Philadelphia via Washington and LA Clippers)
  5. Oklahoma City
  6. Washington
  7. Toronto (To Atlanta)
  8. Chicago (To Orlando)
  9. Dallas
  10. Portland (To Cleveland via Chicago and Denver)
  11. Cleveland (To Utah)
  12. San Antonio
  13. Memphis (To New Orleans)
  14. LA Clippers (To Denver)
  15. Houston (To Philadelphia)
  16. Atlanta
  17. Golden State (To Philadelphia via Indiana)

*Please note that the teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in inverse order of the order in which they select in the first round.  With respect to the tie between the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz (38 and 44; 0.463 pct.):  since the order of selection in the first round for this set of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 19, 2015).