2015 NBA Draft Ties Broken

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 the 2015 NBA Draft 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:

15. Brooklyn 3 38-44 (.463)

16. Boston 40-42 (.488)

17. Milwaukee 41-41 (.500)

18. New Orleans (To Houston) 45-37 (.549)

19. Washington 46-36 (.561)

20. Toronto 49-33 (.598)

21. Dallas 50-32 (.610)

22. Chicago 4 50-32 (.610)

23. Portland 51-31 (.622)

24. Cleveland 5 53-29 (.646)

25. Memphis 55-27 (.671)

26. San Antonio 55-27 (.671)

27. Houston (To LA Lakers) 56-26 (.683)

28. LA Clippers (To Boston) 56-26 (.683)

29. Atlanta 6 60-22 (.732)

30. 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

31. Minnesota

32. New York (To Houston)

33. Philadelphia (To Boston via Miami)

34. LA Lakers

35. Orlando (To Philadelphia)

36. Sacramento (To Minnesota via Houston)

37. Denver (To Philadelphia via Houston, Portland and Minnesota)

38. Detroit

39. Charlotte

40. Miami

41. Brooklyn

42/43. Utah

42/43. Indiana

44. Phoenix

45. Boston

46. Milwaukee

47. New Orleans (To Philadelphia via Washington and LA Clippers)

48. Oklahoma City

49. Washington

50. Toronto (To Atlanta)

51. Chicago (To Orlando)

52. Dallas

53. Portland (To Cleveland via Chicago and Denver)

54. Cleveland (To Utah)

55. San Antonio

56. Memphis (To New Orleans)

57. LA Clippers (To Denver)

58. Houston (To Philadelphia)

59. Atlanta

60. Golden State (To Philadelphia via Indiana)