NEW YORK – Seven ties among teams that finished the 2011-12 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2012 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 28, at The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
The drawings were conducted earlier today in New York City by Carol Sawdye, NBA Chief Financial Officer, and Dan Rube, NBA Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, and was overseen by the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
· Cleveland (21-45) won a tiebreaker with New Orleans.
· Sacramento (22-44) won a tiebreaker with New Jersey.
· Golden State (23-43) won a tiebreaker with Toronto.
· New York (36-30) won a tiebreaker with Dallas; and Dallas won a
tiebreaker with Utah.
· L.A. Clippers (40-26) won a tiebreaker with Atlanta.
· L.A. Lakers (41-25) won a tiebreaker with Memphis.
· Chicago (50-16) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio.
Attached is the order of selection for the 2012 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held May 30.
2012 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 30, 2012, 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):
LOTTERY CHANCES (out of 1,000)
Charlotte 250
Washington 199
Cleveland 138
New Orleans 137
Sacramento 76
New Jersey (To Portland if not Top 3) 75
Golden State (To Utah if not Top 7) 36
Toronto 35
Detroit 17
Minnesota (To New Orleans via LA Clippers) 11
Portland 8
Milwaukee 7
Phoenix 6
Houston 5
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
15. Philadelphia
16. New York (To Houston)
17. Dallas
18. Utah (To Minnesota)
19. Orlando
20. Denver
21. Boston
22. LA Clippers (To Boston via OKC)
23. Atlanta
24. LA Lakers (To Cleveland)
25. Memphis
26. Indiana
27. Miami
28. Oklahoma City
29. Chicago
30. San Antonio (To Golden State)
SECOND ROUND
31. Charlotte
32. Washington
33/34. New Orleans (To Cleveland via Miami)
33/34. Cleveland
35/36. New Jersey (To Golden State)
35/36. Sacramento
37/38. Toronto
37/38. Golden State (To Denver via New York)
39. Detroit
40. Minnesota (To Portland via Houston)
41. Portland
42. Milwaukee
43. Phoenix (To Atlanta)
44. Houston (To Detroit)
45. Philadelphia
46. Dallas (To Washington)
47. Utah
48. New York
49. Orlando
50. Denver
51. Boston
52. Atlanta (To Golden State)
53. LA Clippers
54. Memphis (To Philadelphia)
55. LA Lakers (To Dallas)
56. Indiana (To Toronto)
57. Miami (To New Jersey)
58. Oklahoma City (To Minnesota)
59. San Antonio
60. Chicago (To New Jersey via Milwaukee or to LA Lakers via New
Jersey and Milwaukee)
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