Ties broken for NBA draft 2014 order of selection

NEW YORK, April 18, 2014 – Four ties among teams that finished the 2013-14 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2014 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 26.

The drawings were conducted earlier today in New York City by Jason Cahilly, NBA Chief Strategic and Financial Officer, and Dan Rube, NBA Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. The tiebreak process was overseen by Darrington Hobson, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

• Utah (25-57) won a tiebreaker with Boston.

• Brooklyn (44-38) won a tiebreaker with Washington.

• Chicago (48-34) won a tiebreaker with Toronto.

• Portland (54-28) won a tiebreaker with Miami and Houston; Houston then won a tie-breaker with Miami.

Attached is the order of selection for the 2014 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2014 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held on Tuesday, May 20.

2014 first round draft choice order

The teams entered in the lottery are as follows:

Milwaukee 15-67 (.183) 250

Philadelphia 19-63 (.232) 199

Orlando 23-59 (.280) 156

Utah 25-57 (.305) 104

Boston 25-57 (.305) 103

LA Lakers 27-55 (.329) 63

Sacramento 28-54 (.341) 43

Detroit (1) 29-53 (.354) 28

Cleveland 33-49 (.402) 17

New Orleans (2) 34-48 (.415) 11

Denver (3) 36-46 (.439) 8

New York (To Denver or to Orlando via Denver) 37-45 (.451) 7

Minnesota (4) 40-42 (.488) 6

Phoenix 48-34 (.585) 5