Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2021.
The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations Kiki VanDeWeghe at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
The Oklahoma City Thunder (22-50) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Chicago Bulls (31-41) won a tiebreaker with the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Sacramento and New Orleans, respectively.
The Charlotte Hornets (33-39) won a tiebreaker with the San Antonio Spurs.
The New York Knicks (41-31) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks.
The Dallas Mavericks (42-30) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Los Angeles and Portland, respectively.
The LA Clippers (47-25) won a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets.
NBA Draft Lottery 2021 will be held on Tuesday, June 22 and air live on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBA Draft 2021 will take place on Thursday, July 29.
CHANCES NBA LOTTERY TEAMS HAVE AT WINNING THE FIRST OVERALL pick
Houston 14.0%
Detroit 14.0%
Orlando 14.0%
Oklahoma City 11.5%
Cleveland 11.5%
Minnesota 9.0%
Toronto 7.5%
Chicago 4.5%
Sacramento 4.5%
New Orleans 4.5%
Charlotte 1.8%
San Antonio 1.7%
Indiana 1.0%
Golden State 0.5%
Note that the Houston, Minnesota and Chicago picks may change hands.
