Coins were flipped… well, not exactly. Random numbers were drawn and… I know you don’t want the details. I promised there would be no math.
Here’s what you want to know: Who won the tiebreakers for the NBA Draft and Draft Lottery:
• 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.
Here’s what that really means — the NBA Draft Lottery odds:
• Milwaukee 25%
• Philadelphia 19.9%
• Orlando 15.6%
• Utah 10.4%
• Boston 10.3%
• LA Lakers 6.3%
• Sacramento 4.3%
• Detroit (possibly to Charlotte) 2.8%
• Cleveland 1.7%
• New Orleans (possibly to Philadelphia) 1.1%
• Denver (possibly to Orlando) 0.8%
• Denver or Orlando (via New York and Denver) 0.7%
• Minnesota (possibly to Phoenix) 0.6%
• Phoenix 0.5%
Once you get through the lottery here is the draft order:
15. Atlanta
16. Chicago (via Charlotte)
17. Boston (via Brooklyn
18. Phoenix (via Washington)
19. Chicago
20. Toronto
21. Oklahoma City (via Dallas, Houston and LA Lakers)
22. Memphis
23. Utah (via Golden State)
24. Charlotte (via Portland)
25. Houston
26. Miami
27. Phoenix (via Indiana)
28. LA Clippers
29. Oklahoma City
30. San Antonio
