Four ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm.
The drawings were conducted by NBA President, League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
The Chicago Bulls (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Toronto Raptors (48-34) won a tiebreaker with the Denver Nuggets.
The Philadelphia 76ers (51-31) won a tiebreaker with the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Milwaukee and Boston, respectively.
The Miami Heat (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors.
NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm will be held on Tuesday, May 17 and air live on ESPN at 8:00 p.m. ET. NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm will take place on Thursday, June 23.
Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm.
2022 FIRST ROUND
Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2022 presented by State Farm to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2022 presented by State Farm. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2021-22 regular-season games. The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:
TEAM
RECORD
WIN%
LOTTERY PROBABILITY
Houston
20-62
.244
14.0%
Orlando
22-60
.268
14.0%
Detroit
23-59
.280
14.0%
Oklahoma City
24-58
.293
12.5%
Indiana
25-57
.305
10.5%
Portland
27-55
.329
9.0%
Sacramento
30-52
.366
7.5%
Los Angeles Lakers1
33-49
.402
6.0%
San Antonio
34-48
.415
4.5%
Washington
35-47
.427
3.0%
New York
37-45
.451
2.0%
LA Clippers (to Oklahoma City)
42-40
.512
1.5%
Charlotte
43-39
.524
1.0%
Cleveland
44-38
.537
0.5%
The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:
TEAM
RECORD
WIN%
15.
New Orleans (to Charlotte)
36-46
.439
16.
Atlanta
43-39
.524
17.
Brooklyn (to Houston)
44-38
.537
18.
Chicago
46-36
.561
19.
Minnesota
46-36
.561
20.
Toronto (to San Antonio)
48-34
.585
21.
Denver
48-34
.585
22.
Utah (to Memphis)
49-33
.598
23.
Philadelphia2
51-31
.622
24.
Milwaukee
51-31
.622
25.
Boston (to San Antonio)
51-31
.622
26.
Dallas
52-30
.634
27.
Miami
53-29
.646
28.
Golden State
53-29
.646
29.
Memphis
56-26
.683
30.
Phoenix (to Oklahoma City)
64-18
.780
1 This pick will be conveyed either to New Orleans, or to Memphis via New Orleans
2 This pick may be conveyed to Brooklyn
2022 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER
31.
Houston (to Indiana via Cleveland)
32.
Orlando
33.
Detroit (to Toronto via San Antonio, Washington, and Chicago)
34.
Oklahoma City
35.
Indiana (to Orlando via Milwaukee)
36.
Portland
37.
Sacramento
38.
Los Angeles Lakers (to San Antonio via Chicago and Washington)
39.
San Antonio (to Cleveland via Utah)
40.
Washington (to Minnesota via Cleveland)
41.
New Orleans
42.
New York
43.
LA Clippers
44.
Atlanta
45.
Charlotte
46.
Brooklyn (to Detroit)
47.
Cleveland3
48.
Minnesota
49.
Chicago (to Sacramento via Memphis and Detroit)
50.
Denver (to Minnesota via Philadelphia)
51.
Toronto (to Golden State via Philadelphia)
52.
Utah (to New Orleans)
53.
Boston
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Milwaukee (forfeited)
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Philadelphia (to Miami via Denver; forfeited by Miami)
54.
Dallas (to Washington)
55.
Golden State
56.
Miami (to Cleveland via Indiana)
57.
Memphis (to Portland via Utah)
58.
Phoenix (to Indiana)
3 This pick will be conveyed either to New Orleans via Atlanta, or to Memphis via New Orleans and Atlanta
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