NBA breaks ties for upcoming draft

On Monday, six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2023.

The results of the drawings:

  • The Houston Rockets (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the San Antonio Spurs.

  • The Indiana Pacers (35-47) won a tiebreaker with the Washington Wizards.

  • The Chicago Bulls (40-42) won a tiebreaker with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

  • The Miami Heat (44-38) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Golden State and the LA Clippers, respectively.

  • The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Brooklyn Nets.

  • The Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

NBA Draft Lottery 2023 will be held on Tuesday, May 16(ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET.)

Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2023(Thursday, June 22), and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm.

Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2023 to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2023 presented. The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2022-23 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

Detroit

17-65

.207

14.0%

Houston

22-60

.268

14.0%

San Antonio

22-60

.268

14.0%

Charlotte

27-55

.329

12.5%

Portland

33-49

.402

10.5%

Orlando

34-48

.415

9.0%

Indiana

35-47

.427

6.8%

Washington

35-47

.427

6.7%

Utah

37-45

.451

4.5%

Dallas1

38-44

.463

3.0%

Chicago2

40-42

.488

1.8%

Oklahoma City

40-42

.488

1.7%

Toronto

41-41

.500

1.0%

New Orleans

42-40

.512

0.5%

The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:

       

TEAM

RECORD

WIN%

15.

Atlanta

41-41

.500

16.

Minnesota (to Utah)

42-40

.512

17.

Los Angeles Lakers

43-39

.524

18.

Miami

44-38

.537

19.

Golden State

44-38

.537

20.

LA Clippers (to Houston)

44-38

.537

21.

Phoenix (to Brooklyn)

45-37

.549

22.

Brooklyn

45-37

.549

23.

New York (to Portland)

47-35

.573

24.

Sacramento

48-34

.585

25.

Memphis

51-31

.622

26.

Cleveland (to Indiana)

51-31

.622

27.

Denver (to Charlotte via New York and Oklahoma City)

53-29

.646

28.

Philadelphia (to Utah via Brooklyn)

54-28

.659

29.

Boston (to Indiana)

57-25

.695

30.

Milwaukee (to the LA Clippers via Houston)

58-24

.707

1 This pick may be conveyed to New York

2 This pick may be conveyed to Orlando

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