Ties broken for NBA Draft 2010 order of selection

NEW YORK (Official Release) -- Six ties among teams that finished the 2009-10 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2010 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 24 at The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The drawings were conducted earlier today in New York City at the Board of Governors meeting by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The results of the drawings:

• Utah (53-29) won a tiebreaker with Atlanta and Denver; Atlanta then won a tie-breaker with Denver

• Boston (50-32) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Portland; San Antonio then won a tie-breaker with Oklahoma City and Portland; Oklahoma City then won a tie-breaker with Portland

• Memphis (40-42) won a tiebreaker with Toronto

• The Los Angeles Clippers (29-53) won a tiebreaker with New York

• Philadelphia (27-55) won a tiebreaker with Detroit

• Golden State (26-56) won a tiebreaker with Washington

Attached is the order of selection for the 2010 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2010 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held May 18, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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2010 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 18, 2010, are as follows (note: the first three picks in the Draft will be determined by the lottery and the remainder of the "lottery teams" will select in positions 4 through 14 in inverse order of their consolidated standings at the end of the regular season):

TEAM RECORD LOTTERY CHANCES New Jersey 12-70 250 Minnesota 15-67 199 Sacramento 25-57 156 Golden State 26-56 104 Washington 26-56 103 Philadelphia 27-55 53 Detroit 27-55 53 LA Clippers 29-53 23 New York (To Utah via Phoenix) 29-53 22 Indiana 32-50 11 New Orleans 37-45 8 Memphis 40-42 7 Toronto 40-42 6 Houston 42-40 5

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

15. Chicago (To Milwaukee) 41-41 16. Charlotte (To Minnesota via Denver) 44-38 17. Milwaukee (To Chicago) 46-36 18. Miami 47-35 19. Boston 50-32 20. San Antonio 50-32 21. Oklahoma City 50-32 22. Portland 50-32 23. Utah (To Minnesota via Philadelphia) 53-29 24. Atlanta 53-29 25. Denver (To Memphis) 53-29 26. Phoenix (To Oklahoma City) 54-28 27. Dallas (To New Jersey) 55-27 28. LA Lakers (To Memphis) 57-25 29. Orlando 59-23 30. Cleveland (To Washington) 61-21

2010 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

31. New Jersey 32. Minnesota (To Oklahoma City) 33. Sacramento 34/35. Washington 34/35. Golden State 36/37. Detroit 36/37. Philadelphia (To Milwaukee) 38/39. New York 38/39. LA Clippers (To New York via Denver) 40. Indiana 41. New Orleans (To Miami) 42/43. Toronto (To Miami) 42/43. Memphis (To LA Lakers) 44. Chicago (To Portland) 45. Houston (To Minnesota) 46. Charlotte (To Phoenix) 47. Milwaukee 48. Miami 49. San Antonio 50. Oklahoma City (To Dallas) 51. Portland (To Oklahoma City via Dallas and Minnesota) 52. Boston 53. Atlanta 54. Denver (To LA Clippers) 55. Utah 56. Phoenix (To Minnesota) 57. Dallas Pick may be conveyed to Indiana. 58. LA Lakers 59. Orlando 60. Cleveland (To Phoenix)