Ties Broken For 2009 NBA Draft Order

Five ties among teams that finished the 2008-09 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2009 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 25 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:

--Washington (19-63) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Clippers
--Minnesota (24-58) won a tiebreaker with Memphis
--Milwaukee (34-48) won a tiebreaker with New Jersey
--Chicago (41-41) won a tiebreaker with Philadelphia
--Portland (54-28) won a tiebreaker with Denver and San Antonio; San Antonio then won a tiebreaker with Denver

The following is the order of selection for the 2009 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2009 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held May 19, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2009 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 19, 2009, 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, Chances out of 1,000
Sacramento 17-65 250
Washington 19-63 178
LA Clippers 19-63 177
Oklahoma City 23-59 119
Minnesota 24-58 76
Memphis 24-58 75
Golden State 29-53 43
New York 32-50 28
Toronto 33-49 17
Milwaukee 34-48 10
New Jersey 34-48 9
Charlotte 35-47 7
Indiana 36-46 6
Phoenix 46-36 5

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

15. Detroit 39-43
16. Chicago 41-41
17. Philadelphia 41-41
18. Miami (To Minn) 43-39
19. Atlanta 47-35
20. Utah 48-34
21. New Orleans 49-33
22. Dallas 50-32
23. Houston (To Sac) 53-29
24. Portland 54-28
25. San Antonio (To OKC) 54-28
26. Denver (To Chi via OKC) 54-28
27. Orlando (To Mem) 59-23
28. Boston (To Minn) 62-20
29. LA Lakers 65-17
30. Cleveland 66-16