3 hours ago
A reminder regarding teams with identical records:
Instead of using standard tiebreakers like head-to-head records (which are only used for playoff seeding), the NBA merges the lottery combinations of the tied teams and splits them as evenly as possible
A random drawing is held shortly after the regular season ends to establish a definitive "pre-lottery" order. The lottery only determines the top four picks. If neither of the tied teams moves into the top four, they are slotted in the order determined by the random drawing. The order established by the drawing is reversed for the second round of the draft.
Instead of using standard tiebreakers like head-to-head records (which are only used for playoff seeding), the NBA merges the lottery combinations of the tied teams and splits them as evenly as possible
A random drawing is held shortly after the regular season ends to establish a definitive "pre-lottery" order. The lottery only determines the top four picks. If neither of the tied teams moves into the top four, they are slotted in the order determined by the random drawing. The order established by the drawing is reversed for the second round of the draft.
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