NEW YORK, NY – April 18, 2008 – Four ties among teams that finished the 2007-08 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2008 NBA Draft, which will be held on Thursday, June 26 at The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today in New York City by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

The results of the drawings:

• Minnesota (22-60) won a tiebreaker with Memphis
• New York (23-59) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Clippers
• Phoenix (55-27) won a tiebreaker with Houston
• San Antonio (56-26) won a tiebreaker with New Orleans

Below is the order of selection for the 2008 NBA Draft, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held May 20, at the NBA Entertainment studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

2008 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery, to be held on May 20, 2008, 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 (out of 1,000)
Miami	15-67	250
Seattle	20-62	199
Minnesota	22-60	138
Memphis	22-60	137
New York	23-59	76
LA Clippers	23-59	75
Milwaukee	26-56	43
Charlotte	32-50	28
Chicago	33-49	17
New Jersey	34-48	11
Indiana	36-46	8
Sacramento	38-44	7
Portland	41-41	6
Golden State	48-34	5

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

15. Atlanta (To Phoenix) (37-45)
16. Philadelphia (40-42)
17. Toronto (41-41)
18. Washington (43-39)
19. Cleveland (45-37)
20. Denver (50-32)
21. Dallas (To New Jersey) (51-31)
22. Orlando (52-30)
23. Utah (54-28)
24. Phoenix (To Seattle) (55-27)
25. Houston (55-27)
26. San Antonio (56-26)
27. New Orleans (56-26)
28. LA Lakers (To Memphis) (57-25)
29. Detroit (59-23)
30. Boston (66-16)

2008 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

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

*Please note that teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in the reverse of the order in which they select in the first round. With respect to the ties between Memphis and Minnesota (33 and 34); and the Los Angeles Clippers and New York (35 and 36): since the order of selection in the first round for each set of teams may change based on the results of the Draft Lottery, the order of selection in the second round cannot be determined until after the Draft Lottery is conducted (on May 20, 2008).