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Playing the Lottery
The NBA Draft Lottery determines the order of selection for the top 13 picks of the first round of the NBA Draft. The team with the worst record in the regular season has the most chances for the #1 pick while the team with the best record among the non-playoff teams has the least number of chances. With the Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers finishing in a tie for the league's worst record, the two teams will split the chances of the last place team (225 balls each rather than 250 and 200). In the event that neither the Nuggets nor the Cavs wins one of the first three picks in the Lottery, Denver will select fourth and Cleveland fifth, as the result of a random drawing to break the tie.
The NBA's 2003 NBA Draft Lottery will be held on Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m. MT at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ. For the first time in the history of the event, the NBA Draft Lottery will be a 30-minute television show, aired nationally by ABC. NBA Draft 2003 will be held Thursday, June 26, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City The odds for each team in the lottery are found below.
(1) Pick may be conveyed to Detroit (2) Pick may be conveyed to Milwaukee The order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows: 14. Milwaukee (3) 15. Orlando 16. Boston 17. Phoenix 18. New Orleans 19. Utah 20. Philadelphia (To Boston) 21. Indiana (To Atlanta) 22. New Jersey 23. Portland 24. LA Lakers 25. Detroit (4) 26. Minnesota 27. Sacramento (To Memphis via Orlando) 28. San Antonio 29. Dallas
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30. Cleveland (5) 31. Denver (To New York) - along with Antonio McDyess in exchange for Mark Jackson, Marcus Camby and draft rights to Nene Hilario (6/26/02) 32. Toronto (To L.A. Lakers) 33. Miami 34. LA Clippers 35. Memphis (To Milwaukee or to Seattle via Milwaukee) 36. Chicago 37. Atlanta 38. Washington 39. New York 40. Golden State 41. Seattle 42. Orlando (6) 43. Milwaukee (7) 44. Houston 45. Phoenix (To Chicago) 46. Boston (To Denver) - along with Shammond Williams in exchange for Mark Blount and Mark Bryant 47. Utah 48. New Orleans 49. Indiana 50. Philadelphia (8) 51. New Jersey 52. LA Lakers (To Toronto) 53. Detroit (To Miami or to Chicago via Miami) 54. Portland 55. Minnesota 56. Sacramento 57. Dallas (9) 58. San Antonio (To Detroit)
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