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Pacers Win Coin Flip, Will Be 11th in Lottery

The Pacers won a coin-flip with Utah to land 11th in the 2015 Draft Lottery. The last time the Pacers had the 11th pick in the draft was in 2008, when the team selected Jerryd Bayless before trading him to Portland for a package that included the rights to Brandon Rush, Jarrett Jack, and Josh McRoberts. In 1987, the team also picked 11th and picked future Hall of Famer Reggie Miller.

Official Release

NEW YORK, April 17, 2015 – Four ties among teams that finished the 2014-15 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to help determine the order of selection for the 2015 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, which will be held on Thursday, June 25.

The drawings were conducted live on NBA TV earlier today in New York City by Rod Thorn, NBA President, Basketball Operations. The tiebreak process was overseen by Denise Pelli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

  • Indiana (38-44) won a tiebreaker with Utah.
  • Dallas (50-32) won a tiebreaker with Chicago.
  • Memphis (55-27) won a tiebreaker with San Antonio.
  • Houston (56-26) won a tiebreaker with the LA Clippers.

Attached is the order of selection for the 2015 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, as well as the number of chances for teams in the 2015 NBA Draft Lottery, to be held on Tuesday, May 19.

2015 FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

The teams entered in the lottery 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):

  1. Minnesota 16-66 (.195) 250
  2. New York 17-65 (.207) 199
  3. Philadelphia 18-64 (.220) 156
  4. LA Lakers 21-61 (.256) 119
  5. Orlando 25-57 (.305) 88
  6. Sacramento 29-53 (.354) 63
  7. Denver 30-52 (.366) 43
  8. Detroit 32-50 (.390) 28
  9. Charlotte 33-49 (.402) 17
  10. Miami 37-45 (.451) 11
  11. Indiana 38-44 (.463) 8
  12. Utah 38-44 (.463) 7
  13. Phoenix 39-43 (.476) 6
  14. Oklahoma City 45-37 (.549) 5

2015 SECOND ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

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

* Please note that the teams that finished the regular season with identical records will select in the second round in inverse order of the order in which they select in the first round. With respect to the tie between the Indiana Pacers and Utah Jazz (38 and 44; 0.463 pct.): since the order of selection in the first round for this 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 19, 2015).