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NBA set pre-lottery draft order, with Houston Rockets winning a tiebreaker with the San Antonio Spurs.

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Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm.

The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marie Dhimmar, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

The results of the drawings:

The Houston Rockets (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the San Antonio Spurs. The Indiana Pacers (35-47) won a tiebreaker with the Washington Wizards. The Chicago Bulls (40-42) won a tiebreaker with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Miami Heat (44-38) won a tiebreaker with the Golden State Warriors and the LA Clippers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Golden State and the LA Clippers, respectively. The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Brooklyn Nets. The Memphis Grizzlies (51-31) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

NBA Draft Lottery 2023, presented by State Farm, will be held on Tuesday, May 16, and air live on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBA Draft 2023, presented by State Farm, will take place on Thursday, June 22.

Below is the order of selection for the NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm and the probability of being awarded the first overall draft pick for teams in the NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm.

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2023 NBA Draft First Round

Drawings will be conducted at NBA Draft Lottery 2023, presented by State Farm, to determine the first four picks in NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm.

The remainder of the Lottery teams will select in positions 5 through 14 in inverse order of their records in 2022-23 regular-season games.

The teams entered in the NBA Draft Lottery, and their probability of winning the Lottery are as follows:

Team Record Win % Lottery probability Detroit 17-65 .207 14.0% Houston 22-60 .268 14.0% San Antonio 22-60 .268 14.0% Charlotte 27-55 .329 12.5% Portland 33-49 .402 10.5% Orlando 34-48 .415 9.0% Indiana 35-47 .427 6.8% Washington 35-47 .427 6.7% Utah 37-45 .451 4.5% Dallas 38-44 .463 3.0% Chicago 40-42 .488 1.8% Oklahoma City 40-42 .488 1.7% Toronto 41-41 .500 1.0% New Orleans 42-40 .512 0.5% Like what we are doing? You can express your gratitude here.