TIES BROKEN FOR ORDER OF SELECTION IN NBA DRAFT 2017 PRESENTED BY STATE FARM

NEW YORK , April 18, 2017 – Five ties among teams that finished the 2016-17 NBA regular season with identical records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2017 presented by State Farm, which will be held on Thursday, June 22.

The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations Kiki VanDeWeghe in Secaucus, N.J, and broadcast live on NBA TV. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Denise Pelli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. (To view the drawings, click here .)

The results of the drawings:

• Minnesota (31-51) won a tiebreaker with New York. • Portland (41-41) won a tiebreaker with Chicago. • Milwaukee (42-40) won a tiebreaker with Indiana. • Atlanta (43-39) won a tiebreaker with Memphis. • The LA Clippers (51-31) won a tiebreaker with Cleveland, Toronto and Utah. Second, third and fourth place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Utah, Toronto and Cleveland, respectively.

Below is the order of selection for NBA Draft 2017 presented by State Farm and the number of chances for teams in NBA Draft Lottery 2017, which will be held on Tuesday, May 16.

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PAGE TWO Ties Broken For NBA Draft 2017

2017 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

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. The teams entered in the lottery are as follows, with their chances of winning the lottery out of 1,000:

Team Record Win% Lottery Chances (to Boston) 20-62 .244 250 Phoenix 24-58 .293 199 1 26-56 .317 156 Philadelphia 2 28-54 .341 119 Orlando 29-53 .354 88 Minnesota 31-51 .378 53 New York 31-51 .378 53 Sacramento 3 32-50 .390 28 Dallas 33-49 .402 17 New Orleans 4 34-48 .415 11 Charlotte 36-46 .439 8 Detroit 37-45 .451 7 Denver 40-42 .488 6 Miami 41-41 .500 5

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

Team Record Win% 15. Portland 41-41 .500 16. Chicago 41-41 .500 17. Milwaukee 42-40 .512 18. Indiana 42-40 .512 19. Atlanta 43-39 .524 20. Memphis (to Portland via Denver and Cleveland) 43-39 .524 21. Oklahoma City 47-35 .573 22. Washington (to Brooklyn) 49-33 .598 23. LA Clippers (to Toronto via Milwaukee) 51-31 .622 24. Utah 51-31 .622 25. Toronto (to Orlando) 51-31 .622 26. Cleveland (to Portland) 51-31 .622 27. Boston (to Brooklyn) 53-29 .646 28. Houston (to Los Angeles Lakers) 55-27 .671 29. San Antonio 61-21 .744 30. Golden State (to Utah) 67-15 .817

1 This pick may be conveyed to Philadelphia via Phoenix. 2 This pick may be conveyed to Sacramento. 3 This pick may be conveyed to Chicago via Cleveland or to Philadelphia. 4 This pick may be conveyed to Sacramento.

PAGE THREE Ties Broken For NBA Draft 2017

2017 SECOND-ROUND DRAFT CHOICE ORDER

31. Brooklyn (to Atlanta) 32. Phoenix 33. Los Angeles Lakers 1 34. Philadelphia (to Sacramento via New Orleans) 35. Orlando 36./37. New York (to Philadelphia via Utah and Toronto) 36./37. Minnesota (to Boston via Phoenix) 38. Sacramento 2 39. Dallas (to Philadelphia) 40. New Orleans 41. Charlotte 42. Detroit (to Utah) 43. Denver (to Houston) 44. Chicago (to New York) 45. Portland (to Houston) 46. Miami (to Philadelphia via Atlanta) 47. Indiana 48. Milwaukee 49. Memphis (to Denver via Oklahoma City) 50. Atlanta (to Philadelphia) 51. Oklahoma City (to Denver) 52. Washington 53. Cleveland (to Boston) 54. Toronto (to Phoenix) 55. Utah 56. LA Clippers (to Boston) 57. Boston (to Brooklyn) 58. Houston (to New York) 59. San Antonio 60. Golden State (to Atlanta via Philadelphia and Utah)

**Please note that 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 and (31-51 each): 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 16.

1 This pick may be conveyed to Orlando. 2 This pick may be conveyed to Chicago via Cleveland.

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