See 9 and 10 below on tied teams in lottery. winner in random drawing gets leftover ping pong balls if not even number to distribute.
DETERMINING THE NBA DRAFT ORDER
1. All teams missing the playoffs are in the Lottery
2. Teams with worse records get more chances at winning a top four pick (more ping pong ball combos)
3. The 1st overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
4. The 2nd overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
5. The 3rd overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
6. The 4th overall pick is awarded by a drawing of ping pong balls
7. Remaining lottery teams, sorted by record, fill out picks 5-14
8. Playoff teams, sorted by record, are assigned picks 15-30 - playoff seeds and outcomes have no impact
9. Random drawing decides who picks first between teams with same record
10. Tied lottery teams split their ping pong balls evenly, and any odd remainder and the better draft order position are given to the random drawing winner
11. Second round is ordered by record without playoff consideration
12mmSecond round ties are in reverse order of the teams' first round picks
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