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Jazz, Hawks Amongst Six NBA Draft Tiebreaker Winners
April 20, 2026
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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 2026. The drawings were conducted by NBA President of League Operations Byron Spruell at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Megan DeCesaris, a partner from the accounting firm of Ernst Young.

The results of the drawings: The Utah Jazz (22-60) won a tiebreaker with the Sacramento Kings. The New Orleans Pelicans (26-56) won a tiebreaker with the Dallas Mavericks. The Atlanta Hawks own the draft rights to the Pelicans' pick. The Phoenix Suns (45-37) won a tiebreaker with the Orlando Magic and the Philadelphia 76ers. Second and third place in the tiebreaker drawings went to Philadelphia and Orlando, respectively. The Toronto Raptors (46-36) won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks. The Houston Rockets (52-30) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The New York Knicks (53-29) won a tiebreaker with the Los Angeles Lakers. Utah is guaranteed to keep their first round pick that is top-eight protected and is now extinguished. NBA Draft Lottery 2026 will be held on Sunday, May 10 and air live on ABC at 3:00 p.m. ET. Pre-Lottery Positions:1. Washington 2. Indiana 3. Brooklyn 4. Utah 5. Sacramento 6. Memphis 7. New Orleans Atlanta or Milwaukee 8. Dallas 9. Chicago 10. Milwaukee 11. Golden State 12. LA Clippers Oklahoma City 13. Miami 14. CharlotteThe order for the remainder of the first round picks is as follows:15. Portland Chicago 16. Phoenix Memphis via Orlando 17. Philadelphia Oklahoma City 18. Orlando Charlotte via Phoenix 19. Toronto 20. Atlanta San Antonio 21. Minnesota Detroit22. Houston Philadelphia via Oklahoma City 23. Cleveland Atlanta 24. New York 25. Los Angeles Lakers 26. Denver 27. Boston 28. Detroit Minnesota 29. San Antonio Cleveland via Atlanta 30. Oklahoma City Dallas via Washington and Philadelphia
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