News from April 17. The NBA held the tiebreakers (random drawing) for the 9 teams that finished with the same record to determine the draft order and lottery chances. Utah won the tiebreaker with Boston (25-57, 4th worst record) and, thus, Utah will have 104 lottery chances and Boston will have 103 lottery chances - if neither wins the lottery (#1, #2, #3 draft picks determined by the lottery), Utah will draft before Boston (and the order will be reverse in the 2nd round). Brooklyn won the tiebreaker with Washington (44-38, 17th worst record) and, thus, Boston (which owns Brooklyn's pick) will draft #17 and Phoenix (which owns Washington's pick) will draft #18. Chicago won the tiebreaker with Toronto (48-34, 19th worst record) and, thus, Chicago will draft #19 and Toronto will draft #20. With a 3-team tie, Portland won the tiebreaker with Miami and Houston (54-28, 24th worse) and, thus, Charlotte (which owns Portland's pick) will draft #24; Houston then won the tiebreaker with Miami and, thus Houston will draft #25 and Miami will draft #26. The lottery drawing will take placed May 20 and the NBA Draft is June 26. 2014 Draft Lottery Chances and Order Lottery Chances Team Chances (out of 1,000) Milwaukee 250 Philadelphia 199 Orlando 156 Utah 104 Boston 103 LA Lakers 63 Sacramento 43 Detroit 28 [may go to Charlotte] Cleveland 17 New Orleans 11 [may go to Philadelphia] Denver 8 [may go to Orlando] Denver or Orlando 7 [from New York or from New York via Denver] Minnesota 6 [may go to Phoenix] Phoenix 5 First Round Order 15. Atlanta 16. Chicago [from Charlotte] 17. Boston [from Brooklyn] 18. Phoenix [from Washington] 19. Chicago 20. Toronto 21. Oklahoma City [from Dallas via Houston and LA Lakers] 22. Memphis 23. Utah [from Golden State] 24. Charlotte [from Portland] 25. Houston 26. Miami 27. Phoenix [from Indiana] 28. LA Clippers 29. Oklahoma City 30. San Antonio Second Round Order 31. Milwaukee 32. Philadelphia 33. Cleveland [from Cleveland] 34/35. Dallas [from Boston] 35/34. Utah 36. Milwaukee [from LA Lakers via Minnesota and Phoenix] 37. Toronto [from Sacramento] 38. Detroit 39. Philadelphia [from Cleveland] 40. Minnesota [from New Orleans] 41. Denver 42. Houston [from New York] 43. Atlanta 44. Minnesota 45. Charlotte 46. Washington 47. Philadelphia [from Brooklyn via Dallas and Boston] 48. Milwaukee [from Toronto via Phoenix] 49. Chicago 50. Phoenix 51. Dallas 52. Philadelphia [from Memphis via Cleveland] 53. Minnesota [from Golden State] 54. Philadelphia [from Houston via Milwaukee] 55. Miami 56. Denver [from Portland] 57. Indiana 58. San Antonio [from LA Clippers via New Orleans] 59. Toronto [from Oklahoma City via New York] 60. San Antonio Playoff Standings [all rounds best of 7] 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Finals 1 San Antonio (0) ___ 8 Dallas (0) |_ _____________ _____ _ _____________ | 4 Houston (0) ______| |_ _____________ _ 5 Portland (0) _ _____________ | | | 2 Oklahoma City (0) _ | | 7 Memphis (0) |_ _____________ _____| | _ _____________ | 3 LA Clippers (0) __| | 6 Golden State (0) |_ ___________ _ ___________ | 1 Indiana (0) _______ | 8 Atlanta (0) |_ _____________ ____ | _ _____________ | | 4 Chicago (0) ____| | | 5 Washington (0) |_ _____________ _| _ _____________ 2 Miami (0) _____ | 7 Charlotte (0) |_ _____________ _____| _ _____________ 3 Toronto (0) ______| 6 Brooklyn (0) First Round (all time Central) *if necessary Schedule for Saturday, April 19 Game 1 Brooklyn at Toronto 11:30 am ESPN Game 1 Golden State at LA Clippers 2:30 pm ABC Game 1 Atlanta at Indiana 6:00 pm ESPN Game 1 Memphis at Oklahoma City 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Sunday, April 20 Game 1 Dallas at San Antonio 12:00 pm TNT Game 1 Charlotte at Miami 2:30 pm ABC Game 1 Washington at Chicago 6:00 pm TNT Game 1 Portland at Houston 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Monday, April 21 Game 2 Memphis at Oklahoma City 7:00 pm TNT Game 2 Golden State at LA Clippers 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Tuesday, April 22 Game 2 Atlanta at Indiana 6:00 pm TNT Game 2 Brooklyn at Toronto 7:00 pm NBATV Game 2 Washington at Chicago 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Wednesday, April 23 Game 2 Charlotte at Miami 6:00 pm TNT Game 2 Dallas at San Antonio 7:00 pm NBATV Game 2 Portland at Houston 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Thursday, April 24 Game 3 Indiana at Atlanta 6:00 pm NBATV Game 3 Oklahoma City at Memphis 7:00 pm TNT Game 3 LA Clippers at Golden State 9:30 pm TNT Schedule for Friday, April 25 Game 3 Toronto at Brooklyn 6:00 pm ESPN2 Game 3 Chicago at Washington 7:00 pm ESPN Game 3 Houston at Portland 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, April 26 Game 4 Indiana at Atlanta 1:00 pm TNT Game 3 San Antonio at Dallas 3:30 pm TNT Game 3 Miami at Charlotte 6:00 pm ESPN Game 4 Oklahoma City at Memphis 8:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Sunday, April 27 Game 4 Chicago at Washington 12:00 pm ABC Game 4 LA Clippers at Golden State 2:30 pm ABC Game 4 Toronto at Brooklyn 6:00 pm TNT Game 4 Houston at Portland 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Monday, April 28 Game 4 Miami at Charlotte 6:00 pm TNT *Game 5 Atlanta at Indiana 7:00 pm NBATV Game 4 San Antonio at Dallas 8:30 pm TNT Schedule for Tuesday, April 29 *Game 5 Washington at Chicago TBA *Game 5 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA *Game 5 Golden State at LA Clippers TBA Schedule for Wednesday, April 30 *Game 5 Charlotte at Miami TBA *Game 5 Brooklyn at Toronto TBA *Game 5 Dallas at San Antonio TBA *Game 5 Portland at Houston TBA Schedule for Thursday, May 1 *Game 6 Indiana at Atlanta TBA *Game 6 Oklahoma City at Memphis TBA *Game 6 LA Clippers at Golden State TBA Schedule for Friday, May 2 *Game 6 Miami at Charlotte TBA *Game 6 Toronto at Brooklyn TBA *Game 6 Chicago at Washington TBA *Game 6 San Antonio at Dallas TBA *Game 6 Houston at Portland TBA Schedule for Saturday, May 3 *Game 7 Atlanta at Indiana TBA *Game 7 Washington at Chicago TBA *Game 7 Memphis at Oklahoma City TBA *Game 7 Golden State at LA Clippers TBA Schedule for Sunday, May 4 *Game 7 Charlotte at Miami TBA *Game 7 Brooklyn at Toronto TBA *Game 7 Dallas at San Antonio TBA *Game 7 Portland at Houston TBA ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html