Prior to the 1985 season, there was no NBA Draft Lottery.
In the year prior that brought Michael Jeffrey Jordan to the city of Chicago, the Bulls finished 27-55 and had the third overall pick via their record (similarly to what you see with the NFL’s draft process.)
The Houston Rockets won a coin flip — yes, they flipped a coin to see who would win the top pick in the draft — over the Portland Trail Blazers. Houston took Hakeem Olajuwon, Portland passed on Jordan and took Kentucky’s Sam Bowie and the rest was history. Literally.