NEW YORK, May 25, 2021 – Six ties among teams with identical regular-season records were broken today through random drawings to determine the order of selection for NBA Draft 2021 presented by State Farm.
The drawings were conducted by NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations Kiki VanDeWeghe at the NBA office in Secaucus, New Jersey. The tiebreaker process was overseen by Marc Dieli, a representative from the accounting firm of Ernst & Young.
The results of the drawings:
- The Oklahoma City Thunder (22-50) won a tiebreaker with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- The Chicago Bulls (31-41) won a tiebreaker with the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings.