Before their tango with the Denver Nuggets begins in earnest this weekend, the Spurs were first forced to do battle with the cruel whims of chance on Friday. It was a bloodbath.
Because the Pacers, Clippers, and Spurs all finished with identical 48-34 records, the three franchises entered into a tiebreaker scenario in order to determine their final draft order. And what would be the framework of this very important and extremely crucial tiebreaker that would, in all likelihood, drastically alter the fates of these teams for years to come?