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The Charlotte Bobcats won a tiebreaker with the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, giving them a slightly better chance of landing the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
Charlotte and Atlanta tied for the league's third-worst record at 26-56. By winning a random drawing conducted by NBA senior vice president Stu Jackson, the Bobcats have a 13.8 percent chance of winning the draft lottery. Atlanta is at 13.7 percent.
The top three picks in the June draft will be determined by the lottery. The remaining teams in the lottery will make picks 4-14 in reverse order of the final standings.
Also winning tiebreakers to determine their draft order were Minnesota (33-49) against Boston; Houston (34-48) against Golden State; New Orleans (38-44) against Philadelphia; Chicago (41-41) against Indiana; Sacramento (44-38) against Denver; and New Jersey (49-33) against Memphis.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/04/21/bc.bkn.drafttiebreakers.ap/index.html
Charlotte and Atlanta tied for the league's third-worst record at 26-56. By winning a random drawing conducted by NBA senior vice president Stu Jackson, the Bobcats have a 13.8 percent chance of winning the draft lottery. Atlanta is at 13.7 percent.
The top three picks in the June draft will be determined by the lottery. The remaining teams in the lottery will make picks 4-14 in reverse order of the final standings.
Also winning tiebreakers to determine their draft order were Minnesota (33-49) against Boston; Houston (34-48) against Golden State; New Orleans (38-44) against Philadelphia; Chicago (41-41) against Indiana; Sacramento (44-38) against Denver; and New Jersey (49-33) against Memphis.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/04/21/bc.bkn.drafttiebreakers.ap/index.html