What happens if we end up tied with Orlando with the 3rd worst record?

[footey]

1. Is there a coin flip to determine the slot, assuming neither of us gets a top 3 slot from the ping pong balls? I don't think head to head (which we won) is relevant, but wanted to be sure.

2.  What are our odds of landing a top 3 slot?

3.  What are our odds of landing the number 1 pick?

Just thinking ahead.  There is a reasonable chance we end up tied with them. 

Thanks!

[Donoghus]

No coin flip unless there is an odd remainder of ping pong balls. 

Tied lottery teams split their ping pong balls evenly, and any odd remainder and the better draft order position are given to the coin flip winner

[saltlover]

No coin flip unless there is an odd remainder of ping pong balls. 

Tied lottery teams split their ping pong balls evenly, and any odd remainder and the better draft order position are given to the coin flip winner

The coin flip would still occur to determine who picked higher if neither team won a top 3 pick in the lottery.

Also, the 3 and 4 slots would combine for an odd number of balls, so the coin flip would determine the extra lottery combination as well.

[Donoghus]

No coin flip unless there is an odd remainder of ping pong balls. 

Tied lottery teams split their ping pong balls evenly, and any odd remainder and the better draft order position are given to the coin flip winner

The coin flip would still occur to determine who picked higher if neither team won a top 3 pick in the lottery.

Also, the 3 and 4 slots would combine for an odd number of balls, so the coin flip would determine the extra lottery combination as well.

Yup.

[footey]

Thanks, all.

Can someone crunch numbers to give us odds of landing 1st pick, top 3 pick, or top 4 pick (I like Exum) if this were to happen (i.e., if we tie for 3rd worst record with Orlando)??

[Lucky17]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Lottery#Process

[oldutican]

Thanks, all.

Can someone crunch numbers to give us odds of landing 1st pick, top 3 pick, or top 4 pick (I like Exum) if this were to happen (i.e., if we tie for 3rd worst record with Orlando)??

www.tankathon.com

[Boris Badenov]

Thanks, all.

Can someone crunch numbers to give us odds of landing 1st pick, top 3 pick, or top 4 pick (I like Exum) if this were to happen (i.e., if we tie for 3rd worst record with Orlando)??

www.tankathon.com

This has even more detail. You can just read/add columns to get the chances of your favorite scenario.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_draft_lottery#Process

Edit: and for the tie scenarios, you just take the average of whatever two rows are tied.

[footey]

Thanks again.