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Pelicans seek fortuitous coin flip in Tuesday drawing to break draft lottery tie

The NBA will hold a drawing today to break several ties in the 2021 draft order, including one that sees the New Orleans Pelicans, Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings in a three-way tie for eighth.

While each of these teams that finished the regular season with identical 31-41 records has a 4.5% chance of landing the first overall pick and 20.3% odds of moving into the top 4 of the 2021 NBA Draft, their tie and others will be broken via coin flips.

Source: coinflips to determine the following tiebreakers for the 2021 NBA draft order will be conducted on Tuesday, May 25 in the early afternoon (ET).