About a half hour ago, the NBA Draft Lottery was held and the draft order for the 2005 entry draft was determined.

As I noted in an earlier post about NBA Draft Lotter Math, when the Milwaukee Bucks moved up from their anticipated spot of 6th to beat the odds and use one of their 63 ping pong balls (by contrast the Atlanta Hawks had 250 balls) to gain the first overall pick. While the Hawks had the best odds of winning the first pick, they ended up with the 2nd pick. The order of the first round of the 2005 NBA Entry Draft is found below.

2005 NBA Entry Draft Selection Order

1. Milwaukee
2. Atlanta
3. Portland
4. New Orleans
5. Charlotte
6. Utah
7. Toronto
8. New York
9. Golden State
10. LA Lakers
11. Orlando
12. LA Clippers
13. Charlotte
14. Minnesota
15. New Jersey
16. Toronto (From Philadelphia via Denver and New Jersey)
17. Indiana
18. Boston
19. Memphis
20. Denver (From Washington via Orlando)
21. Phoenix (From Chicago)
22. Denver
23. Sacramento
24. Houston
25. Seattle
26. Detroit
27. Utah (From Dallas)
28. San Antonio
29. Miami
30. New York (From Phoenix via San Antonio)