The Boston Celtics had the Luck of the Irish on their side Friday. Kind of. The NBA conducted tiebreaker coin flips to determine the order of June’s NBA Draft. Boston owns the third-best chance at the No. 1 overall pick, via the Brooklyn Nets, but also has two other first-round selections: their own natural pick and a selection from the Dallas Mavericks, via the Rajon Rondo trade. The latter two were involved in the tiebreaker. At 42-40, the Mavericks finished the season as the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, meaning the pick Boston receives is not eligible for the NBA Draft Lottery. Dallas’ record did tie them with the Memphis
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The Orlando Magic have had 10 NBA Draft lottery picks in their brief history and three of them have been No. 1 overall picks in 1992,1993, and 2004.In '92, the Magic used their No. 1 overall pick to land two-time All-American and SEC Player of the Year, Shaquille O'Neal out of LSU.The next year, the Magic only had a one in 66 chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick but miraculously the Magic managed to snag it anyway. This time they used their pick to draft All-American Chris Webber, of Michigan's Fab Five. Webber was immediately traded to the Golden State Warriors for the later beloved Penny Hardaway.Orlando spent their most recent No. 1 overall pick to acquire high school prodigy, Dwight Howard.