Lottery: the process that determines the order of selection, among the non-playoff teams, in the first round of the draft.

抽签(lottery)：季后赛球队在第一轮选秀中决定比赛顺序的步骤。

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The Sixers lost in the first round to New Jersey the next season in one of the greatest playoff upsets ever.

他们在下一个赛季中季后赛首轮输给了网队，而这次的失利是历史上最惨痛的失利之一。

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This was the first meeting between the teams since the Devils eliminated the Panthers in double overtime in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series last season.

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The Sixers won one playoff game against Miami in the first round of the 2011 playoffs.

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