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[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

D-League regular season ends on Saturday.  Below is an explanation of how D-League playoffs are structured.  Barring the unexpected both the Mad Ants (Zeisloft) and the Raptors 905 (Sheehey & Watford) will participate.

 

The following playoff format is in place for the 2016-17 NBA Development League season:

• The NBA D-League Playoffs will be three rounds, each consisting of a best-of-three series

• The top individual team in each of the four divisions (Atlantic, Central, Southwest and West) on the basis of regular season record will automatically qualify for the NBA D-League Playoffs as the “Division Winners”

• In addition, the top two teams in each Conference on the basis of regular season record regardless of division, other than the Division Winners, will also qualify for the NBA D-League Playoffs as the “Wildcard Teams”

• In the First Round, the Wildcard Teams host the first game, and the Division Winners host the second game and, if necessary, the third game

• In the Second Round and the Third Round, the Team with the lesser regular season record hosts the first game and the Team with the better regular season record hosts the second game and, if necessary, the third game

First Round
Opponents for the First Round games will be determined, as follows:
• Division Winner in the Eastern Conference with the best regular season record versus Wildcard Team in the Eastern Conference with the worst regular season record (Game 1)
• Division Winner in the Eastern Conference with the second-best regular season record versus Wildcard Team in the Eastern Conference with the second-worst regular season record (Game 2)
• Division Winner in the Western Conference with the best regular season versus Wildcard Team in the Western Conference with the worst regular season record (Game 3)
• Division Winner in the Western Conference with the second-best regular season record versus Wildcard Team in the Western Conference with the second-worst regular season record (Game 4)

Second Round (Semifinals)
During the Second Round (Semifinals):
• The winner of the Game 1 will play against the winner of Game 2
• The winner of Game 3 will play against the winner of Game 4

Third Round (Finals)
• During the Third Round (Finals), the winners of the Second Round games will play one another

[Dalton26 17,029]

About to watch our boys Troy and Gordon live.


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[Dalton26 17,029]

EG starting and troys in his fancy suit


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[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

Pacers just blew this game but the refs didn't help at all. Horrible officiating


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Gordon with another start.

03.28.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	31-42	Ferrell		NG
Houston	51-23	Gordon	L	34	10	3-9	2-5	2-2	4	0	0	1	2	1	+2
Oklahoma	42-31	Oladipo		NG
Portland	36-38	Vonleh	W	29	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	5	1	2	0	1	3	+13
Charlotte	33-41	Zeller	L	29	8	3-3	0-0	2-2	1	0	2	1	1	0	-9
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match
D-LEAGUE
Mad Ants	29-20	Zeisloft	W	20	14	5-14	3-9	1-1	3	3	1	0	1	0	+6
Raptors 905	37-11	Sheehey		NG
Raptors 905	37-11	Watford		NG
	D-League regular season ends April 1.

[Dalton26 17,029]

Gordon played like crap, he was about the only reason I went to the game and he stunk the joint up.


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[Walking Boot of Doom 18,170]

This is a relative high point for Indiana players in the NBA right? Really have not had much success in our history, but we have a solid group of young guys playing right now. Not sure if any of them will ever be All-Stars, but a solid group.


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[Hovadipo 59,427]

Lance is back!

I love it for the entertainment value at the very least. Always been a Lance fan.

[KingPG21 6,587]

28 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Lance is back!

I love it for the entertainment value at the very least. Always been a Lance fan.

Because spacing wasn't already enough of an issue. Oh well, at least Stuckey is gone now

[IUfan_Charlie 3,867]

15 minutes ago, KingPG21 said:

Because spacing wasn't already enough of an issue. Oh well, at least Stuckey is gone now

I hope Lance gets to run the 2nd unit, Brooks is bad. 

[Crimson and Cream 5,878]

This is probably the most pumped up I've been all season for Pacers basketball. For the antics alone this is worth it. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Devin Harris picked up 2 early technicals and was ejected so more playing time for Yogi and he responded nicely although the Mavs couldn't get the win.

OKC went down in OT despite Westbrook's 57 pts., 13 reb., and 11 assists.

Cody fouled out in only 27 minutes of action and was scoreless.

No D-League games scheduled.

03.29.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	31-43	Ferrell	L	24	15	5-10	4-6	1-2	3	1	1	1	1	2	0
Houston	51-23	Gordon		NG
Oklahoma	43-31	Oladipo	W	44	13	5-17	1-6	2-2	5	1	1	1	1	4	+14
Portland	36-38	Vonleh		NG
Charlotte	33-42	Zeller	L	27	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	5	4	0	1	2	6	-6
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match

[Hoosierfan2017 23,253]

Interesting. 

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/si/nba/2017/03/28/adam-silver-woman-head-coach%3Fsource%3Ddam

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Gordon's 3rd consecutive start.

03.30.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	31-43	Ferrell		NG
Houston	51-24	Gordon	L	36	13	5-12	3-7	0-0	0	1	0	0	3	4	-5
Oklahoma	43-31	Oladipo		NG
Portland	37-38	Vonleh	W	15	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	3	1	0	0	1	3	+3
Charlotte	33-42	Zeller		NG
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match
D-LEAGUE
Mad Ants	29-20	Zeisloft		NG
Raptors 905	38-11	Sheehey	W	Inactive
Raptors 905	38-11	Watford	W	9	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	+7
	D-League regular season ends April 1.

[HooHooHoo22 3,902]

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Gordon with I believe his 4th start in a row after having come off the bench for much of the season.  I don't follow the Rockets closely enough to know if it's because of an injured player or just a roster shake-up.

OKC had the Spurs down early but couldn't hang on.  Interesting tidbit that Westbrook played 37 minutes with a -10; Vic played 33 minutes with a +13.  Triple doubles just don't seem that important when you can't carry your team to a W.

03.31.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	31-44	Ferrell	L	17	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	-7
Houston	51-25	Gordon	L	38	15	5-12	3-9	2-2	2	1	2	0	2	3	-2
Oklahoma	43-32	Oladipo	L	33	16	7-17	2-7	0-0	2	3	1	0	3	3	+13
Portland	37-38	Vonleh		NG
Charlotte	34-42	Zeller	W	31	8	3-7	0-0	2-3	9	3	1	3	1	3	+6
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match
D-LEAGUE
Mad Ants	29-20	Zeisloft		NG
Raptors 905	39-11	Sheehey	W	Inactive
Raptors 905	39-11	Watford	W	23	15	5-11	4-7	1-1	10	0	1	0	1	2	-3
	D-League regular season ends April 1.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Vonleh with a double-double.

Big night for Z in both minutes and scoring.

04.01.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	31-44	Ferrell		NG
Houston	51-25	Gordon		NG
Houston	51-25	Williams		NG
Oklahoma	43-32	Oladipo		NG
Portland	38-38	Vonleh	W	35	12	6-8	0-0	0-0	13	2	2	0	2	5	+15
Charlotte	34-42	Zeller		NG
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match
D-LEAGUE
Mad Ants	30-20	Zeisloft	W	39	18	6-10	4-7	2-2	3	0	1	1	1	1	+15
Raptors 905	39-11	Sheehey		NG
Raptors 905	39-11	Watford		NG
	D-League regular season is over.  Mad Ants and Raptors 905 both clinched playoff berths.

[Hoosier Guy 7,949]

Derrick Rose torn meniscus again. The guy needs to hang it up

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

Yogi back in the starting line-up and turned in a solid game.

Troy with an outstanding inaugural performance for the Rockets in a starting role.

Gordon with another start; scored 21 pts., but overall not a good shooting night for him.

No D-League playofff games scheduled.

04.02.17	Season W/L		W/L	Min.	Pts.	FG's	3's	FT's	Reb	Asst	Stls	Blks	TO's	PF	+ / -
Dallas	32-44	Ferrell	W	31	13	4-8	2-4	3-4	4	5	1	0	1	2	-12
Houston	52-25	Gordon	W	37	22	9-24	2-8	2-3	6	5	1	3	0	2	+6
Houston	52-25	Williams	W	39	21	7-12	6-9	1-2	5	3	1	0	1	5	+11
Oklahoma	43-33	Oladipo	L	33	19	6-14	2-7	5-5	3	6	1	0	4	4	-4
Portland	38-38	Vonleh		NG
Charlotte	36-41	Zeller	W	28	11	3-7	0-0	5-7	4	2	1	1	1	0	+9
	NBA reg. season ends April 12.  Daily playoff bracket update:  http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/match

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 87,694]

How about them IU guys!

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Rookies to hit 6 or more threes in a game this season: Yogi Ferrell (9) Troy Williams, Juan Hernangomez (6)