Field Set for 2014 NBA Development League Playoffs
April 6, 2014 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK - The eight-team field for the 2014 NBA Development League playoffs was set on Saturday with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants (34-16), Los Angeles D-Fenders (31-19), Iowa Energy (31-19), Sioux Falls Skyforce (31-19), Rio Grande Valley Vipers (30-20), Santa Cruz Warriors (29-21), Canton Charge (28-22) and Reno Bighorns (27-23) advancing to the postseason.
The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Los Angeles D-Fenders, and Iowa Energy finished the season atop the East, West and Central Divisions, respectively, while the remaining five teams earned playoff bids as "wild card" entrants. Seeding for the three-round postseason is done based on regular season record, with the best-of-three series beginning on the lower seed's home court in each round.
The three Division Winners (Fort Wayne, Iowa and Los Angeles) will once again select their first round playoff opponent among the four wild card teams with the worst regular season records. Sioux Falls advanced to the postseason as the wild card team with the best regular season record and is ineligible to be selected by the Division Winners. The Skyforce will face the remaining unselected wild card team in the first round of the 2014 NBA D-League playoffs.
The 2014 NBA D-League playoffs will begin no earlier than Wednesday, April 9, with a full schedule to be announced on Sunday, April 6, following the pick-your-opponent selection teleconference.
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NBA G League Stories from April 6, 2014
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- Warriors to Host Los Angeles D-Fenders for Game One of First Round - Santa Cruz Warriors
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- Charge Matched up with Skyforce for First Round of 2014 NBA - Cleveland Charge
- D-Fenders to Play Santa Cruz in the First Round - Los Angeles D-Fenders
- Reno Bighorns to Play Fort Wayne Mad Ants in First Round of Playoffs - Reno Bighorns
- No. 5 Vipers to Play No. 3 Iowa Energy in Round One of the NBA D-League Playoffs - Rio Grande Valley Vipers
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- Cavaliers Assign Sergey Karasev and Scotty Hopson to Charge - Cleveland Charge
- Cavs Assign Karasev and Hopson to NBA D-League's Canton Charge - G League
- Warriors Close out Regular Season with a Win in Reno - Santa Cruz Warriors
- Jam Season Ends in 125-108 Win over Bayhwaks - Bakersfield Jam
- Reno Bighorns Defeated by Warriors - Reno Bighorns
- Field Set for 2014 NBA Development League Playoffs - G League
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