The NBA G-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks, the Legends will have a one-game opening-round playoff contest Friday at 7 p.m. CT against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers at State Farm Arena in Hidalgo, TX. And the Legends are all fired up after advancing to the playoffs for the first time since former coach Nancy Lieberman led them to the postseason in the 2010-’11 season.
Donnie Nelson, who sold his majority stake in the Legends to Mavs owner Mark Cuban earlier this year, said: “As excited and as proud as we are and excited about the playoffs, the number of call-ups we’ve had this year and the support we’ve given to the Mavericks is really the reason that coach coaches and the players play.