The Pacers should clinch a playoff spot within the next week, but their G League affiliate beat them to the punch. The Fort Wayne Mad Ants locked up a postseason berth on Tuesday night with a home win over the Wisconsin Herd.
With two games remaining on their regular season schedule, the Mad Ants are now 28-20 on the year and 1.5 games ahead of the Grand Rapids Drive (26-21) for first place in the Central Division.
In this year's playoff format, the three division winners and three wild-card teams (the non-division winners with the the best records) from each conference reach the postseason.