The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers' G League affiliate, split a pair of road games last week as they continue inching toward locking up a playoff berth. With nine games remaining in the regular season, Fort Wayne is 25-16 on the year and four games ahead of the Grand Rapids Drive (Detroit's affiliate) 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. The top two division winners in each conference will earn first-round byes.