The 2016-17 season came to an end last week for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers' D-League affiliate, with a 124-119 road loss to the Maine Red Claws in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.
Fort Wayne led 105-103 after two free throws by Pacers rookie Georges Niang with 6:39 remaining, but the Red Claws scored five unanswered points over the next 50 seconds and never surrendered the lead for the remainder of the contest.
Trey McKinney-Jones led the Mad Ants with 30 points in the loss, while Travis Leslie scored 24 off the bench.