The Maine Celtics (G League Affiliate of the Boston Celtics) got a first round bye for the league playoffs. Maine avoided an Eastern Conference quarterfinal game, and will await the winner of #6 seed Delaware (19-15) and #3 Indiana (21-13) that will be played Tuesday night. The Celtics will host the Blue Coats or Mad Ants in a semifinal matchup on Thursday night at the Portland Expo at 7 p.m. which can be seen live on ESPN News.
Maine (21-13) is the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference, finishing one game behind the top seeded Osceola Magic (22-12). Osceola plays host to the winner of the other quarterfinal game between the #5 Long Island Nets (19-15) and #4 Capital City Go-Go (20-14). The conference finals will take place on Sunday at the highest seeds remaining. All postseason games in the G League are single elimination, until the G League Finals which are a best of three series. The Celtics finished a strong regular season by defeating the Texas Legends 110-109 on Saturday, going 9-2 in the month of March to solidify a playoff spot and first round bye.
Here is the full postseason schedule-
Tuesday, April 2nd Quarterfinals
East- No. 5 Long Island Nets at No. 4 Capital City Go-Go- 6:30 PM
East- No. 6 Delaware Blue Coats at No. 3 Indiana Mad Ants- 7:30 PM
West- No. 6 Rio Grande Valley Vipers at No. 3 Oklahoma City Blue- 8:30 PM
West- No. 5 Salt Lake City Stars at No. 4 Santa Cruz Warriors- 10 PM
Thursday, April 4 Semifinals
East- Delaware/Indiana winner at No. 2 Maine Celtics- 7 PM
West- Salt Lake City/Santa Cruz winner at No. 1 Stockton Kings- 10 PM
Friday, April 5 Semifinals
East- Long Island/Capital City winner at No. 1 Osceola Magic- 7 PM
West- Rio Grande Valley/Oklahoma City winner at No. 2 Sioux Falls Skyforce- 9 PM
Sunday, April 7 Conference Finals
Eastern Conference Final- 7 PM
Western Conference Final- 9 PM
G League Finals
Game 1 – Tuesday, April 9th – TBD
Game 2 – Friday, April 12th – 9 PM
Game 3 (if necessary) – Monday, April 15th – 9 PM
Written by Chris Lessner
