{"id":40423,"date":"2014-04-22T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=40423"},"modified":"2014-04-22T23:00:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T03:00:15","slug":"mad-ants-face-warriors-nba-d-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2014\/04\/22\/mad-ants-face-warriors-nba-d-league-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Ants to face Warriors in NBA D-League finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/04\/2013-2014_Mad_Ants_Playoffs-222x200.jpg\" alt=\"2013-2014 Mad Ants Playoffs\" width=\"222\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Mad Ants:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Mad Ants to Face Warriors in NBA D-League Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(April 22, 2014) &#8211; The Fort Wayne Mad Ants presented by the Lutheran Health Network earned their first-ever NBA Development League Finals berth on Saturday evening with a 126-118 win over the Sioux Falls Skyforce. The Mad Ants will play the Santa Cruz Warriors in the Finals with Game 1 of the best-of-three series tipping-off in Santa Cruz at the Kaiser Permanente Arena on Thursday, April 24 at 9:30pm EST. Game 2 will take place in Fort Wayne at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum at 7:30pm, and Game 3, if necessary, will take place in Fort Wayne on Monday, April 28th at 7:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>Following is the NBA D-League Finals schedule:<\/p>\n<pre>\n    Date                 Site                       Time\n1   Thursday, April 24   Kaiser Permanente Arena    9:30pm ET\n2   Saturday, April 26   AC War Memorial Coliseum   7:30pm ET\n3*  Monday, April 28     AC War Memorial Coliseum   7:00pm ET\n* - If necessary\n<\/pre>\n<p>Playoff tickets are on sale now and are available at the Memorial Coliseum&#8217;s ticket office at 260-483-1111, through Ticketmaster, or via the Mad Ants office at 260-469-4667. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, in partnership with the Mad Ants, will be offering $1 domestic draft beer and $1 soft drinks at their upcoming playoff game this weekend.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/24844.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Mad Ants at Headwaters Park East and the Three Rivers Festival.  Photo taken July 13, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0f10f8c91f26b689910db8e537b4d083' data-image-id=\"2899\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/24844.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_24844.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Mad Ants\" data-description=\"The Mad Ants at Headwaters Park East and the Three Rivers Festival.  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Photo taken at 2009 Fright Night.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0f10f8c91f26b689910db8e537b4d083' data-image-id=\"4912\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/118356.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/thumbs\/thumbs_118356.jpg\" data-title=\"Mad Ants mascot\" data-description=\"The Mad Ants mascot. 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Photo courtesy of the Mad Ants.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='0f10f8c91f26b689910db8e537b4d083' data-image-id=\"8776\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/madants\/brianlevy.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/madants\/thumbs\/thumbs_brianlevy.jpg\" data-title=\"Brian Levy\" data-description=\"In conjunction with their purchase of the NBA Development League\u2019s Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers announced Wednesday that Brian Levy will be the team\u2019s General Manager. 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