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The 2018-19 NBA G League regular season concludes on March 23 and the playoffs begin on March 26 at the earliest. As the season winds down, track the clinch, elimination and tiebreaker scenarios below. This year’s postseason comes with a four-round, 12-team format. The playoffs will begin with three single-elimination rounds before culminating with a best-of-three NBA G League Finals.

CURRENT STANDINGS | PLAYOFF FORMAT

CLINCHED Long Island Nets - Atlantic Division, 1st Round Bye Rio Grande Valley Vipers – Southwest Division Lakeland Magic - Southeast Division Oklahoma City Blue - Midwest Division Santa Cruz Warriors – Pacific Division Stockton Kings - Playoff Spot Westchester Knicks - Playoff Spot Windy City Bulls - Playoff Spot Raptors 905 - Playoff Spot Memphis Hustle - Playoff Spot ELIMINATED Austin Spurs Canton Charge Delaware Blue Coats Erie BayHawks Fort Wayne Mad Ants Greensboro Swarm Iowa Wolves Maine Red Claws Northern Arizona Suns Texas Legends Sioux Falls Skyforce South Bay Lakers Wisconsin Herd

CLINCHING SCENARIOS

MARCH 23 Rio Grande Valley Vipers will clinch best record in the West with a win OR with losses by BOTH Santa Cruz and Oklahoma City. Rio Grande Valley Vipers will clinch a first-round bye with a win OR a Santa Cruz loss OR a Oklahoma City loss. Santa Cruz Warriors will clinch best record in the West with a win AND a Rio Grande Valley loss. Santa Cruz Warriors will clinch a first-round bye with a win OR a Oklahoma City loss. Oklahoma City Blue will clinch best record in the West with a win AND with losses by BOTH Santa Cruz and Rio Grande Valley. Oklahoma City Blue will clinch a first-round bye with a win AND a loss by EITHER Santa Cruz or Rio Grande Valley. Grand Rapids Drive will clinch division title with a win OR a Windy City loss. Windy City Bulls will clinch division title with a win AND a Grand Rapids loss. Salt Lake City Stars will clinch a playoff spot with a Agua Caliente loss. Salt Lake City Stars will be eliminated with a Agua Caliente win. Agua Caliente Clippers will clinch a playoff spot with a win. Agua Caliente Clippers will be eliminated with a loss. MARCH 22 Rio Grande Valley Vipers will clinch best record in West with losses by BOTH Santa Cruz and Oklahoma City. Rio Grande Valley Vipers will clinch a first-round bye with a loss by EITHER Santa Cruz or Oklahoma City. Santa Cruz Warriors will clinch a first round bye with a win AND a Oklahoma City loss. Long Island Nets will clinch best record in East with a win OR a Lakeland loss. Lakeland Magic will clinch a first round bye with a win. Windy City Bulls will clinch division title with a win AND a Grand Rapids loss. Agua Caliente Clippers will clinch a playoff spot with a win OR a Salt Lake City loss. Sale Lake City will be eliminated with a loss OR a Agua Caliente win.   MARCH 20 Rio Grande Valley Vipers clinch a first-round bye with a Santa Cruz loss. Santa Cruz Warriors clinch division title with a win. Grand Rapids Drive clinches a playoff spot with a win OR a Capital City loss. Capital City Go-Go is eliminated with a loss OR a Grand Rapids win. MARCH 19 Long Island Nets clinch best record in East with a Lakeland Magic loss. Rio Grande Valley Vipers clinch a first-round bye with an Oklahoma City Blue loss. Memphis Hustle clinches a playoff spot with a win OR an Agua Caliente Clippers loss. Greensboro Swarm is eliminated with a loss. MARCH 18 Santa Cruz Warriors will clinch division title with a win. MARCH 17 Santa Cruz Warriors will clinch a division title with a Stockton Kings loss. Rio Grande Valley Vipers will clinch a first-round bye with a Oklahoma City Blue loss. Long Island Nets will clinch the best record in East with a Lakeland Magic loss. Sioux Falls Skyforce is eliminated with a loss. MARCH 16 Long Island Nets can clinch division title and a first-round bye with a win. Fort Wayne Mad Ants will be eliminated with a loss. MARCH 15 Santa Cruz Warriors can clinch division title with a win AND a Stockton Kings loss. Long Island Nets can clinch division title and a first-round bye with a win. Windy City Bulls can clinch a playoff spot with a win OR a Greensboro Swarm loss. Delaware Blue Coats will be eliminated with a loss AND a Grand Rapids Drive win. Erie BayHawks will be eliminated with a Grand Rapids Drive win. MARCH 13 Long Island Nets clinch division title with TWO wins. Erie BayHawks are eliminated with TWO losses OR with ONE loss AND wins by both Windy City Bulls and Grand Rapids Drive Westchester Knicks clinch a playoff spot with a Greensboro Swarm loss. Maine Red Claws are eliminated with a loss OR a Grand Rapids Drive win. MARCH 12 Stockton Kings can clinch a playoff spot with a win. AUSTIN Spurs will be eliminated with a win by EITHER Salt Lake City OR Agua Caliente. Canton Charge will be eliminated with a loss. MARCH 11 Oklahoma City Blue clinches division title with a Sioux Falls Skyforce loss. Westchester Knicks clinches a playoff spot with a win. Raptors 905 clinches a playoff spot with a win. Austin Spurs are eliminated with a Sioux Falls Skyforce win. MARCH 9 Stockton Kings can clinch a playoff spot with a win AND a loss by EITHER Sioux Falls Skyforce or Agua Caliente Clippers. South Bay Lakers will be eliminated with a loss OR a Sioux Falls Skyforce win. Austin Spurs will be eliminated with a loss OR a Sioux Falls Skyforce win. MARCH 8 Stockton Kings can clinch a playoff spot with a win AND a Salt Lake City loss. Long Island Nets can clinch a playoff spot with a win AND a loss by EITHER Capital City OR Grand Rapids. MARCH 7  South Bay Lakers are eliminated with a loss tonight. MARCH 6  Oklahoma City Blue can clinch a playoff spot with a win today. MARCH 5 Iowa Wolves will be eliminated with a Memphis Hustle win. MARCH 3 The Rio Grande Valley Vipers can clinch the Southwest Division and a playoff berth with a win today over the Iowa Wolves.