Round Robin
Division
Finals
Within each division, the top three teams in the season standings played a double round robin, comprising one home game in each city for each pair of teams, in order to eliminate one of the three participants. A three-way tie with two wins each would have secured home-court advantage in the Division Finals for New York or Minneapolis, who finished first in the season standings, against an opponent to be determined by one further game played with the season runner-up as host
Round RobinThe top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 3/16 | at New York (1) | W | 93-71 | 1-0 | |||||||||||||||
| 3/20 | vs New York (1) | W | 79-78 | 2-0 | |||||||||||||||
Round RobinThe top 3 teams in each Division played a double round-robin in the Semifinals. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 3/17 | vs Syracuse (3) | L | 95-96 OT | OT | 0-1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/22 | at Syracuse (3) | L | 85-98 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||
Division FinalsBest of 3-game series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Series | ||||||||||||||
| 3/25 | at Syracuse (3) | L | 94-109 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 3/27 | vs Syracuse (3) | L | 76-83 | 0-2 | |||||||||||||||