\nGREENSBORO, N.C. \u2013 The Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, clinched a spot in the 2026 NBA G League Playoffs, presented by Google Pixel, on Wednesday at Novant Health Fieldhouse with a 136-116 victory over the Delaware Blue Coats.\n<\/p>\n
\nGreensboro becomes the first team in the NBA G League to secure a postseason spot and will make its second consecutive playoff appearance. The Swarm hold a 21-9 record and currently lead the conference in total wins with six regular-season games remaining. Tickets for the Greensboro Swarm\u2019s potential Round 1 and Round 2 home playoff games will go on sale Wednesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. ET.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nWith the result, the Blue Coats moved to 14-14.\n<\/p>\n
\nAntonio Reeves charged the efforts for the Swarm Wednesday, finishing the game with 27 points and four rebounds on 10-of-17 shooting (5-of-12 3PT), with Jaylen Sims closing action with 19 points. Eleven players etched the score sheet, with eight players ending in double figures.\n<\/p>\n
\nFollowing a 42-point win against the Blue Coats on Tuesday, the Swarm tied its most lopsided back-to-back set in franchise history, outscoring the Blue Coats 276-214 (+62) in the pair.\n<\/p>\n
\nMalcolm Hill led efforts for Delaware with 28 points (7-of-17 FG), three rebounds and two assists, with Teddy Allen logging 20 points off the bench. Delaware shot 5-of-26 (19.2%) from distance compared to the Swarm\u2019s 13-of-43 (30.2%) hit rate.\n<\/p>\n
\nDelaware held the lead early, but the Swarm seized control when Caleb Grill helped ignite an 11-2 run, hitting three corner 3-pointers in less than two minutes to flip the momentum. The Swarm notched a double-digit lead nine minutes into the frame, continuing its momentum for a 34-18 lead through the first quarter.\n<\/p>\n
\nGrill ended the first quarter with 11 points on a perfect 4-of-4 clip.\n<\/p>\n
\nGreensboro moved its lead to 20 points early into the second quarter, climbing as high as a 30-point lead during the quarter. By halftime, the Swarm carried a 77-54 lead.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe first-half edge came from beyond the arc, as the Swarm sank nine 3-pointers to the Blue Coats\u2019 lone make (1-of-12 3PT) \u2013 a left-wing triple by Teddy Allen with 1:02 remaining in the half. The Swarm also found its stride from two-way players Antonio Reeves and PJ Hall, who had 16 and 11 points, respectively.\n<\/p>\n
\nDelaware trimmed the lead below 20 on a pair of occasions in the half, but were unable to make enough headway. The Swarm carried a 110-87 lead through three quarters and led by as large as 34 in the game.\n<\/p>\n
\nUnder the league\u2019s current format, Greensboro is positioned to host its first-ever home playoff game at Novant Health Fieldhouse on March 31 or April 1 as a projected top-four seed in the Eastern Conference. Tickets for the Greensboro Swarm\u2019s potential Round 1 and Round 2 home playoff games will go on sale Wednesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. ET.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Swarm return to action Friday against the Osceola Magic at 7 p.m. ET at Novant Health Fieldhouse for Jeansboro Night, presented by Wrangler. A clash of the conference\u2019s top two seeds, tickets are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREENSBORO, N.C. \u2013 The Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, clinched a spot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-534874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}