There’s a new coach, but four returning players create some continuity for the defending G League Eastern Conference champions.

Lashbrook, 32, most recently was a player development coach in Boston, and will take over a team coming off a trip to the G League Finals.

Maine’s first trip to the NBA developmental series championship ends with a one-sided loss at the Portland Expo.

Having shaken off a loss in Game 2 of the Finals, the Celtics are confident heading into a winner-take-all matchup Monday at the Expo against the Oklahoma City Blue.

The third and deciding game is 9 p.m. Monday at the Portland Expo.

DJ Steward scores 27 points, JD Davison adds 19, Maine erupts in the fourth quarter to win the Eastern Conference final, 99-77.

A 122-118 win over Westchester, combined with losses by Motor City and Cleveland, assure the Celtics of a top-six finish in the Eastern Conference.

Maine makes it a 3-for-3 weekend and climbs into fourth place in the ECHL’s North Division.

Isaiah Harris of Lewiston places fourth in the semifinals – .04 shy of advancing.