Tulsa Holds off Springfield
January 30, 2013 - NBA G League (G League)
Springfield Armor News Release
Springfield, Mass. - The Springfield Armor, presented by MGM Springfield, fell to the Tulsa 66ers 107-100 at the MassMutual Center tonight.
The Armor (8-17) got off to a sluggish start tonight, falling behind 16-8 midway through the first quarter. Springfield roared back into the game, outscoring Tulsa 17-4 over the final 5:39 of the quarter to take a 25-20 lead into the break. Five players scored during the run, with back-to-back three-pointers from Ramone Moore keying the late surge.
In the second, Tulsa (14-12) trailed by as many as nine points, but the 66ers capitalized on hot shooting (13-of-20 for 65%) to erase their largest deficit of the game and head into halftime with a 51-49 advantage. Rasual Butler scored nine of his game-high 24 points for Tulsa in the quarter on 3-of-3 from the field, including 1-of-1 from behind the arc, and 2-of-2 from the foul line.
The 66ers began the third quarter by scoring the first six points, prompting the Armor to use an early timeout. Springfield emerged from the timeout and posted an 11-2 run to take a one-point lead (60-59) with 7:23 to go in the third. The 66ers responded with a 10-1 run of their own, capped by a Butler three-pointer, to seize a nine-point advantage (71-62). The Armor's Dennis Horner scored the next four points to trim the deficit to five, but Tulsa reeled off a 10-0 run in the final 1:54 of the quarter to take a game-high 15-point lead (81-66).
In the fourth quarter, the Armor were never able to get closer than seven points as they dropped their only meeting of the season to the 66ers.
Springfield's Moore scored a season-high 22 points (14 in the second half) on 9-of-16 shooting (4-of-6 from behind the arc) in 26 minutes off the bench after missing the last three games due to illness. Horner recorded his first double-double of the season with 17 points (11 in the first half) and 11 rebounds in 40 minutes, James Mays added his league-leading 12th double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds in 39 minutes, Ben Uzoh tallied his fourth double-double by scoring 10 points and dishing out 10 assists with just one turnover in 37 minutes, Christian Polk scored 13 points in 23 minutes and Willie Reed chipped in 11 points and eight rebounds in 31 minutes.
Tulsa's Butler led all scorers with 24 points on 10-of-18 shooting in 36 minutes tonight. Dominique Sutton posted a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds in 34 minutes, Chris Quinn scored 15 points in 31 minutes, Tony Taylor chipped in 13 points in 17 minutes off the bench and Ron Anderson added 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 28 minutes. Travis Hyman also contributed a season-high nine blocks (five in the fourth quarter) in 18 minutes off the 66ers' bench.
The Armor committed a season-low eight turnovers tonight, but Tulsa buried 46-of-86 for 53.5% from the field to Springfield's 41-of-95 for 43.2%.
The Armor, who have now hit the halfway point of the 2012-13 regular season, will hit the road for Friday and Saturday night games against the Iowa Energy. Both games are scheduled to tip off at 8:00 pm ET and can be seen live, for free, on the NBA Development League network powered by YouTube.
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