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D-Fenders Game Notes - Game #1 vs. Iowa

November 11, 2016 - NBA G League (G League)
Los Angeles D-Fenders News Release


Los Angeles D-Fenders vs. Iowa Energy

Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 - 7:30 p.m. PT

Toyota Sports Center - El Segundo, CA

Streaming: The NBA D-League will stream the event for free through Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/nbadleague/)

NOTEWORTHY

OPENING DAY : The D-Fenders hold a 6-3 record in season-openers, including a 2-2 mark at home. On the other hand, Iowa has historically faired well in the first game of the season, entering Friday's matchup with a record of 8-1 in season-openers. The Energy have opened each of its nine seasons on the road.

2016-17 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN:

- The D-Fenders have nine sets of back-to-back games in 2016-17

- The longest home stand of the year is 22 days/five games (1/5-1/26)

- The longest road trip of the year is 11 days/six games (1/29-2/8)

- Los Angeles will have three 'three-game in four-night' sets this season.

- The D-Fenders will challenge the Sioux Falls Skyforce on three occassions this season in a rematch of last year's NBA D-League Finals.

BLUE'S BEST: Guard Vander Blue, now in his third season with the D-Fenders, has stamped his name throughout the Los Angeles record book. In addition to being the franchise's all-time leading scorer, Blue is also LA's all-time leader in minutes, steals, field goals made and attempted, and free throws made and attempted. Blue's career stats are listed below:

GP MIN PTS FGM 3FGM FTM OREB DREB REB AST STL

97 (3RD) 3,663 (1ST) 2,404 (1ST) 830 (1ST) 163 (4TH) 581 (1ST) 102 (10th) 404 (3rd) 506 (4th) 426 (3rd) 179 (2nd)

BLUE AMONG THE LEAGUE'S ALL-TIME LEADERS: Blue's 2,892 career points with Los Angeles, Idaho, Delaware and Maine is currently good for 13th in NBA D-League history. The guard out of Marquette is 149 points away from surpassing Justin Dentmon for 12th place all-time.

MASTER MAGETTE: Josh Magette has positioned himself as perhaps the best point guard in LA's history. Now in his third season with the team, the Alabama-Huntsville graduate leads the D-Fenders in career assists (759) and steals (206). His assist total is good for 20th on the all-time NBA D-League leader charts, and he's just 20 dimes away from passing Tierre Brown for 19th place.

FRANCHISE HISTORY: The Los Angeles D-Fenders franchise, entering its 10th season, has won two division titles (2012, 2014) and advanced to the NBA D-League Finals twice (2012 and 2016). The first team in league history to be owned by an NBA franchise, the D-Fenders are still chasing their first-ever NBA D-League title.

DATE OPPONENT SCORE W/L 11/11 Iowa 7:30pm 11/12 at Santa Cruz 7:00pm 11/17 Rio Grande Valley 7:30pm 11/19 Santa Cruz 6:30pm 11/23 Northern Arizona 7:30pm 11/26 at Rio Grande Valley 5:00pm 11/27 at Rio Grande Valley 4:00pm 11/29 at Oklahoma City 5:00pm 12/1 Salt Lake City 7:30pm 12/3 Rio Grande Valley 6:30pm 12/8 Reno 7:30pm 12/10 Austin 6:30pm 12/15 at Erie 4:00pm 12/17 at Maine 4:00pm 12/19 at Long Island 11:00am 12/20 at Westchester 4:00pm 12/22 at Greensboro 4:00pm 12/28 Sioux Falls 7:30pm 12/30 Northern Arizona 7:30pm 1/3 at Reno 7:00pm 1/5 Iowa 7:30pm 1/7 Grand Rapids 6:30pm 1/12 Oklahoma City 7:30pm 1/14 Canton 6:30pm 1/26 Sioux Falls 7:30pm 1/29 at Austin 3:00pm 2/1 at Texas 5:00pm 2/2 at Austin 5:30pm 2/4 at Oklahoma City 5:00pm 2/6 at Salt Lake City 6:00pm 2/8 at Salt Lake City 10:00am 2/11 Oklahoma City 6:30pm 2/12 Austin 5:00pm 2/22 at Texas 5:00pm 2/24 Windy City 7:30pm 2/26 at Northern Arizona 2:00pm 3/3 at Northern Arizona 6:00pm 3/4 Raptors 905 6:30pm 3/10 Reno 7:30pm 3/11 Fort Wayne 6:30pm 3/15 at Iowa 5:00pm 3/17 at Iowa 5:00pm 3/18 at Sioux Falls 5:00pm 3/22 Texas 7:30pm 3/25 Santa Cruz 6:30pm 3/29 at Reno 7:00pm 3/31 at Santa Cruz 7:00pm 4/1 Salt Lake City 6:30pm *Overtime; All times PST/PDT #9 - Josh Magette Guard 6-1 - 175 Alabama-Huntsville G29-33 | Conference USA Championship | March 8-12, 2016 | Bartow Arena/Legacy Arena | Birmingham, Alabama | KNTU 88.1 FM | ASN/CBS Sports #7 - Troy DeVries Guard 6-3 - 194 New Mexico #0 - Vander Blue Guard 6-4 - 200 Marquette #23 - Justin Harper Forward 6-9 - 245 Richmond #21 - Travis Wear Forward 6-10 - 221 UCLA GP/GS MPG PTS REB AST STL FG% 3PT% FT% 45/45 37.9 11.5 4.5 9.2 2.4 39.0 32.7 80.5 GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% --/-- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% 48/48 38.3 26.3 5.0 3.4 1.8 44.0 33.0 81.0 GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% 42/26 28.9 15.3 5.7 1.6 0.7 47.2 39.1 89.1 GP/GS MPG Pts Reb Ast Stl FG% 3PT% FT% --/-- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- LAST GAME: --- NOTES: Returning for his third year with the D-Fenders ... Last sea- son's NBA D-League leader in steals and assists ... LA's all-time leader in steals and assists LAST GAME: --- NOTES: Beginning his first season in the NBA D-League ... At 34 years old, DeVries is the oldest player on the team ... Has played internation- ally in seven countries outside of the United States LAST GAME: --- NOTES: Returning for his third year with the D-Fenders ... Finished second in scoring a season ago (26.3 ppg) ... 2016 Western Confer- ence All-Star ... Franchise's all-time points leader LAST GAME: --- NOTES: Returning for his second year with the D-Fenders ... 2016 Western Conference All-Star ... Received an NBA Call-Up to the Detroit Pistons in 2015-16 LAST GAME: --- NOTES: Affiliate player on assignment from the Los Angeles Lakers ... Making his NBA D-League debut GAME NOTES Los Angeles D-Fenders (0-0) vs. Iowa Energy (0-0) Game #1; Home Game #1 TV: Spectrum SportsNet (Facebook) - Eric Rothman (PxP), A.C. Green (Color) Friday - 7:30 pm PT Toyota Sports Center - Los Angeles, CA

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