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D-Fenders Game Notes - Game #8 at Oklahoma City

November 29, 2016 - NBA G League (G League)
Los Angeles D-Fenders News Release


Los Angeles D-Fenders (5-2) at Oklahoma City Blue (6-2)

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 - 5:00 p.m. PT

Cox Convention Center - Oklahoma City, OK

Streaming: The NBA D-League will stream the event for free through Facebook Live (https://www.facebook.com/nbadleague/videos/10154535789245289/).

NOTEWORTHY

OFFENSIVE ENGINE: Coby Karl's squad has started the season as one of the best offenses in the NBA D-League, reiterating a point that the first-year head coach has pushed since his arrival to Los Angeles in the summer. The D-Fenders come into Tuesday's game ranking first in the D-League for scoring average (126.6 ppg), field goal percentage (.498), field goals made (45.0 fgpg) and assists (25.6 apg).

EFFICIENT FORWARDS: Forwards David Nwaba and Roscoe Smith are among the league's best in efficiency from the field. Nwaba is second in the league in field goal percentage (.680) while averaging 12.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in 23.4 minutes of action per game. Smith ranks fourth in shooting percentage (.648) and averages 16.7 points, 5.3 rebounds in 24.2 minutes per game. Both players provide valuable minutes off of the D-Fenders bench.

ROSCOE THE REBOUNDER: Roscoe Smith is in only his second season with the D-Fenders, yet he will go down as one of the franchise's most dominant players on the glass. The former D-League all-star is already included in the top-five of each LA rebounding category, and is on pace to break more records this season. (CHART IN NOTES)

NOVEMBER NOTABLES: At 5-2, Los Angeles has tied its best start ever, matching the same mark from a season ago. The current five wins in November is the second-most that the team has ever recorded in the month. A win on Tuesday would match the 6-2 mark set by the D-Fenders in 2015-16.

TOP-10 D-FENDERS: A season-high four D-Fenders are among the league's leaders in individual categories: Josh Magette (2nd in assists, 10.4 apg), David Nwaba (2nd in FG%, .680), Roscoe Smith (4th in FG%, .648) and David Foster (5th in blocks, 2.4 bpg).

2,500 CLUB: Guard Vander Blue became the first-ever player to score 2,500 career points for the D-Fenders during Wednesday's game against Northern Arizona. He now has 2,560 points in his Los Angeles career.

ZUBAC, FIRST ASSIGNMENT OF THE YEAR: Los Angeles Lakers center Ivica Zubac was re-assigned to the team on Nov. 22, notching the first double-double of his professional career (21 points, 12 rebounds) the next day against Northern Arizona. He became the 22nd player to ever play for both the Lakers and their D-League affiliate after being originally assigned to the D-Fenders on Nov. 17 against Rio Grande Valley. He is the 18th Lakers assignment player to be developed by the D-Fenders.

PROSPECT WATCH: Three Los Angeles players were named as top NBA prospects for an NBA D-League panel of professional scouts, former players and writers with the league's official website, dleague.nba.com. The 25-person ranking included Vander Blue at No. 3, Justin Harper at No. 19 and Josh Magette at No. 20.

PUTTING IN EXTRA TIME: Los Angeles prevailed in a 142-135 double overtime win against the Northern Arizona Suns on Wednesday, Nov. 23. It was the first game to advance past regulation for the D-Fenders this year, and it was the eighth time that the team has gone to double overtime in the team's history. Check out a full breakdown of the D-Fenders' performance in overtime matchups. (CHART IN NOTES)

MAGETTE MOVES UP: Los Angeles point guard Josh Magette is currently tied at 15th on the NBA D-League's all-time assists list after finishing with nine dimes on Sunday. The third-year D-Fender needs nine more dimes to move to 14th all-time, currently occupied by Dontell Jefferson (840).

DOUBLING DOWN: D-Fenders veterans Josh Magette and Justin Harper lead the team with three double-doubles on the year, while David Nwaba, Speedy Smith and Ivica Zubac each have one.

Magette: 11/17 vs. RGV (16 points, 13 assists), 11/19 vs. SCW (19 points, 17 assists) and 11/26 at RGV (21 points, 11 assists).

Harper: 11/12 at SCW (24 points, 14 rebounds), 11/23 vs. NAZ (16 points, 11 rebounds) and 11/27 at RGV (17 points, 14 rebounds)

BLUE'S BEST: Blue, now in his third season with the D-Fenders, has stamped his name throughout the Los Angeles record book. Among his status as the franchise's all-time leading scorer, Blue is also LA's career leader in seven different categories. (CHART IN NOTES)

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 (832) and steals (224).

BLUE AMONG THE LEAGUE'S ALL-TIME LEADERS: With 15 points against the Vipers on Sunday, Vander Blue surpassed Justin Dentmon for 12th place on the NBA D-League's all-time scoring list. Now totaling 3,048 career points with Los Angeles, Idaho, Delaware and Maine, Blue is currently 69 points away from moving to 11th place in the record books.

2016-17 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN

- The D-Fenders have 10 sets of back-to-back games in 2016-17

- The longest home stand of the year is 10 days/four games

(1/5-1/26, 12/1-12/10)

- 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 four

occasions this season in a rematch of last year's NBA D-League Finals

MEDIA GUIDE AVAILABLE: The 2016-17 Los Angeles D-Fenders media guide is available on the team's official site, www.d-fenders.com (http://on.nba.com/2eHu188). The guide includes player bios, regular season and postseason history, all-time records versus each of the 21 NBA D-League teams and other historical info.

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