D-League daily developments
Published on December 11, 2005 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
TAKE TWO: Austin coach Dennis Johnson will be gunning for two straight wins over his old team when the Toros host Florida today. Johnson was the coach of the Flame last season.
I KNOW YOU: Half the 10-man roster for the Austin Toros played for Florida head coach Jeff Malone when the team was located in Columbus, Ga. last season. Toros guards Derrick Zimmerman, Ben Adams, Ezra Williams and Ramel Curry, as well as forward Scott Merritt, all played for Malone at some point last season before the Dragons were sold to Southwest Basketball, LLC and relocated to Austin.
ROCKIN' TOP: Riding a three-game win streak, the Arkansas RimRockers have climbed to the top of the D-League standings. Coach Joe Harge's club moved past Albuquerque by one-half game by beating the T-Birds at Alltel Arena on Saturday.
THIS WEEK ON NBA TV
Day Date Show/D-League Guest
Time (ET)
Monday December 12 NBA TV Insiders/Fayetteville F Erik Daniels
6:30 p.m.
Tuesday December 13 Game of the Week/Florida at Austin
from 12/10 2 p.m.
NBA TV Insiders/Fort Worth coach Sam Vincent
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday December 14 NBA TV Insiders/Austin F Andre Emmett
7:20 p.m.
Thursday December 15 NBA TV Insiders/Roanoke C Peter John
Ramos 7:20 p.m.
This Week in the D-League 9
p.m.
Friday December 16 NBA TV Insiders/D-League VP Michael Curry
7 p.m.
Saturday December 17 Game of the Week/Florida at Austin
from 12/10 Noon
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I have never coached a team that could pull out a win when they shot 13 free throws and the other team shot 39. Looking at these numbers I'm shocked we kept things so close. We have to keep people off the line."...Tulsa coach Joey Meyer said following the 66ers 107-102 loss to Roanoke on Saturday. Roanoke hit 20-of-39 and Tulsa 10-of-13 free throw attempts.
DAZZLING WEEKEND: Over a two-game weekend road swing to Arkansas and Tulsa, guard Anthony Grundy and forward Isiah Victor combined to score 118 of Roanoke's 203 total points.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
PPG Player RPG Player
APG Player
25.4 Bracey Wright, FLA 12.4 Pape Sow, 12.4, ARK
8.4 Kareem Reid, ARK
23.3 Anthony Grundy, ROA 10.2 Dwayne Jones, FLA 6.3
Derrick Zimmerman, AUS
21.5 Erik Daniels, FAY 9.8 Peter John Ramos, ROA
6.0 Andre Barrett, FLA
21.4 Pape Sow, ARK 9.8 Erik Daniels, FAY
5.0 Anthony Grundy, ROA
21.4 Ime Udoka, FTW 8.8 Ersan Ilyasova, TUL
5.0 Vonteego Cummings, FTW
ON THE WEB: Keep up with all the D-League game action by clicking on to NBADLEAGUE.com for live stats and streaming audio.
NBA G League Stories from December 11, 2005
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- Toros lose in overtime - Austin Spurs
- D-League daily developments - G League
- Toros secure first home win - Austin Spurs
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