D-League daily developments
Published on January 6, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
SERIES NOTES, TODAY'S GAMES
- Roanoke at Fayetteville: Dazzle leads 1-0. Roanoke's Anthony Grundy
had 25 points and five assists in first meeting.
- Albuquerque at Fort Worth: Flyers lead 2-0. Rawle Marshall is
averaging 18 ppg since Mavs assigned him to Flyers.
- Arkansas at Tulsa: 66ers lead 2-0. 66ers are without John Lucas and
Sean Banks, who averaged 36 and 17, respectively, vs. Arkansas.
LEAGUE LEADERS
PPG Player RPG Player APG
Player
22.3 Anthony Grundy, ROA 12.3 Pape Sow, ARK 8.4
Kareem Reid, ARK
21.4 Bracey Wright, FLA 11.0 Dwayne Jones, FLA 6.3 Derrick
Zimmerman, AUS
19.9 Erik Daniels, FAY 9.6 Chuck Hayes, ABQ 6.1 Andre
Barrett, FLA
19.6 Ime Udoka, FTW 9.3 Erik Daniels, FAY 5.3
Vonteego Cummings, FTW
19.5 Joe Shipp, ABQ 9.1 Peter John Ramos, ROA 4.6
Yuta Tabuse, ABQ
MILES TOWARD HOME: Albuquerque guard C.J. Miles, on assignment from the Utah Jazz, returns to his old stomping grounds when the T-Birds visit Fort Worth tonight and Sunday. At this time last season Miles was playing at Skyline High School in Dallas, where he was named the TABC Class 5A Player of the Year after averaging 23.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists.
D-LEAGUE CARES: The Fayetteville Patriots and Time Warner Cable are teaming up to help make sure every resident of Cumberland County, N.C. has a coat this winter. Patriots' fans can trade a new or slightly-used coat for two tickets to Saturday's game against Roanoke at the Crown Coliseum.
TODAY ON NBA TV: Austin forward Scott Merritt is scheduled to be a guest on "NBA TV Insiders" at 7:10 ET.
WHO'S HOT? The Austin Toros have won four of their last five games with Marcus Fizer averaging 19.9 points and 11.8 rebounds over that stretch.
WHO'S NOT? The Florida Flame has lost three straight and four of their last five games.
THEY SAID IT: "We're not tough enough. We can't just talk about it. We have to be about it."...Florida coach Jeff Malone told the Naples Daily News following the Flame's second straight home loss to Austin on Thursday.
MLK SHOWCASE: The 2006 MLK Showcase, featuring every D-League team in eight games over two days, is scheduled for January 15-16 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
Sunday, January 15 (all times eastern) Monday, January 16 (all
times eastern)
11 a.m. Austin vs Arkansas 11 a.m. Albuquerque vs
Austin
2 p.m. Tulsa vs Albuquerque 2 p.m. Arkansas vs
Florida
5 p.m. Florida vs Fayetteville 5 p.m. Fort
Worth vs Tulsa
8 p.m. Roanoke vs Fort Worth 8 p.m.
Fayetteville vs Roanoke
NBA G League Stories from January 6, 2006
- Flyers Toppled By Thunderbirds - Fort Worth Flyers
- "Willpower" Leads Tulsa a Close Win - Tulsa 66ers
- Celtics assign Gerald Green to Patriots - Fayetteville Patriots
- Tulsa Acquires Blackshear - Tulsa 66ers
- D-League daily developments - G League
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