D-League daily developments

Published on January 8, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release

SERIES NOTES, TODAY'S GAMES
- Albuquerque at Fort Worth: Flyers lead 2-1 despite averaging just 88.7 points in three meetings.
- Austin at Florida: Toros lead 3-1 and looking for third straight win at Florida.

THEY SAID IT: ''I needed it. I learned from it. I got my conditioning back and I got my confidence back."... Washington Wizards rookie Andray Blatche told the Boston Globeabout his assignment to the Roanoke Dazzle earlier this season.

JOEY AND JEFF: A victory over Austin tonight would give Florida coach Jeff Malone 112 career D-League victories and move him into a first-place tie with Tulsa coach Joey Meyer.

THIS AND THAT...Florida Flame point guard Andre Barrett is averaging 10 assists over his last two games...Tulsa's Desmon Farmer averaged 29.5 points in a two-game series against Arkansas this weekend...Arkansas' Shawnson Johnson has hit 10 of his last 13 field goal attempts...RimRockers forward Pape Sow leads the league with 11 double-doubles.

GOING LONG: Arkansas guard Clay Tucker leads the league with 43 total three point field goals made (2.7 pg). He also holds the honor for most threes attempted with 107 (6.7 pg).

THIS WEEK ON NBA TV
Day Date Show/Guest Time (ET)
Mon Jan 9 NBA TV Insiders / Fort Worth G Kelenna Azubuike 6:30 p.m.
Tue Jan 10 Game of the Week / Albuquerque at Fort Worth 2 p.m.
NBA TV Insiders / Roanoke G Will Bynum 7:20 p.m.
Wed Jan 11 NBA TV Insiders / Fayetteville C Roderick Riley 7:10 p.m.
Thur Jan 12 Bonus Game of the Week / Tulsa at Arkansas 2 p.m.
NBA TV Insiders /Arkansas G Kareem Reid 7:20 p.m.
This Week in the D-League / Highlights & Guests 9 p.m.
Fri Jan 13 NBA TV Insiders / Austin G Ezra Williams 7:10 p.m.
Sat Jan. 14 Game of the Week / Albuquerque at Fort Worth noon

START THE SHOW: The 2006 MLK Showcase, featuring every D-League team in eight games over two days, is scheduled to begin a week from today, January 15, at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C.

Sunday, January 15 (all times eastern)
11 a.m. Austin vs Arkansas
2 p.m. Tulsa vs Albuquerque
5 p.m. Florida vs Fayetteville
8 p.m. Roanoke vs Fort Worth

Monday, January 16 (all times eastern)
11 a.m. Albuquerque vs Austin
2 p.m. Arkansas vs Florida
5 p.m. Fort Worth vs Tulsa
8 p.m. Fayetteville vs Roanoke

NBA G League Stories from January 8, 2006

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