D-League daily developments
January 28, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
SERIES INFO, TODAY'S GAMES
Fayetteville at Roanoke: Dazzle leads 5-2. Fifth meeting this month between
Dazzle and Patriots.
Florida at Tulsa: Flame leads 2-0. Andre Barrett (23.5 pg) and Theron Smith
(23.0 pg) like scoring vs. Tulsa.
Fort Worth at Albuquerque: Flyers lead 3-2. Fort Worth on five-game winning
streak.
CHECK THE BOX...click on the links below to check out the boxscores from
Friday's games.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060127/FAYROA/boxscore.html
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060127/ARKAUS/boxscore.html
FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
- The league's top scorer, Will Bynum of Roanoke, had 29 points in 43
minutes, converting 15 of 20 FTA.
- Anthony Grundy of Roanoke, league's second-leading scorer, had 26
points in 39 minutes.
- Arkansas' Brian Jackson had 22 points and 12 rebounds for second
double-double in last four games.
- Gerald Green, on assignment from Boston, hit 8-of-15 FGA and scored
21 in 27 minutes for Fayetteville.
- Austin's Marcus Fizer had 24 points to score at least 20 for the 11th
time in 18 games, fifth straight.
IN ADDITION TO SATURDAY HOOPS
- It's Michael Cooper Bobblehead Day at Albuquerque. Kids 14-and-under
will receive bobbing likeness of Coop.
- Tulsa is turning back the clock to 1966. It's "Austin Powers"
revisited with music and ticket specials.
MAKING OTHERS BETTER? Since being assigned Martell Webster and Sergei Monia from the Portland Trail Blazers, the Fort Worth Flyers are 5-0. Over those five games the Flyers are averaging 105.2 points per game, nine points better than their season average.
HALFWAY THERE: With Sunday's games the 2005-06 D-League season will be to the halfway point.
WHAT IF the season ended today, how would the playoff field look? Florida would host Austin and Fort Worth would entertain Albuquerque in a single-game, sudden-death semi-final. The two winners would play at the arena of the highest remaining seed, with the same sudden-death format, for the title.
THEY SAID IT: "It's been a great experience. I've been down in the D-League playing and staying in shape and trying to do what I can do. It's different in the D-League being a scorer and defender. Here it's primarily making hustle plays on defense." Melvin Sanders, currently on a 10-day contract with the Spurs, told the San Antonio News-Express on his D-League experience with the Fayetteville Patriots.
TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern
Time Show / Guest
Noon D-League Game of the Week / Austin vs. Arkansas from January
15, 2006
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