D-League daily developments
December 26, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Today
Los Angeles at Austin, 7 p.m. CT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Los Angeles at Austin: D-Fenders lead 1-0. Los Angeles won first meeting, 103-97, in Austin Dec. 23.
Monday's Results
Sioux Falls 120, Colorado 110
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Monday's game.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20061225/COLSFL/boxscore.html
CHRISTMAS CHEER: Playing for the 18th consecutive time on Christmas Day, the Sioux Falls Skyforce improved to 10-8 all-time in games on the Holiday with a win over Colorado on Monday.
FULL FORCE: After losing four of six to open the season, Sioux Falls has now won seven of its last eight games.
THEY SAID IT: "We are starting to feel good out there. Early in the season we weren't gelling and we gave away a few at the end, but now we're finishing." ... Sioux Falls center Jared Reiner said after scoring 27 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in the victory over Colorado on Monday.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN ... that Tulsa G/F Denham Brown scored 111 points in a single contest as a high school senior at West Hill Collegiate High School in Toronto ... that Austin G Brock Gillespie had a bit part in the movie "Glory Road" as a basketball player for Eastern New Mexico ... that Anaheim F Sean Banks enjoys watching the History Channel ... Colorado G Eric Osmundson majored in anthropology at Penn ... that Los Angeles C Akin Akingbala has an 108-inch standing reach.
CARETAKERS OF THE BALL: Albuquerque's Tony Bland and Arkansas' Brandon Dean are tops in the league in assists to turnover ratio. Bland leads the league at 3.50 (56-16). Dean isn't far behind at 3.19 (67-21)
AVOIDING THE RECORD: Should Austin drop its 12th straight game today when LA visits, the Toros will own the league record for consecutive losses. The previous record (11) was set by the Roanoke Dazzle (March 4-22, 2002)
LEAGUE LEADERS...through games of Dec. 25
PPG Player, Team
27.1 Kelenna Azubuike, FTW
22.9 Andre Brown, SF
21.5 BJ Elder, AUS
21.1 Von Wafer, COL
20.1 Jawad Williams, ANA
RPG Player, Team
12.7 Justin Williams, DAK
11.1 Andre Brown, SF
10.4 Elton Brown, COL
8.8 Dijon Thompson, ABQ
8.7 Scott Merritt, AUS
APG Player, Team
9.6 Randy Livingston, IDA
8.2 Will Conroy, TUL
6.5 Julius Hodge, COL
5.7 Maurice Baker, DAK
5.6 two players
TODAY IN D-LEAGUE HISTORY
-2005: The Albuquerque Thunderbirds were named "Promoter of the Year" by NewMexicoSportsNew.com.
-2004: Asheville guard Kirk Penney signed with the Los Angeles Clippers, marking the 40th GATORADE Call-Up.
MEDIA TIMEOUT ... links to a sampling of the latest news from around the NBA D-League
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061226/SPORTS0302/612260330/1002/SPORTS
NBA G League Stories from December 26, 2006
- Los Angeles pushes Toros' losing streak to 12 - Austin Spurs
- 14ers back on top of Power Rankings - G League
- Tulsa 66ers Pick Up Former Bobcat Anderson - Tulsa 66ers
- Spurs recall James White from Austin Toros - Austin Spurs
- D-League daily developments - G League
- Skyforce to host community blood drive - Sioux Falls Skyforce
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