D-League daily developments

January 6, 2007 - NBA G League (G League) News Release

Today
Tulsa at Sioux Falls, 7 p.m. CT
Arkansas at Fort Worth, 7:30 p.m. CT
Bakersfield at Colorado, 7 p.m. MT
Albuquerque at Anaheim, 7 p.m. PT

TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Arkansas at Fort Worth: Series tied at 1-1. Flyers league's best 3 point shooting team at .408 (110-245).
Tulsa at Sioux Falls: Skyforce leads 1-0. Skyforce 6-2 at home. 66ers 4-3 on the road.
Bakersfield at Colorado: First meeting. 14ers lead league in scoring (112.4), rebounding (47.2) and FG% (.497)
Albuquerque at Anaheim: T-Birds lead 3-0 and have won those three by average of 23 points.

Friday's Results
Austin 96, Albuquerque 88
Fort Worth 115, Arkansas 94
Dakota 103, Los Angeles 101
Sioux Falls 123, Tulsa 112

CHECK THE BOX: Click on the links below to check out the box scores from Thursday's games.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20070105/DAKLAD/boxscore.html
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20070105/SFLTUL/boxscore.html
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20070105/ARKFTW/boxscore.html
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20070105/AUSABQ/boxscore.html

FRIDAY'S BEST...top numbers from games on January 4
Points: 30, Frank Williams, SF. Rebounds: 18, Pops Mensah-Bonsu, FTW. Assists: 14, Will Conroy, TUL. Steals: 5, Dontell Jefferson, DAK. Blocks: 4, Cezary Trybanski, TUL. 3FGM: 7, Frank Williams, SF.

THEY SAID IT: "Frank Williams really had a night. Sometimes guys have a great night like that and there's really nothing you can do to stop them." ... Sioux Falls coach Mo McHone told the Tulsa World after Skyforce G Frank Williams hit seven 3s and scored 30 against the 66ers.

ASSIGNMENT 10: The Toronto Raptors assigned rookie forward PJ Tucker to the Colorado 14ers on Friday, making him the 10th NBA player assigned to a D-League affiliate this season and the 37th overall since the start of the 2005-06 season. Tucker will see his first action as a 14er tonight when Bakersfield visits the Broomfield Event Center.

LEAGUE LEADERS...top five in points, rebounds and assists per game through games of Jan. 5
PPG Player, Team
20.6 Von Wafer, COL
20.3 BJ Elder, AUS
19.9 Dijon Thompson, ABQ
19.5 Jawad Williams, ANA
19.1 Renaldo Major, DAK

RPG Player, Team
10.6 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, FTW
10.2 Elton Brown, COL
9.4 Dijon Thompson, ABQ
9.2 Mike Hall, TUL
9.0 Jeff Graves, IDA

APG Player, Team
9.3 Will Conroy, TUL
9.2 Randy Livingston, IDA
7.0 Gerry McNamara, BAK
5.8 Maurice Baker, DAK
5.6 Pooh Jeter, COL

RAINING GATORADE IN THE DAKOTAS: Forwards Andre Brown of Sioux Falls and Justin Williams of Dakota earned the second and third GATORADE Call-Ups of the season on Friday by signing 10-day contract with the Seattle Sonics and Sacramento Kings, respectively.

TODAY ON NBA TV
Time (ET) Show / Game
3:30 p.m. Game / Idaho at Fort Worth (tape from 12/29/06)
5:30 p.m. This Week in the D-League (tape from 1/5/06)

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