D-League daily developments
Published on February 23, 2007 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
DENNIS JOHNSON, 1954-2007: Austin Toros head coach and former NBA great Dennis Johnson passed away Thursday at the age of 52. Johnson is survived by his wife Donna and children Dwayne (26), Denise (14) and Daniel (12). DJ was in his third season as a coach in the D-League and won three NBA titles as a player, one with Seattle and two with Boston.
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Albuquerque at Colorado: T-Birds lead 2-1. Average score all three games is Albuquerque 100, Colorado 99.7.
Arkansas at Los Angeles: LA leads 2-0. Rematch of 2/21 game where teams combined for league-record 268 points.
Anaheim at Bakersfield: Arsenal leads 3-0. Jam has longest current win streak in league at four games.
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Thursday's game.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20070222/TULIDA/boxscore.html
GAMES POSTPONED: The D-League announced that Austin Toros home games scheduled for today against Fort Worth and Saturday against Tulsa have been postponed due to the sudden death of Toros head coach Dennis Johnson. The games will be rescheduled for later this season.
THIS WEEK IN THE D-LEAGUE: Tonight's show (7 p.m. ET, live) on NBA TV opens with a tribute remembering the life and career of Austin Toros coach and NBA great Dennis Johnson, who passed away unexpectedly on Thursday. The show also features a recap of the D-League All-Star Game, an interview with All-Star MVP Pops Mensah-Bonsu, a sights and sounds package of the All-Star Game and D-League VP of Basketball Operations Chris Alpert live in the studio.
LEAGUE LEADERS...individual per game leaders in points, rebounds and steals
PPG Player, Team RPG Player, Team APG Player, Team
20.1 BJ Elder, AUS 10.9 Pops Mensah-Bonsu, FTW 10.8 Will Conroy, TUL
19.7 Jawad Williams, ANA 9.7 Elton Brown, COL 9.8 Randy Livingston, IDA
19.6 Dijon Thompson, ABQ 8.9 Dijon Thompson, ABQ 6.6 Gerry McNamara, BAK
19.3 Denham Brown, TUL 8.5 Mike Hall, Tulsa 6.5 Pooh Jeter, COL
18.9 Kevinn Pinkney, BAK 7.9 Andre Patterson, LA 5.1 Clay Tucker, ARK
MEDIA TIMEOUT...links to a sampling of the latest news from around the NBA D-League
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/toros/02/23/23johnson.html
http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/02/23/23golden.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/02/22/johnson.obit.ap/index.html
http://media.vmsnews.com/MR.pl?id=022307-685303-X000937171
http://media.vmsnews.com/MR.pl?id=022307-602848-X000937194
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/basketball/nba/dallas_mavericks/16766434.htm
THEY SAID IT: "He had a great personality, great heart and great demeanor. He didn't have a big ego. He'd reach out to any person at any moment." ... Austin Toros president Mike Berry told the Austin American-Statesman about late Toros coach Dennis Johnson.
NBA G League Stories from February 23, 2007
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- Dennis Johnson Memorial set for Sunday - Austin Spurs
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