Long Beach Jam take season opener
November 21, 2004 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Maywood Laguneros News Release
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2004) â The Long Beach Jam of the American Basketball Association (ABA) raised its 2003-04 championship banner at the Pyramid in Long Beach before beating the Orange County Crush in the season opener, 134-122 in front of 2,276 fans in attendance.
The balanced attack of the Jam consisted of six players scoring more than 15 points. Leading the charge was Felipe Lopez with 23 points, Kueth Duany added 22 points and seven rebounds, and Nick Sheppard tallied 16 points, 12 rebounds, and two steals.
A team of familiar faces, the Crush are coached by former Jam coach, Earl Cureton and former assistant Corey Gaines. Derrick Dial, last season's ABA Offensive Player of the Year with the Jam, scored 31 points and added 10 rebounds. Another former Jammer, Jerry Dupree chipped in 23 points.
The Jam play the Fresno HeatWave on Wednesday in Fresno before returning home to face the Los Angeles Stars, Sunday Nov. 28 at 2 p.m.
For more information on the Jam, please visit www.lbjam.com.
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