NBA D-League Daily Developments
December 27, 2005 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Standings W-L Pct. GB Florida Flame 8-2 .800 --- Fort Worth Flyers 8-3 .727 ½ Arkansas RimRockers 8-4 .667 1 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 7-5 .583 2 Tulsa 66ers 5-7 .416 4 Roanoke Dazzle 4-8 .333 5 Austin Toros 2-6 .250 5 Fayetteville Patriots 2-9 .181 6½
Today Tulsa at Fort Worth, 7 p.m. CT
Tuesday's Results Fort Worth 89, Albuquerque 86
TODAY'S SERIES INFO: Fort Worth leads 1-0, defeating Tulsa 81-80 on November 23. Ime Udoka paced the Flyers in that game with 17 points and nine rebounds. Tony Kitchings had 18 points and seven boards for the 66ers.
PROMOTERS OF THE YEAR: NewMexicoSportsNews.com has named the Albuquerque Thunderbirds as their 2005 Promoters of the Year, citing team president Billy Widner and his staff for "promoting their product as a fun and family orientated night on the town. Leaving no stone unturned in hopes of getting fans to the game."
STREAKS AND SUCH: Florida and Fort Worth have both won five consecutive games. Fayetteville has lost seven straight and Austin four. After a 5-1 start, Albuquerque has lost four of its last six games.
TODAY ON NBA TV: The Arkansas-Austin game played on December 23 will air at 2 p.m. ET. Albuquerque's Joe Shipp is scheduled to be a guest on "NBA TV Insiders" at 6:30 p.m. ET.
WALKING THE LINE: Roanoke's Isiah Victor and Pape Sow of Arkansas have a penchant for showing up at the free throw line. Victor leads the league with 100 trips to the stripe and Sow is nipping on his heels with 97.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "These guys are competitors. They're trying to get a job somewhere, so they're coming out every night trying to go at it."...Florida guard Bracey Wright told the Louisville Courier-Journal about the players in the NBA Development League.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Category Player PG/AVG Minutes Derrick Zimmerman, AUS 40.4 Points Bracey Wright, FLA 21.7 Rebounds Pape Sow, ARK 11.9 Assists Kareem Reid, ARK 8.7 Steals Anthony Grundy, ROA 2.7 Blocked Shots Ken Johnson, ABQ 2.2 Field Goal Percentage Donta Smith, ARK .592 (42-71) 3 Field Goal Percentage Vonteego Cummings, FTW .548 (23-42) Free Throw Percentage Bernard King, TUL .926 (25-27)
POLLING: Visit NBADLEAGUE.com to cast your vote in the latest GATORADE Call-Up Poll.
MLK SHOWCASE: The 2006 MLK Showcase, featuring every D-League team in eight games over two days, is scheduled for January 15-16 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Games are at 11 a.m., 2, 5 and 8 p.m. on both days.
SHOWCASE CREDENTIALS/LEAGUE INFO: Kent Partridge / kpartridge@nba.com / 864-248-1108.
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