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December 30, 2005 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


Standings W-L Pct. GB Florida Flame 8-3 .727 --- Arkansas RimRockers 8-4 .667 ½ Fort Worth Flyers 8-4 .667 ½ Albuquerque Thunderbirds 7-5 .583 1½ Tulsa 66ers 6-7 .461 3½ Roanoke Dazzle 4-8 .333 4 Austin Toros 2-6 .250 4 Fayetteville Patriots 2-9 .181 6

Thursday's Results No Games

Today Albuquerque at Roanoke, 7 p.m. ET Florida at Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m. ET Fort Worth at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. CT Tulsa at Austin, 7:30 p.m. CT

SERIES INFO - Albuquerque at Roanoke: First meeting. Dazzle has played nine of first 13 games at home (3-6). - Florida at Fayetteville: Flame leads 3-0. Flame G Andre Barrett averages 16.7 ppg, 8.7 apg vs. Patriots. - Fort Worth at Arkansas: RimRockers lead 2-0. Rockers F Pape Sow averages 32.5 ppg, 14.0 rpg vs. Flyers. - Tulsa at Austin: Toros lead 1-0. 66ers shot 61% from floor and lost first meeting with Toros.

LUCAS SIPS GATORADE: The Houston Rockets signed Tulsa 66ers guard John Lucas on Thursday, making him the first GATORADE Call-Up of the 2005-06 NBA Development League season and the 51st overall since the league began play in November 2001. He is also the first player in Tulsa 66ers history to earn an NBA promotion after averaging 15.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 14 games.

MAKING A NAME: With almost 5,000 votes cast in the latest GATORADE Call-Up Poll, former Florida Flame and current Los Angeles Lakers guard Smush Parker has the nod as the former GATORADE Call-Up making the biggest name for himself in the NBA during this 2005-06 season. Parker has garnered 63-percent of the vote. Click on NBADLEAGUE.com to cast your vote.

MARSHALL ASSIGNMENT: The Dallas Mavericks assigned G/F Rawle Marshall to the Fort Worth Flyers on Thursday. Marshall has played four games with the Mavericks this season, averaging 2.5 minutes, 0.8 points and 0.5 rebounds. He is the 10th NBA player to be assigned to a D-League affiliate this season.

MORE COMING AND GOING: The Albuquerque Thunderbirds have acquired forward Anthony Coleman and waived center Ken Johnson. The Fayetteville Patriots have picked up point guard Cliff Hawkins and released point guard Carlos Hurt.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS PPG Player RPG Player APG Player 21.8 Anthony Grundy, ROA 11.9 Pape Sow, ARK 8.7 Kareem Reid, ARK 21.5 Bracey Wright, FLA 9.2 Erik Daniels, FAY 6.9 Derrick Zimmerman, AUS 19.8 Ime Udoka, FTW 9.2 Peter John Ramos, ROA 6.0 Andre Barrett, FLA 19.4 Erik Daniels, FAY 8.7 Hiram Fuller, FLA 5.7 Vonteego Cummings, FTW

GOLDEN HURRICANE DISCOUNT: In an effort to extend support to the University of Tulsa as they take on Fresno State in the Liberty Bowl on Saturday, the Tulsa 66ers will offer special ticket discounts to fans that wear their TU apparel. If the Golden Hurricane defeats Fresno State, fans sporting their TU garb will receive $5 off any seat on Saturday and $2 off any seat if TU loses.

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. Game times each day are 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET.

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