NBA D-League Daily Developments
January 20, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Standings W-L Pct. GB Florida Flame 15-7 .681 --- Albuquerque Thunderbirds 11-8 .578 2½ Austin Toros 10-8 .555 3 Arkansas RimRockers 11-9 .550 3 Fort Worth Flyers 11-10 .523 3½ Tulsa 66ers 10-13 .434 5½ Roanoke Dazzle 9-12 .428 5½ Fayetteville Patriots 4-14 .222 9
Today Fort Worth at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. CT Austin at Albuquerque, 7 p.m. MT
Thursday's Results Arkansas 119, Fayetteville 109 Florida 114, Tulsa 108
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the links below to check the boxscores from Thursday's games. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060119/TULFLA/boxscore.html http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060119/FAYARK/boxscore.html
TONIGHT'S SERIES INFO Fort Worth at Arkansas: RimRockers lead 3-0. Arkansas shooting 52-percent (115-222) in first three meetings. Austin at Albuquerque: Series even at 1-1. T-Birds' Joe Shipp averaging 22.0 points in two games vs. Toros.
BANG BANG LANG: With Pape Sow returned to the Raptors, James Lang filled the void with a bang in Arkansas' win over Fayetteville Thursday. The second-round (48th overall) pick of the Hornets in the 2003 NBA Draft, Lang scored 30 points (12-16 FGA), collected 14 rebounds and blocked four shots.
OTHER THURSDAY PERFORMANCES OF NOTE - Melvin Sanders hit 11-of-16 FGA and scored 28 points for Fayetteville. - Hiram Fuller had 23 points and 13 boards for Florida. - With 26 points, Theron Smith led Florida scorers. He also collected seven rebounds. - Otis George hit 12-of-17 FGA, scored 28 and grabbed eight rebounds for Tulsa.
EIGHT IS ENOUGH: For the second consecutive night following the recall of Earl Barron and Dorell Wright to the Miami HEAT, the Florida Flame played with just eight players and won. The victory over Tulsa set a team record for consecutive wins at six. All six victories came in a span of eight days.
THEY SAID IT: "Probably, but that guy's got to be a square to say that." Florida forward Hiram Fuller told the Naples News when asked if any player would say he was getting too many minutes.
TODAY ON NBA TV: Tulsa's Desmon Farmer is scheduled to be a guest on "NBA TV Insiders" at 7:10 p.m. ET. Farmer leads the 66ers and is 13th in the league in scoring at 15.0 points per game
RAMOS RECALLED: The Washington Wizards recalled post man Peter John Ramos from the Roanoke Dazzle in Thursday. In 21 games (19 starts) with Roanoke he averaged 30.0 minutes, 14.2 points and 8.4 rebounds.
TEAM SCORING VS. THE LEAGUE AVERAGE Pts Scored Team 105.9 Roanoke Dazzle 105.8 Arkansas RimRockers 101.6 Florida Flame 100.0 Austin Toros 99.9 League Average 99.7 Fayetteville Patriots 97.3 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 95.2 Tulsa 66ers 94.4 Fort Worth Flyers
Pts Allowed Team 94.9 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 96.0 Fort Worth Flyers 96.5 Tulsa 66ers 97.3 Florida Flame 98.9 Austin Toros 99.9 League Average 103.3 Fayetteville Patriots 105.8 Arkansas RimRockers 107.3 Roanoke Dazzle
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