NBA D-League Daily Developments
February 7, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Standings W-L Pct. GB Florida Flame 18-10 .642 --- Fort Worth Flyers 17-11 .607 1 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 15-11 .576 2 Austin Toros 13-12 .520 3½ Arkansas RimRockers 14-15 .482 4½ Roanoke Dazzle 12-14 .461 5 Tulsa 66ers 12-15 .444 5½ Fayetteville Patriots 5-18 .217 10½
MONDAY'S RESULTS No Games Scheduled
TODAY'S GAMES Arkansas at Florida, 7 p.m. ET Austin at Albuquerque, 7 p.m. MT
SERIES INFO, TODAY'S GAMES Arkansas at Florida: Flame leads 2-0. Florida's Dwayne Jones has 40 rebounds in two meetings vs. RimRockers. Austin at Albuquerque: Tied 3-3. Toros and T-Birds split a two-game set in Austin over the weekend.
NEED ONE TODAY: With Albuquerque just two games behind league-leading Florida, today's game at home against Austin is a big one for Coach Michael Cooper's club because the T-Birds play their next five games on the road, two of those at Florida. Owning a 9-4 mark at home, Albuquerque is 6-7 on the road.
STOKE THE FIRE: The Florida Flame not only sits in first place, but also owns the league's best home record at 10-4. Coach Jeff Malone's bunch plays the middle game of a five-game homestand tonight and is home for seven of the next nine games.
SHOOTING TOUCH FG% Player (min 100 FGA) .611 Shawnson Johnson, TUL (77-126) .578 Peter John Ramos, ROA (126-218) .573 Donta Smith, ARK (138-241) .540 Ken Johnson, ABQ (68-126) .539 Andreas Glyniadakis, ABQ (89-165)
FT% Player (min 80 FTA) .880 Ramel Curry, AUS (73-83) .857 Andreas Glyniadakis, ABQ (78-91) .846 Will Bynum, ROA (165-195) .835 Theron Smith, FLA (132-158) .821 Austin Nichols, FLA (69-84)
TOWERING TANDEM: Albuquerque's post tandem of Andreas Glyniadakis (7-1) and Marcus Douthit (6-11) have combined to convert 63-percent of their field goal attempts (91-144) over the last 10 games.
LUCAS RETURNS: After playing out a pair of 10-day contracts with the Houston Rockets, John Lucas III has returned to the Tulsa 66ers roster. Before signing with the Rockets, Lucas played in 14 games for the 66ers, averaging 32.7 minutes, 15.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists.
2005-06 GATORADE CALL-UPS Player D-League Team NBA Team Date John Lucas III Tulsa 66ers Houston Rockets Dec. 29 & Jan. 8 Kaniel Dickens Fayetteville Patriots Los Angeles Clippers Jan. 10 Chuck Hayes Albuquerque Thunderbirds Houston Rockets Jan. 18 Melvin Sanders Fayetteville Patriots San Antonio Spurs Jan. 22 Mateen Cleaves Fayetteville Patriots Seattle Sonics Jan. 28
TODAY ON NBA TV Time Show / Guest 3 p.m. D-League Game of the Week / Fayetteville vs. Roanoke (from January 16) 7:20 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / TBA
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