NBA D-League Daily Developments
February 16, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Standings W-L Pct. GB Florida Flame 20-11 .645 --- Fort Worth Flyers 18-12 .600 1½ Austin Toros 17-12 .586 2 Albuquerque Thunderbirds 16-14 .533 3½ Arkansas RimRockers 15-17 .468 5½ Roanoke Dazzle 14-16 .467 5½ Tulsa 66ers 13-17 .433 6½ Fayetteville Patriots 6-20 .230 11½
TODAY'S GAME Albuquerque at Arkansas 7:30 p.m. CT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO Albuquerque at Arkansas: T-Birds lead 2-1, but neither team is hot. Albuquerque has lost 3 of its last 4, Arkansas 4 of 5.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Roanoke 128, Tulsa 121
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Wednesday's game. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060215/ROATUL/boxscore.html
YOUNG MAN'S GAME: The average age of all current D-League players, including NBA-assigned players, is 24.5 years. The Florida Flame is the league's youngest team at 23.8, following closely by Tulsa at 23.9. Albuquerque is the oldest team in the league at 25.4.
TASTE FOR MORE: Since returning to Tulsa following a 13-game stint with the Houston Rockets, guard John Lucas III obviously has a taste for more of life in the NBA. In three games since rejoining the 66ers, Lucas is averaging 23.0 points and 6.3 assists while shooting 50-percent from the field (26-52), 92-percent (11-12) from the free throw line and 47-percent (8-17) from beyond the three-point stripe.
SHOOTERS IN SESSION: Click on this link to check in on D-League shooting coach John Townsend in session with Roanoke point guard Will Bynum through the lens of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. http://www.dartfish.com/downloads/press/2005-12-12_en_wdbj7.wmv
THREE FOR 92: With the league's leading scorer Will Bynum missing his second straight game due to an aggravated hamstring, Anthony Grundy (34), Isiah Victor (31) and Seth Doliboa (27) combined for 92 points in the Dazzle's win over Tulsa on Wednesday. Bynum is expected to be back in the lineup this weekend.
D-LEAGUE QUIZ: Do you know where former D-League MVPs Ansu Sesay (2002), Devin Brown (2003), Tierre Brown (2004) and Matt Carroll (2005) are currently playing?
TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern Day Date Time Show / Guest Thur 2/16 7:20 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / Austin's Derrick Zimmerman
A WEEK OFF: "This Week in the D-League" will not be on in its regular NBA TV time slot tonight. It will return on February 23 at 9 p.m. ET.
WEDNESDAY'S TRANSACTIONS - Arkansas acquired C Marcus Campbell from the available player pool. - The D-League suspended Arkansas G Matt Walsh indefinitely.
QUIZ ANSWER: Devin Brown and Matt Carroll are both playing in the NBA for the Utah Jazz and Charlotte Bobcats, respectively. Ansu Sesay is playing in Italy and Tierre Brown is playing for the Albuquerque Thunderbirds in the D-League after spending all of last season with the Lakers.
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