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Published on February 17, 2006 under 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 17-14 .548 3 Roanoke Dazzle 14-16 .467 5½ Arkansas RimRockers 15-18 .454 6 Tulsa 66ers 13-17 .433 6½ Fayetteville Patriots 6-20 .230 11½

TODAY'S GAMES Florida at Roanoke, 7 p.m. ET Albuquerque at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. CT

TODAY'S SERIES INFO - Florida at Roanoke: Flame leads 6-2. Peter John Ramos averaging 9.3 rebounds in eight games vs. Flame. - Albuquerque at Arkansas: Thunderbirds lead 3-1. Backside of Thursday-Friday double dip.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS Albuquerque 90, Arkansas 88

CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Thursday's game. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060216/ABQARK/boxscore.html

A YEAR BEFORE THE GLORY: Arkansas head coach Andy Stoglin finished his collegiate career at Texas Western in 1965, one year prior to the national championship team that has been memorialized in the Disney movie "Glory Road".

LEADERS...points, rebounds and assists per game PPG Player 24.5 Will Bynum, ROA 23.5 Anthony Grundy, ROA 21.2 Bracey Wright, FLA 19.7 Marcus Fizer, AUS 18.1 Erik Daniels, FAY

RPG Player 8.4 Erik Daniels, FAY 8.1 Peter John Ramos, ROA 7.7 Isiah Victor, ROA 7.2 Marcus Fizer, AUS 7.0 Ersan Ilyasova, TUL

APG Player 7.7 Kareem Reid, ARK 6.5 Andre Barrett, FLA 6.5 Will Bynum, ROA 6.2 Derrick Zimmerman, AUS 5.6 Will Conroy, TUL

DOUBLE TIME: Fayetteville's Erik Daniels leads the D-League with 10 double-doubles. Andre Barrett (7) of Florida, Peter John Ramos (7) of Roanoke, Will Conroy (6) of Tulsa and Isiah Victor (6) of Roanoke round out the top five.

OVER LAST FIVE: Tonight's Florida at Roanoke game features three of the league's top scoring guards over the last five games. The Dazzle's Anthony Grundy is averaging 28.2 points over his last five, while Florida's Bracey Wright and Andre Barrett have averaged 21.6 and 20.6, respectively.

GATORADE POLL: Click on NBADLEAGUE.com to vote in the latest GATORADE Poll. Let us know who you believe will be the first former D-Leaguer to play in an NBA All-Star game. With just over 8,000 votes counted, the Bucks Bobby Simmons (Mobile) leads the way with 34-percent of the vote. The Lakers' Smush Parker (Florida) and Houston's Rafer Alston (Mobile) are a close second, each with 31-percent.

THEY SAID IT: "And I'm just ‘J.' ‘J' for jump shot."...Florida coach Jeff Malone following introductions of new Flame guard T.J. Sorrentine and his teammate E.J. Rowland to the Fort Myers News-Press. Malone, a deadly mid-range shooter during his 13-year NBA playing career, averaged 19.0 ppg on his way to scoring 17,231 career points.

DAZZLE IDOL: The Roanoke Dazzle, along with 106.1 Jammin' JJS and Tanglewood Mall are conducting "Roanoke Dazzle Idol". Auditions begin February 25th at the mall, and from that will be cut to 12 hopefuls who will compete at halftime of assigned Dazzle home games. The semi-finals will be held at halftime of the game on April 1 and the finals on April 2. The "Roanoke Dazzle Idol" winner will take home $1,000.

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