NBA D-League daily developments
Published on March 3, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
TODAY'S GAMES
Roanoke at Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m. ET
Fort Worth at Tulsa, 7 p.m. CT
Arkansas at Albuquerque, 7 p.m. MT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Roanoke at Fayetteville: Dazzle leads 7-2. Pistons assignees Amir Johnson,
Alex Acker make Patriots debut.
Fort Worth at Tulsa: 66ers lead 3-1. Desmon Farmer has hit 12-of-22 3 FGA
in 4 games against Fort Worth.
Arkansas at Albuquerque: Tied 3-3. Rockers Lawrence Roberts averaging 11.7
pts, 11.3 reb vs. T-Birds.
THURSDAY'S RESULTS
Arkansas 103, Albuquerque 100 (OT)
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from
Thursday's game.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060302/ARKABQ/boxscore.html
THE STOGINATOR: Since taking over as Arkansas' head coach on February 9, Andy Stoglin has guided the RimRockers to four wins in six outings and back to the .500 mark for the season. Arkansas has rebounded to climb to just a game and a half out of the final postseason spot.
THEY SAID IT: "I'm mad because we lost. All of that other stuff, none of it matters. I don't feel good at all." ... Albuquerque's T.J. Cummings after scoring 31 and collecting 17 rebounds in an overtime loss to Arkansas at home on Thursday.
GRUNDY SPEAK: Learn the dish on Roanoke guard Anthony Grundy in a story produced for NBA TV's University Project by Virginia Tech radio and TV student Lindsey Henley. Check it out under "D-League Video Highlights" at NBADLEAGUE.com or go to NBA.com editors picks on NBA TV Broadband.
RIMROCKER GATORADE: The Atlanta Hawks signed Arkansas center James Lang to a 10-day contract on Thursday, making him the first RimRocker to earn a GATORADE Call-Up. He is the eighth call-up this season, the second in two days and the 58th since the D-League began play in November 2001.
PER 48...league statistical leaders in points, rebounds and assists per 48 minutes
PPG Player
30.1 Will Bynum, ROA
29.2 Marcus Fizer, AUS
28.5 Bracey Wright, FLA*
27.8 Anthony Grundy, ROA
24.8 T.J. Cummings, ABQ
RPG Player
14.4 Kevin Owens, ROA
13.9 George Leach, FLA
13.8 Jason Clark, ROA
12.5 Ersan Ilyasova, TUL*
12.5 Peter John Ramos, ROA*
APG Player
10.3 Kareem Reid, ARK
9.4 Will Conroy, TUL
8.7 Tierre Brown, ABQ
8.6 Yuta Tabuse, ABQ
8.6 Will Bynum, ROA
*NBA assigned player
STEP BACK: Arkansas guard Clay Tucker leads the league in three point field goal attempts with 200 (77 made) and Roanoke guard Anthony Grundy is tops in three made with 80 (195 attempted).
TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern
Time Show / Guest or Info
1:30 p.m. This Week in the D-League / news, interviews, all-access (tape
from 3/2)
7:20 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / Guest TBA
NBA G League Stories from March 3, 2006
- Patriots pull away in final minutes to down Dazzle, 132-120 - Fayetteville Patriots
- NBA D-League daily developments - G League
- RimRocker signs with Hawks - Arkansas RimRockers
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