NBA D-League daily developments
Published on March 5, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
TODAY'S GAMES
Fayetteville at Florida, 5 p.m. CT
Arkansas at Albuquerque, 3 p.m. MT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Fayetteville at Florida: Flame leads 6-1. How much will Flame miss PG Andre
Barrett now with Phoenix?
Arkansas at Albuquerque: RimRockers lead 4-3. Kareem Reid averaging 16.4
points and 7.1 assists vs. T-Birds.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Tulsa 120, Austin 103
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Saturday's game. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060304/AUSTUL/boxscore.html
MAY I HELP YOU: Sixteen (16) assists by Tulsa's Will Conroy against Austin on Saturday equaled a D-League single-game high for this season. Arkansas' Kareem Reid has dished out 16 in two separate occasions. The league record is 19 set by Omar Cook on February 8, 2002 against the North Charleston Lowgators.
BORROWING THE SYSTEM: In its March 6 issue Sports Illustrated rates NBA teams as "contenders" by subtracting home losses from road wins. The Detroit Pistons came out on top with a +18 net. Utilizing the same system to rate D-League teams the winner is the Fort Worth Flyers at +6. Following is the rundown of all D-league teams:
Team R Wins H Losses Net
Fort Worth 12 6 +6
Arkansas 12 9 +3
Austin 10 8 +2
Florida 8 7 +1
Roanoke 8 8 0
Albuquerque 8 9 -1
Tulsa 5 9 -4
Fayetteville 1 8 -7
THE HARD WAY: Should Florida stay in the postseason picture and Tulsa creep into it, they will both have to do so the hard way. Both the Flame and the 66ers finish the season playing mainly off the bus. Florida plays nine of its final 14 games away and Tulsa is on the road for nine of its final 13.
HIGHLIGHTS...OF...THE...PAST...WEEK: Roanoke G Anthony Grundy averaged 31.7 points in three games...Albuquerque's T.J. Cummings averaged 16.5 rebounds...Tulsa G Will Conroy had 27 assists in three games (9.0 pg)...Conroy's teammate, Ersan Ilyasova, blocked 14 shots (4.7 pg)...Fort Worth's Ime Udoka has 10 steals in his last four outings (2.5 pg)...66ers G John Lucas has converted nine of his last 14 three-point FGA (.643).
MAVS RECALL POWELL: The Dallas Mavericks recalled Josh Powell from the Fort Worth Flyers on Saturday. Powell was originally assigned to the Flyers on February 26 and appeared in three games, averaging 17.7 points (71.0% FGs) and 7.0 rebounds in 29.7 minutes per game.
TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern
Time Show / Guest or Info
2:30 p.m. This Week in the D-League / news, interviews, all-access (tape
from March 2)
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