
NBA D-League daily developments
March 21, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
TODAY'S GAMES
Tulsa at Fayetteville, 7:30 p.m. ET
Albuquerque at Austin, 7:30 p.m. CT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Tulsa at Fayetteville: Tied a 2. Will the Patriots make it three straight
against the 66ers?
Albuquerque at Austin: Tied at 4. Toros 0-6 since Marcus Fizer GATORADE
Call-Up to Seattle on March 8.
MONDAY'S RESULTS
Arkansas 108, Fort Worth 102
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Monday's game. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060320/FTWARK/boxscore.html
FORT WORTH MAGIC: With a loss at Arkansas Monday the magic number for Fort Worth to clinch a spot in 2006 NBA Development League Championship presented by Delta Air Lines is three (3). The Flyers magic number to host a game in the semi-final round as either a one or two seed is four (4).
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS...per game leaders in points, rebounds and assists
PPG Player
23.2 Anthony Grundy, ROA
21.8 Bracey Wright, FLA
17.5 Erik Daniels, FAY
17.1 Isiah Victor, ROA
16.7 three players tied
RPG Player
8.1 Erik Daniels, FAY
7.8 Peter John Ramos, ROA
7.8 Isiah Victor, ROA
7.6 Roderick Riley, FAY
7.3 two players tied
APG Player
7.7 Kareem Reid, ARK
6.5 Aaron Miles, FTW
6.4 Derrick Zimmerman, AUS
6.3 Tierre Brown, ABQ
6.3 Will Conroy, TUL
DRY SPELL: After going 8-2 in February, the Austin Toros are winless in seven games this month.
THEY SAID IT: "I hope this isn't a trend. If it is, I hope this is the end of that trend." ... Austin coach Dennis Johnson told the Austin American-Statesman about the Toros March swoon.
DANIELS DOUBLES: Even though he has recorded just one in the last 10 games, Fayetteville forward Erik Daniels still leads the D-League in double-doubles with 14.
D-LEAGUE QUIZ: How many years of combined NBA playing experience do D-League head and assistant coaches have?
TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern
Time Show / Guest
3 p.m. D-League Game of the Week / Arkansas at Fort Worth (tape
from 3/18/06)
7:10 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / Florida G E.J. Rowland (40 G, 17.2 min, 5.7
pts, 2.5 reb, 2.9 ast) live
PROGRAMMING NOTE: "This Week in the D-League", a weekly show on NBA TV that normally airs live on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET, will air this week on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET.
TODAY IN D-LEAGUE HISTORY
2005: NBA announced teams D-League awarded to Albuquerque, Fort Worth,
Austin and Tulsa.
QUIZ ANSWER: Eight D-League coaches have a combined total of 85 years NBA playing experience.
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