NBA D-League daily developments
Published on March 25, 2006 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
TODAY'S GAMES
Fayetteville at Albuquerque, 1 p.m. MT
Roanoke at Florida, 7 p.m. ET
Austin at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. CT
TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Fayetteville at Albuquerque: First meeting. T-Birds TJ Cummings leads
league in FT% at .875 (98-112).
Roanoke at Florida: Flame leads 6-4. Final meeting of the season between
Flame and Dazzle.
Austin at Arkansas: Series tied at 3. RimRockers league's only team without
winning record at home (9-9).
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Roanoke 105, Florida 103
CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Friday's game. http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060324/ROAFLA/boxscore.html
TIGHT RACE: The race for playoff position in the D-League is so tight that Florida's loss to Roanoke on Friday, combined with the tiebreaker system, dropped the Flame from second place to out of the postseason if the season were over today.
TOP TWO: Tonight's game between Roanoke and Florida pits the top two scorers in the D-League with the Dazzle's Anthony Grundy (23.2 pg) invading the home floor of Florida's Bracey Wright (22.0 pg). Wright scored 26 and Grundy 23 in Roanoke's win at Germain Arena on Friday.
BASS TO TULSA: The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets assigned rookie forward Brandon Bass to the Tulsa 66ers on Friday. Bass' assignment is the 38th this season, spread over 28 players from 19 NBA teams.
THEY SAID IT: "Brandon is a very talented player and has improved greatly throughout the year in practice. Assigning him to the D-League will allow him to get the game experience he needs to grow as a professional while we monitor that development." ... NOK Hornets GM Jeff Bower on assigning Brandon Bass to Tulsa and the D-League.
D-LEAGUE CARES: The Tulsa 66ers will host a free Coaches Helping Coaches Clinic at the Expo Square Pavilion on March 27. Tulsa coach Joey Meyer will work with area basketball coaches on fundamental defensive, ball-handling/shooting, and rebounding/fastbreak drills.
QUICK HEALER: The Austin Toros reacquired center Scott Merritt on Friday and waived guard Ezra Williams to rehab an injury. Merritt was waived by the Toros on March 21 due to injury and missed two games before being medically cleared to play.
NEXT WEEK ON NBA TV: Want to learn the latest from your favorite D-Leaguer? Tune to NBA TV next week and catch interviews from Marcus Fizer, Derrick Zimmerman and Omar Thomas of the Austin Toros, as well as Ryan Randle and Amir Johnson (via the Detroit Pistons) of the Fayetteville Patriots and Olu Famutimi of the Arkansas RimRockers on either "This Week in the D-League" or "NBA TV Insiders."
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