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April 6, 2006 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


TODAY'S GAMES
Albuquerque at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m. CT
Fort Worth at Austin, 7:30 p.m. CT

TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Albuquerque at Arkansas: Tied at 4. Clay Tucker converting 45% of 3 FGA (17-38) vs. T-Birds.
Fort Worth at Austin: Flyers lead 5-2. Entire Toros roster available for postgame autograph session.

WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Tulsa 99, Florida 95

CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Wednesday's game.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/20060405/FLATUL/boxscore.html

CHECK THE SITE: Be sure to click on to NBADLEAGUE.com shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET today for some exciting D-League news.

D-LEAGUE QUIZ: The Fort Worth Flyers have clinched the 2006 NBA D-League regular season title and will be honored in a pregame ceremony prior to their semi-final playoff game on April 15. Can you name the first four regular season champs?

FINISHING STRONG: Albuquerque point guard Tierre Brown is putting together a solid end to the regular season, averaging 18.5 points, 7.0 assists and 5.3 rebounds over his last 11 games.

BOOKEND MONTHS: Fort Worth's Ime Udoka's season has featured bookend beginning and ending months. Udoka averaged 20.6 points and 7.2 rebounds to begin the season in November. In three April games, Udoka is averaging 22.3 points and 6.7 rebounds.

ASSISTS TO TURNOVERS: Fort Worth's Aaron Miles leads the league among active players in assists-to-turnover ratio at 3.27 (157-48). Kareem Reid of Arkansas is next at 2.97 (380-128), while Tulsa's John Lucas III rounds out the top three at 2.48 (114-46).

ALUMNI CHECK...a quick look at D-League connections in Wednesday's NBA action
- 18 players with D-League connections suited up for work in 10 NBA games on Wednesday.
- Anthony Johnson (Mobile) scored 16 and had 5 assists in 36 minutes for the Pacers.
- Bobby Simmons (Mobile) scored 11 and had three rebounds in 26 minutes for the Bucks.
- Gerald Green (Fayetteville/Florida) came off the Celtics' bench to scored 8 and get 2 boards in 12 minutes.

TODAY ON NBA TV
Time Show / Guest
7:10 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / Fayetteville F and Piston's assignee Amir Johnson
9:00 p.m. This Week in the D-League / interviews, highlights and features

QUIZ ANSWER: The first four D-League regular season champions were the North Charleston Lowgators (2002), Fayetteville Patriots (2003), Asheville Altitude (2004) and Columbus Riverdragons (2005).

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