NBA D-League Daily Developments
Published on March 20, 2011 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
SATURDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Saturday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://www.nba.com/dleague/video/originals)
The Mad Ants were led by Darnell Lazare and Chris Kramer, who each scored 22 points. Rod Wilmont and Ryan Wittman provided hot shooting from outside by each hitting five 3-pointers, and each player scored 21 points.
Jon Scheyer led the Vipers in scoring with a career-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including a career-best 5-of-9 from behind the arc. Roby and Patrick Sullivan each finished with 20 points.
Anthony Goods had a game-high 30 points (5-10 3FG), Renaldo Major had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Javaris Crittenton came off the bench with 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
Marcus Landry led the Bighorns in scoring with 18 points, while Jeremy Lin added 16 points and six rebounds. Reno held Utah to just 31.5 percent shooting on the night, the lowest field goal percentage by a Bighorns' opponent in franchise history.
Dar Tucker led a balanced T-Birds scoring attack with 26 points to help New Mexico to a 99-86 victory over Tulsa.
Drew Naymick led Bakersfield tonight with a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds. Stephen Dennis finished with 22 points and eight assists. Trey Johnson had a double-double of 21 points and 10 assists. Derrick Byars added 19 points.
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS: A look at NBA D-League Alumni in last night's NBA games:
18 players with NBA D-League experience competed in six NBA games last night, three as starters.
Philadelphia's Lou Williams came of the bench to score 24 points and hand off four assists in a loss to Portland.
San Antonio's Steve Novak came off the bench to score 19 points on 6-for-10 shooting in a win over Charlotte.
Cleveland's Ramon Sessions started and tallied 18 points, three rebounds and seven assists in a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.
GATORADE CALL-UP BOARD:
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Call-Up Date
Zabian Dowdell Phoenix Tulsa 1/9/11
Larry Owens San Antonio Tulsa 1/16/11
Mustafa Shakur Washington Rio Grande Valley 1/22/11
Chris Johnson Port., Bos., Port. Dakota 1/24/11, 2/25/11, 3/14/11
Garrett Temple Milwaukee, Charlotte Erie 1/25/11, 3/7/11
Trey Johnson Toronto Bakersfield 1/26/11
Orien Greene New Jersey Utah 2/1/11
Steve Novak San Antonio Reno 2/9/11
Jeff Adrien Golden State Rio Grande Valley 2/25/11
Othyus Jeffers San Antonio, Wash. Iowa 3/4/11, 3/17/11
Jerel McNeal New Orleans Rio Grande Valley 3/9/11
Marcus Cousin Utah Jazz Austin Toros 3/9/11
Danny Green San Antonio Spurs Reno Bighorns 3/16/11
ASSIGNMENT BOARD: NBA Players Currently on Assignment in the NBA D-League
Player NBA Team NBA D-League Team Assignment Date G MPG PPG RPG APG
Luke Babbitt Portland Idaho 3/3/11 11 30.1 19.4 8.5 1.4
Willie Warren L.A. Clippers Bakersfield 3/3/11 11 27.4 18.8 4.5 6.5
Solomon Alabi Toronto Erie 3/9/11 16 20.8 7.9 6.1 0.3
Byron Mullens Oklahoma City Tulsa 3/11/11 11 28.1 14.2 6.5 1.1
Ben Uzoh New Jersey Springfield 3/15/11 2 30.0 12.0 7.5 7.0
Jeremy Lin Golden State Reno 3/17/11 18 31.9 18.3 5.6 4.3
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