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Published on April 15, 2011 under NBA G League (G League) News Release


2011 NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PLAYOFFS

SEMIFINAL ROUND (All series best of three)

Iowa Energy vs. Tulsa 66ers

Game 1 - Friday, April 15 - Iowa at Tulsa, 8 p.m.

Game 2 - Monday, April 18 - Tulsa at Iowa, 8 p.m.

*Game 3 - Tuesday, April 19 - Tulsa at Iowa, 8 p.m.

Reno Bighorns vs. Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Game 1 - Sunday, April 17 - Reno at RGV, 6 p.m.

Game 2 - Wednesday, April 20 - RGV at Reno, 10 p.m.

Game 3 - Thursday, April 21 - RGV at Reno, 10 p.m. * If necessary

FIRST ROUND RESULTS

Iowa Energy 2, Utah Flash 1

Game 1 - Iowa 103, Utah 96

Game 2 - Utah 119, Iowa 118

Game 3 - Iowa 112, Utah 107

Tulsa 66ers 2, Texas Legends 0

Game 1 - Tulsa 94, Texas 83

Game 2 - Tulsa 104, Texas 89

Reno Bighorns 2, Erie BayHawks 1

Game 1 - Reno 106, Erie 101 Game 2 - Erie 114, Reno 111 Game 3 - Reno 99, Erie 87

Rio Grande Valley Vipers 2, Bakersfield Jam 1

Game 1 - Bakersfield 110, Rio Grande Valley 105

Game 2 - Rio Grande Valley 104, Bakersfield 92 Game 3 - Rio Grande Valley 112, Bakersfield 99

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE (All Times EST)

Iowa @ Tulsa 8 p.m.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS Reno 99, Erie 87

THURSDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS...top performers from Thursday's games: (See highlights of last night's games at http://www.nba.com/dleague/video/originals)

- Anthony Richardson scored 22 points, and Marcus Landry added 20 points as Reno won the deciding Game 3 of its opening round series against Erie. The Bighorns take on Rio Grande Valley in the semifinals. Donald Sloan had a terrific all-around game for Reno with 17 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Ivan Johnson led Erie with 28 points.

RECORD 103 FORMER NBA D-LEAGUE PLAYERS HIGHLIGHT NBA END-OF-SEASON ROSTERS

A record-high 103 players with NBA Development League experience, representing 23 percent of all NBA players, were featured on NBA end-of-season rosters as the 2010-11 regular season concluded on Wednesday, April 13. For the first time ever, all 30 NBA teams featured a player with NBA D-League experience. Of the 103 former NBA D-League players on NBA rosters, 50 played in the NBA D-League this season, the league's 10th. The NBA D-League saw record highs this year in individual NBA players assigned to their affiliates (39), total NBA player assignments (56) and NBA teams assigning a player (25), and also had 20 players receive 27 GATORADE Call-Ups to the NBA. Among the NBA D-League alumni who excelled in the NBA this season are Cleveland's Ramon Sessions, Golden State's Dorell Wright, Phoenix's Aaron Brooks and Marcin Gortat, Utah's C.J. Miles and Washington's Andray Blatche.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY'S JEFF ADRIEN WINS NBA D-LEAGUE IMPACT PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Rio Grande Valley Vipers forward Jeff Adrien, currently of the Golden State Warriors, was named the NBA Development League's Impact Player of the Year, as voted on by the NBA D-League's 16 head coaches. Given to a player who joins an NBA D-League team after Dec. 1, the Impact Player of the Year award honors an athlete who made the greatest contribution following his in-season acquisition. In 22 games with the Vipers, Adrien averaged 19.9 points and 12.2 rebounds, shooting 55 percent from the field. He led Rio Grande Valley to an 18-4 record before earning a GATORADE Call-Up, signing with the Warriors for the rest of the NBA season. Adrien, a 6-7, 245-pound forward out of Connecticut, played 15 games with Golden State to start the season, and played his first five NBA D-League games with the Erie BayHawks in December. Adrien joined the Vipers on Dec. 30 in a trade with Erie that sent Garrett Temple, now with the Charlotte Bobcats, to the BayHawks.

TULSA'S LARRY OWENS WINS JASON COLLIER SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

Tulsa 66ers forward Larry Owens, currently with the Washington Wizards, is the recipient of the 2010-11 Jason Collier Sportsmanship Award as voted on by the 16 NBA Development League head coaches. The award honors the player who best represents the ideals of character and conduct on and off the court. Owens' hard work paid off this season in the form of two GATORADE Call-Ups to the NBA. The Wizards called up Owens on April 6, and in five games with Washington, the 6-7, 210-pound forward out of Oral Roberts has averaged 6.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 22.4 minutes. The San Antonio Spurs also summoned Owens in January, and Owens averaged 1.3 points in 4.4 minutes over seven games with the Spurs. In 43 games (42 starts) this season with Tulsa, Owens averaged 12.4 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists, leading the 66ers to a 33-17 record and a berth in the NBA D-League Playoffs.

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