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NBA G League News & Notes: March 14

March 14, 2023 - NBA G League (G League) News Release


FRANK THE TANK: Salt Lake City Stars guard Frank Jackson has been named the NBA G League Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 6 to Sunday, March 12. Jackson, the 31st overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, led the Stars to a 3-0 week while averaging a league-high 33.7 points and making 5.0 three-pointers per game. Jackson's week included a career-high 45 points on March 6 in a win over the Texas Legends. This is the second time this season Jackson has earned Player of the Week honors (Jan. 30--Feb. 5).

THE CHAMPS ARE HERE: The defending 2022 NBA G League Champion Rio Grande Valley Vipers are win- ners of five straight and find themselves in a crowded fight to clinch a playoff spot in the Western Confer- ence. Houston Rockets Two-Way forward Darius Days has averaged 29.2 points and 10.0 rebounds during the five-game stretch, while Jarrett Culver has chipped in with 23.2 points. The Vipers travel to Memphis for a back-to-back with the Hustle on March 17 and 18. Both games tip-off at 8 p.m. ET on NBAGLeague.com.

NINE'S A CROWD: With the Long Island Nets and Del- aware Blue Coats clinching playoff spots last week, nine teams are in contention for the final four berths in the Eastern Conference. The third-place Maine Celt- ics are only three games ahead of the 11th-place Fort Wayne Mad Ants, with big matchups still to come over the final two weeks of the regular season.

Guard Kris Dunn has made a significant impact for the Utah Jazz as they fight for a spot in the 2023 NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel.

Dunn, the fifth overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, has played 33 games for the Capital City Go-Go this year and is finish- ing his second 10-day contract with Utah. Over nine games with the Jazz, Dunn averaged 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.6 steals.

Sioux Falls Skyforce teammates Mychal Mulder and D.J. Stewart each scored 36 points in the team's 135-133 victory over the South Bay Lakers on March 6.

On March 12, Maine Celtics guard Kamar Baldwin handed out a career-best 16 assists as the Celtics topped the Long Island Nets, 121-112, ending the Nets' 16-game winning streak.

NBA G League Ignite's Leonard Miller hit 13-of-17 from the field (76.5%) en route to a career-high 33 points in Ignite's 130-113 win over the College Park Skyhawks. Miller also snared 11 rebounds in the victory.

On March 11, Sacramento Kings Two-Way player Neemias Queta tallied 23 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks, helping Stockton clinch a playoff spot by defeating the South Bay Lakers, 118-109.

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