NBDL daily developments
December 30, 2004 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
HOLIDAY CLASSIC FINALS: The Fayetteville Patriots are helping host the championship games of the Cumberland County Holiday Classic today at the Crown Coliseum. The championship game for the high school girls begins at 3 p.m. ET, with the Patriots hosting the Columbus Riverdragons at 6 p.m. The prep boys' title game will follow the Patriots and Riverdragons. One ticket is good for all three games and the first 500 fans receive a free T-shirt.
NBDL QUIZ: Roanoke's Isiah Victor came off the bench to scored 32 points and collect 11 rebounds in the Dazzle's win at Huntsville Wednesday. Only two players have scored more in a game this season. Can you name them?
GAME OF THE WEEK: The crew from NBA TV will be recording the action of today's Columbus at Fayetteville game. Stay tuned to see which players will play well enough to take their turn under the NBDL "Game of the Week" microscope.
UPCOMING "GAME OF THE WEEK" SCHEDULE ON NBA TV
Air Date Featured Game Date Game Played Time
Today Asheville at Florida December 16 4:30 p.m. ET
January 6 Huntsville at Roanoke December 23 4:30 p.m. ET
January 13 Columbus at Fayetteville December 30 4:30 p.m.
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TWIN: "This Week in the NBDL", the weekly magazine-style show that features the NBA's minor league, airs today at 9 p.m. ET on NBA TV. This week's all-access feature is "Christmas in the D-League". In addition to highlights and news, there will also be interviews with Roanoke point guard Cory Alexander and head coach Kent Davison, as well as Huntsville forward Joe Shipp.
NBDL SCORING LEADERS
PPG Player Team
20.8 Antonio Meeking Asheville Altitude
19.4 Ricky Minard Columbus Riverdragons
17.9 David Young Fayetteville Patriots
17.6 Kirk Haston Florida Flame
17.3 Joe Shipp Huntsville Flight
MLK SHOWCASE: The MLK Showcase, featuring every NBDL team in six games over two days, is scheduled for January 16-17 at the Columbus (Ga.) Civic Center. Games will be played at 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. on both days.
QUIZ ANSWER: Fayetteville's David Young scored 35 against Asheville on November 27 and Ricky Minard scored 33 for Columbus at Florida on December 2.
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