NBDL daily developments
Published on April 7, 2005 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
WAIT JUST A MINUTE: The Asheville Altitude denied Columbus a chance to clinch the regular season title by defeating the Riverdragons Wednesday at the Asheville Civic Center.
ANOTHER CHANCE: Columbus gets a second chance in as many days to nail down the regular season crown. A win over Fayetteville tonight at the Columbus Civic Center would do the trick.
LONG ODDS: A Fayetteville win at Columbus tonight would defy all statistical odds for Coach Mike Brown's Patriots, who are 3-20 on the road and 0-8 against Columbus this season.
WHAT HAPPENS IF? Should Fayetteville win at Columbus tonight and Roanoke win at Huntsville on Friday, then Saturday's game between the Riverdragons and the Dazzle will be for all the regular season marbles. A Dazzle win would leave both 28-20 with Roanoke winning the tiebreaker.
NBDL ALUMNI UPDATE...from Wednesday in the NBA
· 12 former D-Leaguers suited up in 10 NBA games.
· Cory Alexander (Roanoke) played 28 minutes, scoring 17 and dishing
out 4 assists for the Bobcats.
· Chris Andersen (Fayetteville) grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked 7 shots
for the Hornets.
· Anthony Johnson (Mobile) dished out 10 assists in 31 minutes for the
Pacers.
TIEBREAKER: With a three-way logjam for second in the standings and the top two regular season finishers earning host spots in the 2005 NBDL Championship Tournament presented by Delta Air Lines, you may be asking what would untie the knot. The first tiebreaker is head to head competition, and at the moment Roanoke holds the advantage over both Huntsville and Asheville.
LEADING SCORERS
Player Team PG
Isiah Victor Roanoke 19.0
David Young Fayetteville 18.3
Ron Slay Asheville 17.0
Kirk Haston Florida 16.4
Tang Hamilton Fayetteville 15.7
TODAY ON NBA TV: The NBDL Game of the Week show airs at 4:30 p.m. ET. The featured game is Columbus-Asheville from March 25. The D-League's live weekly magazine-style show, This Week in the NBDL, airs at 9 p.m. ET.
NBA G League Stories from April 7, 2005
- Riverdragons Clinch 2004-05 NBDL Regular Season Crown - Columbus Riverdragons
- Altitude Host Dodgeball Tournament - Asheville Altitude
- NBDL daily developments - G League
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