Thunderbirds Squeak Past Arsenal for Second Straight Win
December 15, 2007 - NBA G League (G League)
New Mexico Thunderbirds News Release
Albuquerque, N.M. - The Albuquerque Thunderbirds defeated the Anaheim Arsenal 100 - 97 improving their record to 4 and 4 on the season, the loss drops the Arsenal to 3 and 8. Alando Tucker and Daniel Horton led the Thunderbirds with 32 points each on a collective 24 of 49 shooting.
Steven Smith led the Arsenal with 25 points in a losing effort and Ivan Johnson registered a double - double with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Davin White pitched in 21 points to go along with Guillermo Diaz's 17 points.
Josh Gross was the only other Thunderbird to score double digits with 11 points. Ramon Dyer and Darvin Ham each pitched in on the boards registering a combined 21 rebounds for Albuquerque.
Despite jumping out to an early lead in the first quarter, Albuquerque managed to shoot only 28% from the field. Anaheim was led by Davin White's 8 points in the quarter helping them to a 28 - 19 lead after one.
Three different players for Anaheim scored double digits in the second quarter alone; Smith led the effort scorers with 15 points. Tucker and Horton had 12 and 13 points each for the Thunderbirds helping to keep the game close at half, 60 - 54.
The Thunderbirds went 3 for 3 on three pointers in the third quarter helping them cut into the Arsenal lead. Tucker led all scorers in the quarter with 9 helping to bring Albuquerque within one at the end of the quarter, 77 - 76.
The Thunderbirds get back to action December 23rd on the road against the Colorado 14ers before returning home on Friday, December 28th to take on the Utah Flash. Friday will be "Home for the Holidays" night, show an out of state I.D. and get one free general admission ticket, game time is set for 7:00 pm.
Anaheim heads home to take on Colorado, Saturday, December 21st before heading to Idaho on Friday the 28th to take on the Stampede.
Thunderbirds 2007-08 single game tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at abqtbirds.com, any Ticketmaster location or at the Thunderbirds front office at 111 Lomas Blvd. NE, Suite 240, Albuquerque, NM 87102. For premium or group seating call the Thunderbirds office at (505) 265-DUNK.
The Thunderbirds stay focused on the community by participating in community events such as the Read to Achieve Program as well as D-League Cares. In the past two seasons the Thunderbirds have worked over 3,000 hours in the community, staying dedicated to Albuquerque and New Mexico.
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