G League Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Toros Take Round Three, Beat Vipers

Published on January 4, 2008 under NBA G League (G League)
Rio Grande Valley Vipers News Release


The Rio Grande Valley Vipers, who were without guard Kenny Taylor who ha left the team to play overseas; were outscored 36-26 in the fourth quarter as they fell to the Southwest Division rival Austin Toros 115-107 Friday night at the Austin Convention Center.

In a game that was back and forth from the get-go and saw 10 lead changes and nine ties Rio Grande Valley fell flat in the final four minutes of the game and saw the Toros jump out to their largest lead of 11 before falling by eight. D-League Player of the month CJ Watson led the way for Rio Grande Valley with 27 points in the losing effort and Craig Winder scored a career high 23 points in the loss for the Vipers.

Austin forward Kris Lang scored 32 points to lead all scorers. San Antonio assignee Ian Mahinmi added 23 in the Austin victory. Five Toro players scored in double figures including the returning Marcus Williams who had been called up by the Spurs on December 26th, with his 15 points.

The two division foes will face off again tomorrow night at the Austin Convention Center for a 7:00 tip-off.

The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an expansion team in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The D-League is the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Now in its seventh season, the D-league will have 14 teams that will play a 50 game schedule. The teams include Albuquerque Thunderbirds (NM), Anaheim Arsenal (CA), Austin Toros (TX), Bakersfield Jam (CA), Colorado 14ers (Broomfield), Dakota Wizards (Bismarck, ND), Fort Wayne Mad Ants (IN), Idaho Stampede (Boise), Iowa Energy (Des Moines), Los Angeles D-Fenders (CA), Sioux Falls Skyforce (SD) and Tulsa 66ers (OK) and Utah Flash (Orem). The Vipers NBA affiliates are the Houston Rockets, Cleveland Cavaliers and the New Orleans Hornets.

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