Showing posts with label Maine Pro Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maine Pro Basketball. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2008

FRIDAY NIGHT "LITES"

FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS … The top performers from Friday’s D-League games

- Idaho clinched a playoff spot as seven of nine players scored in double figures, including Josh McRoberts’ 16 points and 10 rebounds.
- Morris Almond finished with a game-high 36 points for the Flash in the loss.
- Ian Mahinmi scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, while Andre Barrett, Josh Gross and Justin Bowen each scored 20 points.
- Jelani McCoy led all Los Angeles scorers with 19 points and Brandon Wallace contributed with 14 points and 10 rebounds in the loss.
- Sioux Falls’ David Bailey finished with 29 points and Bobby Jones scored 24 in the Skyforce win.
- Rod Benson netted 28 points and collected 16 rebounds for Dakota in the loss.
- Rio Grande Valley’s Desmon Farmer led all scorers with 49 points, to go with nine rebounds. Kris Collins had 28 points and 10 rebounds.
- Alando Tucker scored 30 points for the Thunderbirds and Julius Hodge scored 29 in Albuquerque’s one-point loss to Rio Grande Valley.


ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTS …A look at D-League Alumni in Friday night’s NBA games
Nineteen players with D-League experience competed in 11 NBA games last night, three as starters. Here are the highlights:

- Louis Williams scored 15 points in 27 minutes for the Philadelphia 76ers.
- Los Angeles’ Josh Powell scored eight points and pulled down nine rebounds in 42 minutes for the Clippers.
- Jordan Farmar of the crosstown Lakers finished with 11 points in 24 minutes for Los Angeles.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

TUESDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ...

TUESDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTStop performers from Tuesday’s D-League games:

- Earl Calloway led the way for Fort Wayne with 24 points, eight rebounds, and six assists while Cheikh Samb, on assignment from the Detroit Pistons, chipped in with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Iowa.
- Iowa was led by NBA assignee Shannon Brown (Chicago Bulls) who finished with a game-high 27 points to go with eight rebounds.
- Will Blalock scored 21 points and dished out seven assists for Anaheim in the win as Kedrick Brown rounded out the balanced Arsenal attack with 10points and 10 rebounds.
- Dakota’s Blake Ahearn scored 30 points, Carlos Powell netted 26 points and Rod Benson chipped in with 12 rebounds in the loss for the Wizards.

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENTSa look at D-League Alumni in Tuesday night’s NBA games:
Nineteen players with D-League experience competed in seven NBA games last night, four as starters. Here are the highlights:

- Mikki Moore finished with a 19-point, 10-rebound double-double for the Sacramento Kings.
- Miami’s Earl Barron scored 16 points in 28 minutes for the Miami Heat alongside current teammate and fellow former D-Leaguer Daequan Cook who finished with 12 points in a 28-minute starting performance.
- Aaron Brooks scored 10 points in four minutes as Houston’s 22-game win streak came to an end.