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Arkansas at Albuquerque, 7 p.m. MT

TODAY'S SERIES INFO
Arkansas at Albuquerque: T-Birds lead 3-2. Tierre Brown averaging 17.3 points and 6.7 assists vs. Arkansas.

WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Fort Worth 106, Roanoke 102

CHECK THE BOX: Click on the link below to check out the box score from Wednesday's game.
http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/200.../boxscore.html

THEY SAID IT: "I would say me and [Lakers forward] Lamar Odum, we have a like big-brother relationship. But Kobe is like a grandpa. He's kind of grumpy." ...Von Wafer, on assignment from the Lakers to Fort Worth, told the Roanoke Times about his Lakers teammates.

ANDRIUSKEVICIUS REASSIGNED: The Cleveland Cavaliers have reassigned forward/center Martynas Andriuskevicius to Arkansas. He was previously assigned to the RimRockers on January 22 and played in four games, averaging 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 22.3 minutes per game. Andriuskevicius was recalled by the Cavaliers on February 1.

HOW MANY NOW? Martynas Andriuskevicius' reassignment raises the number of NBA-assigned players currently active in the D-league to 12. In all, 24 players have been designated to D-League affiliates by 18 NBA teams.

BARRETT SIPPING THE GATORADE: The Phoenix Suns signed Florida Flame point guard Andre Barrett to a 10-day contract Wednesday, making him the seventh GATORADE Call-Up of the 2005-06 NBA Development League season and 57th overall since the league began play in November 2001.

2005-06 GATORADE CALL-UPS
Player D-League Team NBA Team Date
John Lucas III Tulsa 66ers Houston Rockets Dec. 29 / Jan. 8
Kaniel Dickens Fayetteville Patriots Los Angeles Clippers Jan. 10
Chuck Hayes Albuquerque Thunderbirds Houston Rockets Jan. 18
Melvin Sanders Fayetteville Patriots San Antonio Spurs Jan. 22
Mateen Cleaves Fayetteville Patriots Seattle Sonics Jan. 28
Andre Barrett Florida Flame Phoenix Suns March 1

FIZER IS FEBRUARY PLAYER OF MONTH: Marcus Fizer of the Austin Toros was named NBA Development League Player of the Month for games played in February. In 10 games during February, Fizer averaged 32.0 minutes, 21.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists while leading the Toros to an 8-2 record.

TODAY ON NBA TV...all times eastern
Time Show / Guest or Info
7:20 p.m. NBA TV Insiders / Fayetteville's Kaniel Dickens (live)
9 p.m. This Week in the D-League / news, interviews, all-access (live)