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HI THERE.
GLAD TO HAVE YOU WAS ALONG SIDE
STEVE WOLF AND CERTAINLY
SOMETHING FOR FORT WAYNE TO PLAY
FOR IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THE NBA
D-LEAGUE SEASON AND FOR PLAYERS
ON BOTH TEAMS LOOKING FOR THE
ULTIMATE CALL UP.
>> YOU'RE A 100% RIGHT.
- I THINK THE GUY I WANT TO
FOCUS IS
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HE'S NOT SHOWN WHAT HE CAN DO
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
ON THE OTHER END YOU HAVE A GUY
IN TONY MITCHELL FOR THE ANOINTS
IS JUST ON FIRES.
HE'S KNOCKING DOWN THE JUMP
SHOT.
THIRD IN THE CONFERENCE IN
SCORING AND A WEEKS AGO HE WAS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK.
LOOK FOR THIS GUY TO TAKE OVER
TODAY.
>> TIME NOW FOR THE BUDWEISER
STARTING LINE-UPS FOR THE TEXAS
LEGENDS.
DELONTE WEST ALONG WITH
SINGLETARY AVERAGING ABOUT 15
POINTS PER GAME.
THE LEADING POINT GETER FOR THE
LEGENDS AND THE FIRST FIVE FOR
THE MAD ANT'S AND MITCHELL IN
ORCHESTRATING THE OFFENSE.
MITCHELL AND WALLACE A COUPLE
THAT CAN STICK IT FROM OUTSIDE
THE MOMENT WITH THEIR INSIDE AS
WELL.
THE ACTING HEAD COACH FOR THE
LEGEND TONIGHT FILLING IN FOR
EDUARDO NAJERA WHO RECEIVED A
ONE GAME SUSPENSION BY THE
D-LEAGUE FOR ACOMMADATIONS OF
TECHNICAL FOULS.
MORE ON THAT AND DUANE TICKNOR
HIS FIRST SEASON IN 17 YEARS AS
HEAD MAN AT COLLEGE AND PRO
LEVELS TRYING TO LEAD FORT TORT
TO THE POST-SEASON FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
LOOK AT THE REFEREES FOR THIS
ONE.
AND ALL OF THEM ALL STILL
LOOKING TO GET CALL UPS TO THE
OUT OF THE NBA DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE.
DELONTE WEST.
EIGHT YEAR NBA VET AND AMONG
THOSE LOOKING TO GET ANOTHER
SHOT IN THE ASSOCIATION AT SOME
POINT.
50 GAME REGULAR SEASONS.
WE'RE ENTERING FINAL WEEK.
MAD ANTS IN 25 AND 22.
RIGHT NOW IN THE CENT SPOT OF
THE EIGHT TEAMS THAT WOULD MAKE
THE POST-SEASON AGAINST TEXAS
OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS PICTURE.
LOST IN CAN ON THE LAST NIGHT
AND TRYING TO WIN THEIR ROAD
FINALE BEFORE A COUPLE OF HOME
GAMES TO TEND REGULAR SEASON.
THIS THE FINAL HOME TILT FOR THE
MAD ANTS IN THE GOELTD.
THEY HAVE CONTROL OF THE
BASKETBALL.
ANTHONY HARRIS WITH IT.
>> JASON, IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR
THE ANTS TO GET OFF ON A GOOD
NOTE.
TEXAS HAS NOTHING TO PROVE AND
THEY'RE GOING TO TRYING TO GET
TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THE MAD ANTS HAVE A LOT TO PLAY
FOR.
>> AVERAGING ABOUT 14 A GAME.
THAT WAS DUANE TICKNOR SHOOT
AROUND THIS MORNING.
JUMP ON THIS TEAM EARLY AND
DON'T LET THEM GO.
THEY DID A LOT OF THAT LAST
WEEKEND AGAINST RIO GRANDE
VALLEY RUNNING OUT TO A BIG LEAD
BEFORE THE OTHER TEAM STORMED
BACK FOR THE VICTORY.
INTERNATIONAL GOAL TENDING RULE
AS APPLY HERE AT THE D-LEAGUE.
ABOUT TO SWAT IT OFF THE LEAD
THERE.
FORT WAYNE RUSHING BACK AND TONY
MITCHELL, AS WE ELUDED TO, HAS
JUST BEEN IN A ZONE OF LATE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY.
EVERYTHING HE'S GOT SEEMINGLY
GOING THROUGH THE HOOP.
>> AND HE HAS ALL THE SKILLS TO
GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND
TALKING TO COACH DUANE TICKNOR
BEFORE THE GAME.
HE'S TRIED TO PLAY ON THE MENTAL
ASPECT.
NOT ONLY SCORING, BUT
UNDERSTANDING WHERE YOU ARE AND
WHO YOUR TEAMMATES ARE TO MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN
THE GAME.
>> NEW TEXAS WORKING INSIDE.
FORMER NUMBER ONE PICK OF THE
CLIPPERS CAN'T GET IT TO GO AND
SPEAKING OF NUMBER ONE PICKS.
SINGLETARY KICKING IT OUT AND
OUTSIDE SHOT THERE TO START.
>> SINGLETARY OUT THREE HOURS
BEFORE THE GAME WORKING ON HIS
JUMP SHOT WITH ASSISTANT COACH.
RICHARDSON IS TRYING TO GET TO
THE BASKET VERY QUICKLY.
SINGLETARY A NICE JUMP SHOOTER.
PLAYING WELL.
>> 29 YEAR OLD RICHARDSON OUT OF
FLORIDA STATE WITH A BUCKET SIX
STRAIGHT TO BEGIN HERE FOR THE
MAD ANTS.
THE BEGINNING BUCKET AFTER THE
FIRST FOUR FROM THE FLOOR.
>> NICE PLAYER PLAYED FOR THE
CAVALIERS.
HAS A LOT OF UPSIDE AND CAN ALSO
SHOOT IT.
>> TONY MITCHELL TEARING IT UP.
TEN DAYS AGO HAD 47 POINTS
AGAINST AUSTIN.
SECOND HIGHEST POINT TOTAL UNTIL
THE D-LEAGUE THIS SEASON.
ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST BUT PASSED
BY GERMAINE TAYLOR WHO HAD 49
THE NEXT NIGHT AND NOW KICKED
BASKETBALL AND MITCHELL
CONTINUES TO TEAR IT UP.
45 POINTS IN A WIN FRIED NIGHT.
>> GOT WIDTH OF THE BALL FLOATER
ANDLY IN THE LANE BUT MITCHELL
REALIZES HE CAN'T GO AGAINST A
BIGGER GUY AND SCORE.
UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU PLAY
AGAINST IS VERY IMPORTANT.
MELVIN ELY WITH THE KICK OUT AND
NOW DOES DEEP.
SINGLETARY WILL PUSH IT FOR FRED
HOUSE ANOTHER VETERAN PLAYER
WITH THE TRIPLE FOR TEXAS.
>> ALL FIVE OF THE GUYS FOR
TEXAS HAVE PLAYED IN THE LEAGUE.
THIS A TEAM THAT IF YOU GIVE
THEM A SHOT, AND THEY HAVE A
CHANCE TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENT,
THEY'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
ITS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE MAD
ANTS TO WIN THIS GAME.
>> HOUSE ON THE DECK.
BACK AND THE VET OUT OF SOUTHERN
UTAH FIRST CHOSE THEN A D-LEAGUE
DRAFT IN 2001.
A LOT OF PLAYERS PLAYED ALL OVER
IN THE WORLD.
BUT YOU GET BACK TO THE NBA THE
BEST PLACE TO BE SEEN IS THE NBA
D-LEAGUE AND A TURN AROUND FOR
SMITH.
BIG MAN OUT OF ARIZONA STATE.
>> REALIZED THAT NOBODY ON
TEXAS WOULD BOX OUT.
HE WENT STRAIGHT IN AND GOT THE
STEP BACK.
>> MELVIN ELY LOOKING FOR THE
TOUCH ON THE TURN AND IT'S A
FOUL ON THE PUSH ON DWAYNE JONES
ANOTHER PRODUCT OUT OF ST.
JOSEPH'S IN PHILADELPHIA.
>> DRAWING THE DEFENSE IN YOU
SEE HOUSE STEPPING UP WIDE OPEN
AND KNOCKING DOWN THE JUMP SHOT.
THAT IS A LAY UP FOR HOUSE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU EXTEND
ON THE GUYS THAT CAN SHOOT THE
JUMP SHOT.
>> MAD ANTS DOUBLING UP TEXAS
FOR THE MOMENT.
MITCHELL FOR THREE.
OFF WALLACE.
SKIING IN FOR THE BOARD AND THEN
TURNS IT OVER.
HOUSE IN TRANSITION.
FOULED ON HIS WAY BEFORE THE
SHOT.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD STEAL BY
TEXAS ON THE OTHER END, BUT I
TELL YOU WHAT, JASON.
TEXAS IS NOT BOXING OUT.
BACK-TO-BACK OFFENSIVE DEFENSE
AND KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT TO
PLAY FOR AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
THE PLAYOFFS BUT YOU HAVE TO BOX
AUDITOR MAD WILL TAKE OVER IN
THE GAME.
>> THEY'LL RULE THAT HOUSE WAS
IN THE ACT OF SHOOTING FOUL BY
ANTHONY HARRIS AND IF YOU SEE
FORT WAYNE ATTACKING THE GLASS.
GOOD REASON.
THEY'RE NUMBER ONE IN THE LEAGUE
IN OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING.
>> WHAT THAT SAYS IS COACHING
STAFF HAS THE TEAM, BOUGHT INTO
THE HUSTLE PLAYS AND OFFENSIVE
REBOUNDING IS HUSTLE PLAY.
>> SHORT.
AND THE REBOUND BROUGHT DOWN BY
JONES.
DUANE TICKNOR SAID HE HASN'T HAD
A TEAM THAT'S REALLY COELECT
LIKE THIS DURING THE COURSE OF
THE YEAR.
THEY STARTED OUT 3-10 BUT HAVE
DON'T HOT WINNING NINE OF THE
LAST 12 MAKING LATE PUSH FOR THE
PLAYOFFS.
>> JASON YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AND
REALLY HAVE A NUCLEUS AND ABLE
TO GET GUYS IN HERE THEY FELT
COULD HELP HIM GROW.
LOOK AT THE TEAM.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WINNINGS IN
THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR BUT
THEY'VE LOST 42 POINTS IN
SCORING.
THE POINT GUARD BROKE HIS HAND
AND LUKE HARANGODY HAS BEEN
LEADING IN SCORING AND
REBOUNDING SEASONED AN OUT WITH
A BAD KNEE.
>> FOUL ON DELONTE WEST AND
HARANGODY IS TRYING TO REHAB
KNEE BUT DOUBT FULL HE'LL BE
BACK THIS YEAR AND RON A WARD IN
DOUBT AFTER BREAKING THE BONE IN
HIS HAND.
20 SOME POINTS BEING MISSED AND
TONY MITCHELL IS PICKING UP THE
SLACK TO THE OFFENSIVE END AND
HE CONTINUES TO FIRE AWAY
ALREADY WITH A HALF DOZEN.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SCORERS
YOU WANT TO SEE IF THEY CAN
SCORE INSIDE.
CAN THEY POST-UP AND HAVE THE
MID RANGE JUMP SHOT.
THE OUTSIDE JUMP SHOT AND THE
DRIVE AND HERE YOU SEE A NICE
POST-UP MOVE AND THE ONE-HANDED,
OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER SHOT.
THIS IS A FIVE TO OFFENSIVE
PLAYER.
TONY MITCHELL.
>> FOUL ON RICHARDSON TRYING TO
GUARD EYENGA AND THE OFFICIALS
WITH A LITTLE SHOT THERE.
MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT
CALL.
TRIP ON RICHARDSON.
>> LOOK AT TONY MITCHELL
ESSENTIALLY IT'S SEASON AND A
HALF THAT ALABAMA WAS THE ALL
FRESHMAN TEAM AND THEN TO THE
END TO YEAR.
SUSPENDED AND LEFT WITH A BAD
TASTE IN HIS MOUTH.
ENDS UP IN THE D-LEAGUE AND IT'S
REALLY COME ON STRONG IS
HAR
HARRIS AND NOW HE'S BOUGHT IN
THE LAST SIX WEEKS TO BE A
COMPLETE PLAYER.
>> ON THAT POINT THEY HAVE A LOT
OF UPPER CLASSMEN.
GUYS LIKE RICHARDSON, GUYS THAT
LIKE PORTER WHO IS ON IN.
THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT HAVE
GUYS OVER TO THEIR HOUSE AND
THEY TEACH THEM HOW TO BE
PROFESSIONALS AND I THINK THAT'S
THE COMBINATION THAT YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A NBA TEAM.
>> DUANE TICKNOR HIS TEAM
DRIVING TO THE CUP.
>> MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THE
DRIVE.
THE MAD ANTS WANT TO BE THE
AGGRESSOR.
THEY FEEL THEY'RE A BETTER TEAM
AND HAVE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE.
TRANSITION BUCKETS.
>> THREE-POINT RANGE.
36% FROM DEEP AND THE MAD ANTS
ARE 8 OF 13 SO FAR SHOOTING 61
AND A HALF %.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING OUT
EARLY.
DUANE TICKNOR SAID LET'S GET IT
GUNS.
3-POINTER AND THE BUCKET.
NEW NBA D-LEAGUE IS PRESENTED BY
TACO BELL.
SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO LIVE MAS.
SAP HELPS BUSINESSES RUN LIKE
NEVER BEFORE AND BOOS MOBILE.
BE HEARD.
STEVE: HERE IN FORT WAYNE.
17-8 ADVANTAGE FOR THE MAD ANTS.
SCORED SEVEN STRAIGHT IN THE
LAST 80 SECONDS TO LENGTHEN THE
LEAD.
APRIL IS AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
AND THE D-LEAGUE SUPPORTED
AUTISM SPEAKS AND FAMILIES
EVERYONE EFFECTED BY AUTISM.
TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT WWW
DOT NBA.COM BACK/CARE.
TEXAS SLIGHTLY TAUVENLT FORT
WAYNE LEAD TO A SINGLE BUCKET
BEFORE SEVEN STRAIGHT.
MAD ANTS.
BUT THE LEGENDS WILL RESPOND.
DELONTE WEST GUARD BY SMITH.
FOUR LEFT TO SHOOT.
EYENGA LOOKING FOR SPACE AND GOT
THE SPACE BUT NOT THE HOOP.
JASON: GOT TO HAVE BETTER BALL
MOVEMENT THAN THE MAD ANTS
DEFENSE.
STEVE: MITCHELL AT THE PASS AND
RICHARDSON WITH THE HIT.
JASON: TELL YOU WHAT.
RIGHT NOW.
YOU GOT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF
DELONTE WEST.
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED WHEN IT'S
IN HIS HANDS.
DOWN TO SING WU ZHENG.
GOT TO BE BETTER BALL MOVEMENT.
GOT TO GET THE BALL INSIDE AND
HAVE TO KICK IT OUT WITH NOTHING
ON THE LOW BLOCK.
STEVE: EYENGA.
DOUBLE-TEAM COMING.
AND THE TURNOVER.
MAD ANTS, WANTED SHOT CLOCK BUT
OFFICIALS RULING POSSESSION HAD
CHANGED TO TEXAS GETS IT BACK
WITH NEW NUMBERS ON THE TIMER TO
SHOOT.
DELONTE WEST OVER TOM TOP.
MITCHELL BRINGS IT DOWN AND
LOOKS TO HOOK.
HARRIS WITH THE LEFT-HANDED
SCOOP FOUL.
GOOD DRIBBLE PENETRATION.
RICHARDSON WIDE OPEN AND YOU
LOOK AT HOUSE AND ANYBODY GOING
TO HELL MEAN OUT?
NO TRANSITION DEFENSE BY TEXAS.
STEVE: THE ACTING HEAD COACH FOR
TEXAS LOOKING ON AND IT'S
SOMETHING YOU LOOK AT THE GUYS
WITH THE ABILITY OF WALLACE AND
RICHARDSON WITH 6'8" AND TO BE
ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY STICK THE
THREE.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFERENCE MAKER OF
LATE FOR FORT WAYNE.
JASON: GETTING BALL DOWN QUICK
IN TRANSITION.
LOOKS LIKE HARLEM GLOBE-TROTTERS
AS HARRIS.
WELL, WHERE DID THE BALL GO?
IT'S REALLY A STRATEGY BY FORT
WAYNE TO BEAT THE DEFENSE DOWN
AND IF YOU DON'T HUSTLE, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO EXTEND THE SHOOTERS
AND RICHARDSON CAN THROW IT UP
AND SO CAN WALLACE.
STEVE: 4 : 30 LEFT IN THE
OPENING QUARTER.
AGAIN FORT WAYNE, CAN'T CLINCH A
PLAYOFF SPOT BUT CAN GREATLY
HELP THE CAUSE WITH A WIN AND
THE THAT IS OFF TO EYENGA AND
IT'S OFF TO FORT WAYNE.
JASON: GOT TO CREDIT THE
DEFENSE.
NO OFFENSIVE FLUIDITY FOR THE
LEGENDS AT ALL.
STEVE: TIME-OUT TAKEN AND FORT
WAYNE WITH 28-2 LEAD.
LOOKING TO GET THERE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
IN 2013.
STEVE: ONE TEAM IS SHOOTING 63%.
THE OTHER 23% AND THAT'S WHY
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE
GAME.
DUANE TICKNOR FIRST SEASON AS
MAD ANTS HEAD COACH.
GUYS LOVE PLAYING HERE BECAUSE
THEY DON'T GET YELLED FOR
SHOOTING BUT NOT SHOOTING ENOUGH
WHEN THEY'RE OPEN.
JASON: 25 WINS IS A RECORD FOR
THIS FRANCHISE AS 24 WAS THE
RECORD SET TWO YEARS AGO.
LIVE THIS GUY.
HE'S OLD SCHOOL.
YOU TOLD ME THAT AND WE TALKED
YESTERDAY.
WHAT HE TRIED TO DO IS MAKE THE
TEAM.
HE REALIZED THE OBJECTIVE IS TO
GET HIS GUYS TO THE NEXT LEVEL
BUT IF THEY WINS AN A TEAM.
THE COACHES AND SCOUTS IN THE
NBA WILL SEE THE ABILITY TO PLAY
IN A STRUCTURED AND THIS IS WHAT
THEY'RE DOING.
STEVE: ALL ARE FREE AGENTS THAT
CAN BE CALLED UP BY ANY NBA TEAM
AT ANYTIME.
THERE'S NO PLAYERS DOWN FROM THE
NBA ON NBA ASSIGNMENT AT THIS
POINT.
JASON: JEFF POTTER IS A
PRESIDENT OF THIS THING AND HAS
DONE A NICE JOB ALLOWING COACH
TICK TOIK BE INVOLVED.
STEVE: ANOTHER LONG RANGE SHOT.
TEXAS TRIES TO PUSH BACK.
MITCHELL, BASE LINES RG NO BUT
FREE THROWS COMING UP.
JASON: AS YOU SEE COACH DUANE
TICKNOR HAS BEEN AROUND AND
CALLS IT THE WAY HE SEES IT.
HE LOVES THE FACT THEY HAVE GUYS
LIKE RICHARDSON AND HE SAID
ACTUALLY, RICHARDSON HAS THE
WHOLE TEAM OVER ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THEY HAVE BIBLE STUDY
AND DINNER AND ALL STUCK BY KRIS
POTTER'S WIFE AND INVITE THE
WIFES TO LUNCH ONCE A WEEK SO
IT'S REALLY A TEAM.
IT'S UNUSUAL BUT YOU HAVE TO DO
IT THIS WAY TO TEACH KIDS TO BE
PROFESSIONAL MORE THAN JUST
PLAYING BASKETBALL.
STEVE: CERTAINLY IS.
D-LEAGUE REPRESENTTIVE AND TEXAS
HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE DALLAS MAVERICKS THAT ARE
CO-OWNED BY DALLAS GM.
SCOTTY NELSON.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN THREE BALL AND A
FOUL AND BATTLE ON SEAN
SINGLETARY FOR THE LOSE BALL.
DALLAS MAVERICKS CO-OWNER OF THE
LE AGAINEDS.
SON OF THE HALL-OF-FAMER.
DON NELSON.
THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP
ONE-ON-ONE BETWEEN THE MAVERICKS
AND THE LEGENDS WHERE DUANE
TICKNOR MAY GET PLAYERS ON NBA
ASSIGNMENT FROM VARIOUS TEAMS.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE
THAT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE
FRANCHISE LIKE OUR STEP IN HEAD
COACH TONIGHT.
THEY'LL RUN A LOT OF THINGS THAT
MAVERICKS WILL AT THE NBA LEVEL.
JASON: A KID WILL PLAY AND
SOMEBODY WILL GET HURT AND NOT
JUST BRING THE GUY FOR A BACK-UP
POINT GUARD BUT ALSO TO START.
WHERE IS WITH A LOT OF TIMES THE
AGENT WILL CALL THE MANAGEMENT
AND SAY LISTEN.
PLEASE DON'T BRING MY GUY IN
HERE BECAUSE WE WANT HIM
DIRECTLY AFFILIATED ONE TEAM.
BIG DIFFERENCE.
STEVE: MITCHELL ABLE TO GET THE
REBOUND AND DUANE TICKNOR SAYING
A LOT OF TEAMS ARE INTERESTED IN
HIM FOR A LATE SEASON CALL UP
FOR THE NBA.
THREE RATTLES OUT FOR WALLACE.
AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
IT INTO NBA SUMMER CAMP BETTER
GET BETTER HOOK AS THE PLAYERS
START TO POSITION FOR NEXT
SEASON AS WELL.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN, NO GOOD.
THOMPSON IN THE BREAK.
JASON: GREAT EXTRA PASS BY
WALLACE BY RICHARDSON.
LIKE THE FACT COMING DOWN IN
TRANSITION.
NOT JUST THE FIRST AVAILABLE
SHOT BUT THE BEST SHOT.
STEVE: FOURTH TURNOVER IN THE
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE.
STILL TELL AS STORY WITH 2 : 23
LEFT TO GO IN THE OPENING
QUARTER.
SINGLETARY ABLE TO GET TO IT
RATTLE DOWN ON THE TWO.
JASON: WORKS SO HARD.
COULD GO BACK UP AND CAN
DISTRIBUTE AND SHOOT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
POSTED UP BY RICHARDSON.
LOT OF GUYS POSTED UP BY
RICHARDSON.
STEVE: GIVE CREDIT FOR IT
ANTHONY TO SPOT IT AND FEEDING
ANTHONY RICHARDSON.
THE FLORA STATE SEMINOLE HAS
NINE POINTS TO LEAD ALL SCORERS.
SINGLETARY, TRYING TO LEAD FOR
ELI AND HE'S KNOCKED TO THE
FLOOR BY THOMAS.
AGAIN THOMAS OUT OF BAYLOR,
SPENT LAST YEAR WITH CAN TON IN
RENO.
IF YOU'RE NEW.
16 TEAMS AND 50 GAME REGULAR
SEASON.
ENTERING FINAL WEEK RIGHT NOW.
EIGHT TEAMS WILL MAKE THE
POST-SEASON.
AND THE THREE ROUNDS OF THAT
BEGIN AT ABOUT TEN DAYS OR SO.
FOUL ON MITCHELL TRYING TO
DEFEND AS THE FORT WAYNE LEAD IS
AT 13.
JASON: GREAT PLACE TO WATCH A
GAME AND FILL OUT HISTORY.
BUT THE COLISEUM HERE.
WE TALKED ABOUT A SPRING BREAK.
IT'S ALSO EASTER AND THEY'RE
STILL GETTING FANS IN THE
STANDS.
THAT'S GREAT FOR FORT WAYNE.
THE COLLEGES ARE NOT AROUND HERE
AND THEY NEEDED A FRANCHISE LIKE
THIS.
BASKETBALL COUNTRY.
STEVE: FOUR POINTS NOW FOR
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AND THIS FRANCHISE, FIRST YEAR.
2007-2008 CAMPAIGN.
AND THE MAVERICKS AFFILIATION
WITH TEXAS LEGENDS STARTED IN
2010-2011.
THE OLD TEAMERS FRANCHISE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING 18.
TONY MITCHELL JUMPING IN ANOTHER
BOMB.
JASON: GOT TO GET OUT ON HIM.
HE CAN SHOOT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
AND RIGHT NOW 14-POINT LEAD FOR
THE MAD ANTS.
STEVE: MITCHELL HAS 11.
MELVIN ELY.
WALLACE.
SINGLETARY SHORT ON THE TRIPLE.
MITCHELL.
DIDN'T FALL.
WALLACE GOT I BACK LOST IT AND
CLAIMING HE WAS FOULED.
FOCUS.
HOUSE TO SINGLETARY AND THE
LEGENDS WORKING OFF THE STREAM
FROM MELVIN ELY.
JASON: CAN NAIL IT.
PASS FIRST GUARD, AND THAT'LL BE
IN THE NBA.
RAYMOND THE 3-POINTER.
STEVE: SINGLETARY AS ROOKIE AND
ONLY NBA SEASON WITH PHOENIX AND
CHARLOTTE.
LOST OUT-OF-BOUNDS AND IT'LL
BELONG TO TEXAS.
TONY MITCHELL ESSENTIALLY A YEAR
AND A HALF AT ALABAMA.
TURNING IT UP HERE IN THE PRIME
OF THE SEASON.
JASON: MEF BEEN A QUESTION ABOUT
TONY MITCHELL THE SCORER.
MORE OF THE ATTITUDE THAT HE HAS
TO HAVE TO PLAY AT THE NEXT
LEVEL TO BECOME MORE OF A
PROFESSIONAL AND THAT'S WHAT
HE'S FEELING RIGHT NOW WITH
DUANE TICKNOR.
STEVE: END OF THE QUARTER.
HARRIS, GOT TO IT GO.
THE STEAL, THE SPEED TO REALIZE
THE CLOCK WAS WINDING DOWN.
DUANE TICKNOR LOVING IT AND DREW
ONE QUARTER WITH A 14 POINT.
THAT'S THE END TO OPENING
QUARTER WITH A SCORE OF FORT
WAYNE 34 AND YOU'RE WATCHING NBA
D-LEAGUE COVERAGE.
THE 24-HOUR HOME OF CBS SPORTS.
STEVE: READY SO START QUARTER
TWO WITH ACTING HEAD COACH OF
TEXAS.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT
TRANSITION.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO
ADJUST?
>> FIRST OFF WE'RE NOT DOING A
GOOD JOB GETTING BACK.
WE'RE NOT GETTING FROZEN OUT.
JUST RIGHT NOW FRUSTRATED LOT
AND IT MOSTLY HAS TO COME DOWN
TO OFFENSE.
WE HAVE A LOT DEFENSIVELY AND
HAVE TO KNOW OUR OFFENSE WILL
START ONCE WE COME.
PLAYING LIKE WE KNOW HOW TO PLAY
AND EVERYTHING WILL TAKE CARE OF
ITSELF.
>> THANKS WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIM
HE DOESN'T HAVE DWIGHT HOWARD
AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAD WITH THE
ORLANDO MAGIC.
YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION AND RIGHT
NOW THE MAD ANTS HAVE A 10-0
LEAD IN THE POINTS IN THE PAINT
AND A LOT HAVE COME IN
TRANSITION.
STEVE: LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME.
SINGLETARY NOW.
JONES WITH THE SECOND CHANCE
REJECTED BY RICHARDSON.
HERE IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
D-LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT ACTION.
TONY MITCHELL TURNING IT OVER ON
THE OFFENSIVE FOUL.
JASON HERE WITH STEVE WOLF.
FINAL WEEK OF THE D-LEAGUE
SEASON.
HERE'S NUMBER TWO IN QUARTER TWO
AS HE WAS A LITTLE OUT OF
CONTROL.
FORT WAYNE TRYING TO MAKE THE
D-LEAGUE PLAYOFFS STARTING IN
ABOUT TEN DAYS AND RIGHT NOW TAX
PLAYOFFS STARTED DAY, THEY WOULD
HAVE SEVENTH SPOT AMONG THE A
TEAMS AND IT'S HELPED THE CAUSE
TONIGHT IN TEXAS.
ALL AGAIN THESE PLAYERS LOOKING
TO REFRESH NBA TEAMS OR POSITION
THEMSELVES FOR NEXT YEAR AND
BEYOND IN THE EYES OF NBA.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN ON THE DRIVE.
RICHARDSON IN DENIAL MODE.
JASON: INSIDE DEFENSE.
THEY'RE BLOCKING EVERYTHING
INSIDE.
SPOT UP JUMP SHOT.
JUST KNOCKING IT DOWN.
ANOTHER TRANSITION FOR THE
MAVERICKS.
STEVE: WITH RON HOWARD OUT WITH
A BROKEN BONE IN HIS HAND.
MCCAMEY SIGNED AND HE'S BEEN
PHENOMENAL.
HE CAN RUN THE SHOW OFFENSE LIVE
AND HIT FROM LONG RANGE.
JASON: HE GOT THE BALL OUT
QUICKLY AND WAS ABLE TO FILL IT
IN TRANSITION.
KNOCKING DOWN THE THREE.
NUMBER 24.
STEVE: FORMER STAR AT ILLINOIS.
JASON: WALKING OUT BEFORE
PRACTICE AND THE OWNER SAID, I
LOVE THAT GUY.
I SAID WHILE HE WENT TO
ILLINOIS.
GOOD CHANCE YOU GET SIGN TOO.
FOREST HOUSE HE CAN STILL DO
THAT.
KNOCK IT DOWN FROM DEEP.
STEVE: HOUSE LEADING SCORER
RIGHT NOW FOR THE LEGENDS.
JASON: THREE TRIPLES SO FAR FOR
HOUSE.
CHRIS PORTER.
NIFTY PASS THERE FOR THIS ONE.
POINTS IN THE PAINT.
SHUT OUT.
16-0 SO FAR FOR FORT WAYNE.
MELVIN ELY TRYING TO GET INSIDE
AND CHANGE THAT.
LITTLE LEFTY HOOK.
FORMER WHACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR
AT FRESNO STATE.
OUR TODAY NBA SEASONS WITH FIVE
DIFFERENT TEAMS.
MELVIN ELY WITH ANOTHER HOOP HAS
FOUR.
HOUSE, AND THE TAP FORE SE GOOD.
GIVE HIM A HALF DOZEN.
STEVE: HOW ABOUT THE REBOUND?
ABLE TO GET THE BACK ON THE
OTHER.
STEVE: IF YOU'RE LOOKING
THINKING THAT'S CLOSE TO GOAL
TENDING IT WOULD BE IN THE THE
NBA BUT IN THE D-LEAGUE THE
NATIONAL GOAL TENDING RULES ARE
INFECT.
RIGHT NOW THE FORT WAYNE,
THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE
RIM BUT HITTING ALL NET.
JASON: JONES WAS NOWHERE NEAR
ROJAS WHO HAD TO SHOOT THE JUMP
SHOT.
I THINK GOING TO GET SOLOMAN
BOZEMAN TO THE FOUL LINE.
STEVE: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN.
SECOND.
DUANE TICKNOR HIM AND HIS SQUAD.
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PROSPECTS.
WATCH THEM TO LIVE AND ON-DEMAND
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TOUCHED OUT ON THE EDGE.
19 LEFT TO SHOOT HERE.
FORT WAYNE BASKETBALL.
TRIGER OF THE START.
WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT
OKLAHOMA.
MCCAMEY DELIVERING ANOTHER LONG
RANGE ATTEMPT.
SECOND TRIPLE.
JASON: I DON'T FOE THINK YOU
HAVE THE DRAW OFF THE GAME PLAN
I DON'T THINK THIS TEAM, THIS
PLAYER COULD HAVE EXECUTED
BETTER.
THEY HAVEN TAKEN THE LEAD
GETTING BALL IN TRANSITION AND
THEIR INSIDE DEFENSE HAS BEEN
SPECTACULAR.
THAT'S THE TONIC FOR WINNING
THIS GAME.
STEVE: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN ON THE
TANK GETS TO IT GO RIGHT BEFORE
THE SHOT CLOCK EXPIRED.
AND NOW, A FOUL AGAINST KAYMER
CAM MCCAMEY
TRYING TO GET SPACE.
STEVE: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN WENT UP
TO MAKE PLACE.
DEMETRI MCCAMEY DIDN'T USE THAT.
THAT IS A SELFISH PLAY WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO GO FOR A
PLAYOFF SPOT.
STEVE: MCCAMEY TAKING POINT THAT
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN MAY HAVE IN
BELLISHED THAT.
JASON: WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS
UNBELLISHED YOU SHOULDN'T PUSH.
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE ONE OF
YOUR GOOD OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
BACK-TO-BACK THREE-POINT JUMP
SHOTS SITTING OUT OF THE GAME.
STEVE: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN STARTED
THE YEAR.
DIFFERENT D-LEAGUE FRANCHISE.
MCCAMEY TO THE CORNER.
THAT'S BACK TO TWO AND THAT WAS
A GREAT EXTRA PASS BY DEMETRI
MCCAMEY.
HE LOOKED UP AND HIT A COUPLE OF
JUMP SHOTS AND DEFENSE TO EXTEND
ON HIM, MAKES THE EXTRA PASS A
MART PLAY BY DEMETRI MCCAMEY.
STEVE: SINGLETARY BACK FOR
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN.
HOUSE.
PORTER WITH THE REBOUND.
FORMER PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
BACK IN 1995.
CHRIS PORTER STILL CHASING THE
NBA DREAM.
JASON: GIVES TEN OR 11 GAME AS A
LEAGUE.
SMITH KEEPS THE TEAM TOGETHER IN
THE LOCKER ROOM- IS PROBABLY
JUST AS IMPORTANT.
STEVE: LARGE LEAD FOR FORT WAYNE
AND IT'S SIMILAR LEAD AGAINST
RIO GRANDE AND STORMED BACK FROM
41 TO ANDREW VLAHOV TO GET THE
VICTORY.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN MAYBE TRYING TO
FUEL A TURN AROUND FOR TEXAS.
ABLE TO STICK THE JUMPER.
JASON: TEXAS HAS ENOUGH ABILITY
AND PLAYERS TO COME BACK.
THEY CAN COME BACK QUICKLY AND
RIGHT NOW HAVE THE MOMENTUM ON
THAT AIR BALL BY THIS ONE.
STEVE: BASELINE ATTACK.
JASON: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN LAST FIVE
POINTS GREAT AND KNOCKS DOWN THE
JUMP SHOT AND GETS TO THE RIM.
5-0 RUN FOR THE LEGENDS.
STEVE: SOLOMAN BOZEMAN HAD 8-0
IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
MCCAMEY THAT WAS HALF WAY DOWN.
JASON: WHAT A PASS BY
[MUSIC]
GETTING JONES CUT TOGETHER THE
BASKET.
GREAT PASS BY
[MUSIC]
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN HAS BEEN THE
GUY.
SEE RIGHT NOW HE GETS AROUND
THOMAS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE
THERE'S NO HELP WEAK SIDE.
TRY THE LITTLE GUY AND GET
STRAIGHT TO THE RIM.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN IS ONLY ABOUT 6
FOOT, 6'1".
STEVE: JONES AT THE LINE AT
12-POINT 9 REBOUNDS.
IN KANTON.
HE'LL FINISH UP THE REGULAR
SEASON NEXT WEEK AT HOME.
TWO GAMES SET ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY AGAINST SPRINGFIELD.
SECOND IS GOOD.
JASON: CLOSE AS THE LEGENDS HAVE
BEEN SINCE THE FOUR OR FIVE
MINUTES OF THE FIRST QUARTER.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE MAD ANTS
TO TAKE CARE OF THE BASKETBALL
AND GET THE BALL INSIDE AND HAVE
INSIDE OUTSIDE OFFENSE.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN PERIMETER
THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES.
STEVE: ROJAS AND FOLLOW FLUSH BY
PORTER.
OLD GUY CAN STILL GET UP.
NICE MOVE BY ROJAS GETTING IN
THE LANE.
EYENGA.
OPEN FOR THREE.
JONES ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS.
JASON: LIKE WHAT SINGLETARY IS
DOING.
DECIDES TO BRING IT BACK OUT AND
SET IT UP.
STEVE: DEFLECTION.
THOMAS GETS IT BACK.
3-2.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
JASON: THREE ON TWO, FAST-BREAK
BASKETBALL.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
FORT WAYNE WITH THE 16-POINT
LEAD.
DOING IT WITH SOME TEAMWORK.
PORTER WITH THE STUFF AND THEN
THREE ON TWO, TWO ON ONE
FAST-BREAK AND AN EASY ONE FOR
THE LEAGUE.
STEVE: THE FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS
HAVE NEVER MADE THE D-LEAGUE
PLAYOFFS.
THEY'RE ON THE CUSP OF GETTING
THERE THIS YEAR.
TOP EIGHT TEAMS MAKE THE
PLAYOFFS AND THE THREE DIVISION
CHAMPS AND THE NEXT FIVE TEAMS
WITH THE BEST RECORDS.
RIGHT NOW FORT WAYNE IN THE
SEVENTH SPOT.
AUSTIN.
TULSA CLOSE TO CLENCHING
ESSENTIALLY FORT WAYNE, SUE
FALLS AND LAKE ERIE.
OUR NEXT GAME ON CBS SPORTS
NETWORK.
BAKERSFIELD AND RENO.
THE QUARTER SEMIFINALS BEST OF
THERE'S ALL HERE ON CBS SPORTS
NETWORK.
THAT GAME WAS BIG.
BAKERSFIELD IS IN A BATTLE WITH
SANTA CRUZ AND HAS A SHOT AT
CLENCHING HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE
FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO IT
STAY ALIVE IN THE D-LEAGUE
POST-SEASON.
>> KNOW HOW IMPORTANT COURT
ADVANTAGE IS.
FORT WAYNE REGAINS COMPOSURE.
IN FACT GOT IT DOWN.
12-POINT LEAD AND WITH GOOD TEAM
PLAY, THE MAD ANTS HAVE BROUGHT
IT BACK.
DUANE TICKNOR ON THE SIDELINES.
I REALLY LIKE THAT THREE ON TWO
FAST-BREAK.
GOOD BALL MOVEMENT.
>> LIKE THE SMARTS OF THOMAS AND
HEADY PASSES AND THAT TIME ABLE
TO GET HIS DEFENDER IN THE FAKE
AND EARN A TRIP TO THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
STEVE: TALKING ABOUT THE
PLAYOFFS AND THREE DIVISION
WINNERS YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR
PLAYOFF OPPONENT IN THE D-LEAGUE
SO THE ONE SEED DOESN'T
NECESSARILY PLAY THE EIGHTH SEED
AND THEY'LL GET THE FIVE AT A
FIVE THROUGH EIGHT YOU CAN THINK
ABOUT TRAVEL AND FACTOR THAT IN
FOR THE ENTIRE POST-SEASON.
INTERESTING CONCEPT.
STEVE: THAT'S THE REWARD FOR
BEING THE TOP SEED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW MATCH-UPS
ARE SO IMPORTANT.
ANOTHER MISSED LAY UP INSIDE.
JASON: CAN'T GET TO IT GO AND
FOUL FIGHTING FOR THE REBOUND ON
VERNON LEWIS.
STEVE: STILL GOOD BALL MOVEMENT.
YOU SEE THE NICE PASS BY
[MUSIC]
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THOSE BASKETS.
THIS LEVEL, YOU CAN'T MISS EASY
BUCKETS.
ESPECIALLY WITH A GREAT PASS
LIKE THAT.
JASON: PORTER TURNING ON LEWIS.
NOT PORTER SHOT.
LITTLE BIT OF A FORCED SHOT BY
CHRIS PORTER.
PUT THE BALL BACK AND LET HIM
SET IT UP.
MCCAMEY.
JASON: WEST FOR
[MUSIC]
ODUFUWA OUT OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE
THE LEGENDS CALL HOME.
FRISCO REGION OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
THOMAS WITH THE TWO GAME MAN TO
SMITH.
UNDERNEATH.
BUT RESCUED HIMSELF.
STEVE: HE NEEDS TO BE ON THE LOW
BLOCK AND THEY HAVE TO FIND HIM.
SHOOTERS YOU HAVE OUTSIDE
OFFENSE.
STEVE: RIGHT HERE SEE THE NICE
PASS IN THE QUARTER MISSES TOO
FAR.
20 OF BIGGEST LEAD OF THE GAME
FOR THE MAD ANTS.
SINGLETARY WITH THE OFFENSIVE
FOUL.
JASON: ROJAS OUT OF CONTROL.
FIRST PERSONAL ON ROJAS.
STEVE: SINGLETARY DOING A NICE
JOB OF TRAPPING ON THE WING.
THEY WERE UP AND ABLE TO GET
ANOTHER FOUL ON SINGLETARY WITH
THE FOREARMS WITH THE CHOPS.
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS CHEST THE
CUTTER BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO
GIVE HIM AN ELBOW TO THE FACE.
TWO FOULS ON ROJAS.
JASON: 3 : 23 BEFORE HALF TIME
AND FORT WAYNE.
NBA D-LEAGUE ACTION SPORTS
NETWORK.
STEVE: 20-POINT LEAD FOR THE
FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS AGAINST THE
TEXAS LEGENDS.
DUANE TICKNOR IS WIRED FOR
SOUND.
LET'S GIVE A LOOK AND LISTEN TO
HIS THOUGHTS THROUGHOUT THE
GAME.
>> JUST THROUGH ON THE FLOOR
RIGHT NOW.
TOMMY, A GREAT JOB OF USING
LENGTH.
GREAT JOB.
KEEP TALKING ON DEFENSE.
LISTEN.
IF THEY - DON'T FIGHT WITH THEM
WHEN THEY GET 15 FEET FROM THE
BASKET.
HE CAN'T HURT US ON OFFENSE.
KEEP EXECUTED AND YOU'LL GET ANY
SHOT YOU WANT.
NOW WE HAVE TO GUARD THEM.
WE HAVE TO GUARD THEM.
STEVE: FITS IN WITH THE THEME.
YOU HEARD THEM SAYING HIS TEAM
WASN'T DOING A GOOD JOB
DEFENSIVELY AND FORT WAYNE ABLE
TO GET WHAT THEY WANT ON THE
OFFENSIVE END.
JASON: THEY'RE MAKING THAT EXTRA
PASS.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO EXECUTE
YOU'LL GET ANY SHOT YOU WANT.
THE SHOT THEY WANT IS EASY LAY
UPS FOR THE PASS BACK OUT ON THE
DOUBLE-TEAM ON THE LOW BLOCK.
STEVE: THREE SECOND CALL AND A
TECHNICAL FOUL AGAINST FORT
WAYNE SO FREE THROW KNOCKED DOWN
BY SINGLETARY WILL HAVE THE
BALL.
JASON: SINGLETARY HITTING SHOTS
PRIMARILY THE INSIDE GUYS.
GETTING BALLS IN THE OFFENSIVE
TOO.
HE'S BEEN REALLY QUIET.
THIS GAME.
STEVE: TOMMY SMITH WILL PICK UP
HIS FIRST IN THE BATTLE TO THE
REBOUND.
FORMER SECOND ROUND PICK OF THE
CHICAGO BULLS THAT PLAYED ALL
OVER.
A LOT OF PASSPORTS.
SIR YOU CHINA.
SPENT LAST WEEK WITH THE DAKOTA
WIZARDS AND THAT FRANCHISE JUST
MOVED TO SANTA CRUZ NOW OWNED
AND OPERATED BY GOLDEN STATE
WARRIORS.
LEWIS, NICE HANG.
VERNON LEWIS MAKING UP AND
UNDER.
JASON: LEWIS STUCK WITH IT.
THAT'S AN INSIDE BUCKET THEY
HAVE TO GET GOING WHEN YOU'RE
OUT SIDE JUMP SHOT IS NOT GOING,
YOU HAVE TO LOOK INSIDE.
STEVE: FIRST BUCK TOTAL OF GAME
FOR LEWIS.
MITCHELL, MISSING FROM DEEP.
JASON: NICE FAKE BY THE BASKET.
HOWARD LOOKED HIM OFF AND TOOK
IT STRONG AND NOW CUTTING LEAD
TO 15, TRYING TO MAKE A RUN
BEFORE HALF TIME.
STEVE: HOUSE HAS 11.
MCCAMEY TRIED TO LEAVE OUT OUGHT
OFF FOR SMITH AND HOUSE WITH IT.
CAN'T FINISH.
FORT WAYNE BASKETBALL.
JASON: SEE HOUSE TAKING A LITTLE
FAKE OVER THERE.
MISSING ON THE OTHER END WITH
THE MAD ANTS.
TWO TURNOVERS.
HOUSE HAD A CHANCE TO SCORE IN
THE SECOND FAST-BREAK.
NOT ABLE TO DO IT AND NOW THE
MAD ANTS WITH TWO MINUTES TO
PLAY ON A 15-POINT LEAD.
STEVE: MITCHELL INTO THE TRIPLE
TEAMS.
SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BE FREE.
SMITH AND THE DEFENSE COLLAPSES
AND OFF SMITH, TEXAS BALL.
JASON: RIGHT NOW TALK ABOUT
EXECUTION.
THEY'RE GETTING IN THE LANE LAND
THROWING THE BALL INSTEAD OF
RUNNING IT TO MAKE EXTRA PASSES.
NOW THEIR GIVING THEM A CHANCE
TO GET BACK IN THIS GAME AND
THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL SHOT AND
TAKING IT IN THERE AND NOW DOWN
TO 13-POINT LEAD.
JASON: BEAUTIFUL OFF THE BOUNCE.
EYENGA AGAINST THIS BEFORE.
44 GAMES WITH CLEVELAND AS A
ROOKIE AND THE GAME OF THE
LAKERS LAST YEAR.
THOMAS, ANOTHER PASS TO THE OPEN
MAN AND THAT'S CHRIS PORTER.
JASON: GOOD MOVEMENT AND TO CUT
TO THE BASKET IS WHAT DUANE
TICKNOR IS TALKING ABOUT WITH
EXECUTING.
MAKING SURE YOU HAVE SPACING AND
COME TO THE BASKET.
STEVE: PORTER WITH EIGHT.
SINGLETARY, STRAIGHT AWAY,
THREE.
BOTTOMS IT THROUGH.
JASON: SMITH.
GETS TO THE LANE AND FREE THROWS
COMING UP.
JASON: LOOK AT ALL THE PLAYERS
AND YOU'LL SEE GOOD BALL
MOVEMENT IN THE LANE.
GOOD PASS ON THE DRIVE AND EASY
LAY UP FOR PORTER, BUT EVERYONE
WAS SPREAD OUT.
SPACING IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET
GOOD OFFENSIVE EXECUTION.
STEVE: VERNON LEWIS, FOUL ON
SMITH AND THE THIRD ON LEWIS.
EACH TEAM WITH FOUR FOULS HERE
IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
48 POINT 2 SECONDS LEFT TO GO.
JASON: IF YOU'RE THE LEGENDS YOU
HAVE TO SAY WE'RE NOT PLAYING
WELL.
OUT SCORED IN THE PAINT 24-6 AND
WE'RE STILL IN THIS GAME IF THEY
CAN GET IT DOWN TO TEN POINTS I
THINK IT'S A HECK OF A FEET
GOING INTO HALF TIME.
JASON: LITTLE BIT OF A SHOW CASE
FOR OUR FILL IN COACH FROM
EDUARDO NAJERA SERVING A ONE
GAME SUSPENSION FOR AN
ACCUMULATION OF TECHNICAL FOULS
AND WILL GET MITCHELL ON THE
HOLD AND THAT'S NUMBER THREE ON
TONY MITCHELL.
JASON: SET UP BY
[MUSIC]
SINGLETARY LOOKS DOWN AND SAW HE
HAD AN OPEN BEING DOWN LOW WITH
MITCHELL.
POSTING UP MITCHELL, SINGLETARY
KNEW HE COULD THROW IT OVER THE
TOP AND WHAT HAPPENED, THIS WAS
SET UP.
TALKING TO HIM BUT STAND UP AND
SEE MITCHELL HOLDING HIM.
GOOD CALL.
GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
FREE THROWS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
ON MITCHELL.
STEVE: MITCHELL WILL TAKE A
SEAT.
ONE OF TWO.
EYENGA.
IN THE BONUS.
5:43 FOR A WIN.
JASON: LEGENDS WILL HAVE ANOTHER
HALF TO SCORE.
THERE'S A 15 SECOND
DIFFERENTIAL.
STEVE: SMITH, HOUSE READ IT AND
PICKED IT OFF.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY BY THE
LEGENDS WITH THREE SHOTS IN
POINT PLANNING RANGE AND NOW
WITH TEN SECONDS LEFT.
MCCAMEY CAN'T CONTROL FOR THE
MAD ANTS.
STEVE: DEMETRI MCCAMEY ON THE
DRIVE.
SUPER DEFENSE BY, ODUFUWA AND
MAD ANTS BY AS MANY AS 20.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE LEAD IS 12.
55-43.
YOU'RE WATCHING NBA
DEVELOPMENTLE LEAGUE ON CBS
PRESENTED BY TACO BELL.
STEVE: BACK HERE AT HALF TIME.
D-LEAGUE ACTION BETWEEN FORT
WAYNE AND TEXAS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR IN RENO.
WEEK OF BASKETBALL AT THE NBA
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SHOW CASE.
CHANCE FOR TEAMS TO CHECK OUT
THE TALENT.
WHY DON'T WE CHECK OUT THE WEEK
THAT WAS IN RENO.
>> THE NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
SHOW CASE READY TO KICK-OFF A
FOUR DAY EVENT.
16 TEAMS AND 16 GAMES.
>> A LOT OF EFFORT.
PLAY HERE FOR THE SEASON.
>> LET'S GO.
>> THE BEST WAY TO MARKET
YOURSELF IN THIS LEAGUE IS SHOW
YOU GREAT YOUR TALENT IS.
>> THIS EVENT IS THE MOST
STRESSFUL JOB INTERVIEW YOU'LL
HAVE.
>> GM SCOUTS HERE.
CHANCE FOR THE PROSPECTS IN
D-LEAGUE TO SHOW OFF WHAT THEY
GOT.
>> PLAY HARD.
EVERY POSSESSION.
>> FIELD FOR THE DEFENDER.
ABLE TO PUT IT IN.
>> THIS IS A MUST SEE FOR ME
BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THIS BULK
OF PLAYERS AND TALENT IN ONE
SETTING.
>> WE HAVE SEVEN NBA TEAMS BYE
THEIR OWN D-LEAGUE TEAM OR TAKE
FROM IT AND THAT'S CREATED
POSITIVE EFFECTS FOR US.
>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WE
PLAYING TOGETHER AND THAT'S HOW
WE GROW.
>> COACHES THERE ARE LIKE US.
THEY'RE HERE FOR AUDITIONS TOO
BECAUSE THEY CAN BE CALLED FROM
ASSISTANT COACHES.
>> PAY ATTENTION.
START MAKING SHOTS.
ALRIGHT.
>> HAVING A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
YOUNG GUYS AND TRYING TO GIVE
THEM NUANCES ABOUT WHAT IT'S
GOING TO TAKE TO BE THE NEXT
LEVEL IS GRATIFYING.
>> GET INTO OUR POINT FORWARD
AND BE PATIENT IN OFFENSE.
>> THROW POINT TRY.
YEAH.
>> YOU'RE GOOD.
COME ON MAN.
>> GOOD LUCK, SCOTTY.
GREAT JOB.
>> GO AS HARD AS YOU CAN.
>> YEAH.
>> I LOVE BASKETBALL.
GIVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY
AND COMPETE.
IF I LOVE THE GAME I HAVE TO DO
WHAT IT TAKES.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LOSE MIKE
JAMES HE GOT CALLED UP TO THE
MAVERICKS.
>> YOU DON'T FIND GUYS THAT
STICKING TO AND PLAYING TOGETHER
ALL THE TIME.
EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY FOR EACH
OTHER.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT FOR THE PLAYERS TO TRYING
TO WORK THEIR WAY TO THE NBA.
HALF TIME CONTINUES IN FORT
WAYNE, TEXAS.
MORE IN A MOMENT.
STEVE: BOUNCING AROUND HAVING A
GOOD TIME ON EASTER SUNDAY AT
FORT WAYNE.
JASON HERE WITH STEVE AND THE
LEAD WITH AS MANY AS 20.
JASON: TEXAS HAS NEVER LED.
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ONE SIDED BUT
THE LEGENDS WITH THE LATE PUSH
CAN MAKE THIS THING RECEPTIVE.
STEVE: MITCHELL GOT IT STOLEN
AND HAD 11 FIRST HALF POINTS AND
REALLY WAS DISTRIBUTING THE
BASKETBALL AND HE HAD FOUL
TROUBLE AND SAT OUT SCORING
INSIDE AND OUT.
BUT THEN, THE GUY THAT TOOK OVER
FOR THE LEGENDS.
FRED HOUSE.
HE'S GOT 11 POINTS AND WHEN I
LIKE WHAT HE WAS DOING TOWARDS
THE END TO HALF HE PLAYED GREAT
DEFENSE.
THREE STEALS AND DID GOOD JOB
GETTING IN THE PAINT.
STEVE: 11.
SINGLETARY TEN.
AND TONY MITCHELL TO LEAD THE
WAY.
POINTS IN THE PAINT THE BIG
DIFFERENCE.
ALL THE CHECKMARKS IN FAVOR OF
THE MAD ANTS.
SECOND QUARTER LOOMING HERE IN
FORT WAYNE.
MAD ANTS LOOKING TO GET CLOSER
TO LOCKING UP PLAYOFF SPOT.
TEXAS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
ABOUT THAT WHEN WE RETURN TO
INDIANA.
STEVE: WELL THE EASTER BUNNY
HOPEFULLY CAME FOR THAT YOUNG
LADY EARLIER.
AND NOW THE MAD ANTS.
12-POINT LEAD HERE AT HALF TIME.
MOMENTS AGO.
DUANE TICKNOR IN THE LOCKER ROOM
ADDRESSING HIS TEAM.
>> GUYS OUR ENERGY LEVEL HAS TO
PICK UP TO START THIS QUARTER.
I WANT TO IT GO UP.
DON'T LET IT GO BACK DOWN.
WE HAVE TO GET STARTED AND PUSH
THE TEMPO OF THE GAME.
MAKE THEM PLAY OUR PACE.
READY?
LET'S GO TO WORK.
STEVE: TRYING TO KEEP UP THE
SPIRIT AND TEMPO FOR A TEAM
LOOKING FOR THE PLAYOFFS.
LOOK AT THE UPCOMING SCHEDULE ON
CBS SPORTS NETWORK BROUGHT BY
YOU TO THE DRIBBLE TO STOP
DIABETES.
MONDAY NIGHT 9:30 BAKERSFIELD
TRYING TO WRAP UP THE WEST
DIVISION TITLE.
HOME SEED POSSIBLY THE ENTIRE
RUN AND THE QUARTER-FINALS AND
SEMIFINALS AND BEST OF THREE
ROUNDS TO SEE PLAYOFF ACTION
THROUGHOUT SPORTS NETWORK.
IMPORTANT YOU HEARD DUANE
TICKNOR TALKING TEXAS THAT THE
RUN.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE MAD
ANTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRST
FIVE MINUTES OF THIS QUARTER AND
REALLY GO AFTER IT HARD.
HAVE TO BE GREAT AND TONY
MITCHELL OUT.
YOU KNOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
THEY REALLY NEVER GOT THE RHYTHM
TO START THE GAME.
JASON: TONY MITCHELL PAIRING UP
THE LEAD OF LATE AND TONIGHT.
11 POINTS AND AGAIN, BODY TIME
IN THE FIRST HALF WITH THE THREE
FOULS.
SEAN SINGLETARY, TWO PLAYERS WE
HIGHLIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE
TELECAST HE'S IN DOUBLE FIGURES
TOO.
JASON: THEY'VE MISSED A LOT OF
SHOTS.
STEVE: THEY ONLY HAVE TEN POINTS
TO PAINT AND GETTING OUTSCORED
24-10.
NICE JOB OF FEEDING THE POST.
MELVIN ELY HAS TO FIND A WAY TO
SCORE AND SO DOES JONES.
JASON: LEGENDS.
MELVIN ELY.
STEVE: RIGHT ON CUE BUT A GOOD
SET UP BY SINGLETARY AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE LEGENDS TO GET
BACK INTO THIS GAME NOW.
THEY'RE AS CLOSE AS THEY'VE BEEN
WAY EARLY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
JASON: RICHARDSON BACK TO THE
JUMPER.
LOOK AT THE MUSCLE TO GET IT
BACK.
WALLACE ABLE TO SAVE IT.
STEVE: ASKED FOR ENERGY OUT OF
THE HALF AND YOU CAN'T GET MORE
ENERGETIC THAN RICHARDSON.
SMITH WORKING ON THE INSIDE.
JASON: CUTTING FOUR FOR THE
JUMPER.
THAT'S THE THREE FOR RICHARDSON.
STEVE: JONES PROTECTS THE
REBOUND AND THEY WERE READY TO
TAKE IT DOWN COURT BUT HE WAS
NOT ABLE TO GET IT BACK.
RICHARDSON ABLE TO GET IT BACK.
MAD ANTS WINNING THE HUSTLE
BATTLE RIGHT NOW.
JASON: FOUL ON SMITH TRYING TO
DEFEND DWAYNE JONES.
STEVE: INSIDE OUT PASS TO SMITH
FROM RICHARDSON.
RICHARDSON NAILS IT.
JASON: RICHARDSON.
WALLACE BOTH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF 40% FROM THREE-POINT LAND.
STEVE: LEADING SCORER RIGHT NOW
RICHARDSON FOR THE MAD ANTS WITH
12.
FREAKS YOU OUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT
GOAL TENDING.
JASON: THROW DOWN FROM WALLACE
AND NBA USING THIS AS AN
EXPERIMENT, LAB IF YOU WILL THE
D-LEAGUE IF YOU'RE USING THAT
AND OVERTIME, SHORTER AS WELL.
STEVE: FIRST FIVE POINTS OF THE
SECOND HALF GO TO THE MAD ANTS.
THE ENERGY LEVEL IS DEFINITELY
PICKED UP.
JASON: HOUSE ABLE TO DRAW
CONTACT FROM HARRIS.
STEVE: BEAUTIFUL PASS BY HARRIS
SO CUTTING RICHARDSON.
NICE TEAMWORK AND GOOD FLUSH.
ANOTHER BASKET IN THE PAINT FOR
MAD ANTS.
JASON: ACTIVE SHOOTING SO A TRIO
OF FREE THROW AS HEAD.
HOUSE PLAYED OVERSEAS LAST YEAR.
FORMER NBA D-LEAGUE ROOKIE OF
THE YEAR AND BACK FOR ANOTHER GO
AROUND IN THE D-LEAGUE.
STEVE: HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS THAT
NEVER LOOKS LIKE HE GETS OLD.
HE'LL SHOOT AT 60.
BEAUTIFUL ROTATION AND HE'S ALSO
A GAMER AND CAN GET IN THE LANE
AND SCORE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND
RIGHT NOW HE'S LEADING LEGENDS
IN SCORING AND DOING A GREAT
JOB.
14 SO FAR ON THE AFTERNOON.
JASON: AVERAGES 8 AND ALMOST
DOUBLE THAT ALREADY.
WALLACE.
LOOKING TO LYNN WESTERN
CONFERENCE SMITH.
STOLEN BY EYENGA.
HARRIS.
AND SINGLETARY, GETTING IN THE
WAY.
THAT'S HIS THIRD PERSONAL TO PRE
RENT THE LAY UP BY HARRIS.
CATCH THE NBA HOTTEST PROSPECTS
WATCHING THE D-LEAGUE EVERY
SUNDAY AT 3 P.M. EASTERN ON NBA
T.V. LET'S CHECK THE FOUL THERE
ON SINGLETARY NOT HIS THIRD JUST
HIS SECOND.
AND THE MAD ANTS WITH THE
BASKETBALL.
STEVE: MITCHELL SEES AN OPEN AND
YOU CAN TELL HIS DEMEANOR HAS
GOT TO GET BETTER.
DOWN ON HIMSELF.
FEELS THE LAST THREE SHOTS AND
HAS BEEN IN FOUL TROUBLE.
YOU GOT TO GET BACK TO THE TEAM
EFFORT THAT GOT YOU THE LEAD
EARLY ON.
JASON: MELVIN ELY THE BACK DOWN.
HOW ABOUT THAT DEFENSE BY SMITH?
STEVE: DIDN'T GIVE AN INCH.
TOMMY SMITH OUT OF ARIZONA,
STATE.
REALLY WALLING UP.
6'10" WALLING UP ON THE INSIDE.
JASON: NOW WITH THE EIGHTH
TURNOVER OF THE CONTEST.
TRIED TO GET THE TEAM BACK TO
SINGLE DIGITS.
RICHARDSON TO SMITH.
AND A FOUL, MELVIN ELY WITH THE
PERSONAL.
STEVE: THE OLD GIVE AND GO.
SEE RICHARDSON SETTING UP SMITH
BUT THERE'S A BODY CHECK ON THE
ACTION.
JUST A GIVE AND GO.
YOU DRIBBLE IN AND DRIBBLE IN
AND A GUY CUTS AND YOU GIVE IT
TO HIM.
JASON: WALLACE ON THE PULL UP.
STEVE: LIKE THAT BECAUSE
RICHARDSON HAS BEEN HOT.
WALLACE GAVE HIM THE FAKE
DRIBBLE HAND OFF AND HE SPOTTED
UP FOR THE NICE 15-FOOT JUMP
SHOT.
JASON: FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA
GAME ***.
MELVIN ELY AND A BATTLE WITH
WALLACE AND THEY'LL GET BRANDON
FOR THE PERSONAL FOUL HIS
SECOND.
STEVE: FAKE HAND OFF.
NOBODY STEPS UP.
ABLE TO KNOCK OFF THE THREE.
DRIBBLE DRIVE OFFENSE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN MAN.
JASON: WALLACE ELEVATING HIS
GAME TWO ALONG WITH MITCHELL FOR
FORT WAYNE AND 16-POINT 15
REBOUNDS.
COUPLE OF BLOCKS FRIDAY AGAINST
RENO AGAIN.
RON HOWARD.
SIXTH LEADING SCOREER OF THE
D-LEAGUE BROKE IN HAND AND MAY
OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK
FOR THE PLAYOFF AND LUKE
HARANGODY BOTHERED BY A KNEE
INJURY AND THIS TEAM HAD ALREADY
TEAR ITSELF AGAIN AS MITCHELL
DELIVERS THE THREE.
STEVE: THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE HIM
A TWO BECAUSE HIS FOOT WAS ON
THE LINE.
HOUSE HAD THAT STEAL.
HE HAD THE TWO POINTS PUT ON THE
SCOREBOARD AND GOT TRIPPED UP
WITH THE BALL.
MITCHELL WAS WIDE OPEN FOR THE
TWO-SHOT.
JASON: WELL, THE OFFICIAL THERE,
RIGHT ON TO IT MAKE THE CALL
THAT IT WAS THE TWO AND FROM
MITCHELL THAT WAS HIS FIRST
POINTS SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER.
STEVE: TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
IN FOUL TROUBLE.
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN A LOT OF TIMES
YOU GET RUSTY.
HE CAME IN AND MISSED A FEW
SHOTS BUT PURE MONEY ON THAT
SHOT.
TALK ABOUT HARANGODY BEING OUT
AND YOU LOSE YOUR OFFENSE.
IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE TYPE OF
COACHING THAT IS BEING DONE BY
THE MAD ANTS MAKING SURE IT'S A
TEAM GAME.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MITCHELL HAS
PICKED UP THE SLACK WITH SOME OF
THAT.
JASON: ANOTHER PLAYER HITTING
THE DECK.
EYENGA GOING DOWN.
SMITH WILL PICK UP THE FOUL.
HIS THIRD.
DUANE TICKNOR GIVING CREDIT TO
HIS ASSISTANT.
NOW WITH THE CAVS HELPING ON THE
CANTON CHARGE.
POSSIBLE PLAYOFF FOES.
FORT WAYNE TO THE MAD ANTS GETS
THAT FAR AND AGAIN, DALLAS,
EXCUSE ME.
TEXAS A DALLAS AFFILIATE LOOK
LIKE THEM IN THESE BLUE UNIFORMS
BANGING THE OFFENSIVE GLASS.
BRANDON WALLACE HIS THIRD.
STEVE: JONES REALLY FIGHTING ON
THE OFFENSIVE END.
NOW THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE FREE
THROWS.
THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB
BATTLING ON THE BOARDS AND THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT
EASY PUT BACK.
TO SEE WALLACE WITH HIS THIRD
PERSONAL FOUL.
THAT IS A GREAT TIME FOR TEXAS.
ALREADY IN THE BONUS HERE IN THE
QUARTER.
THEY'LL BE SHOOTING FREE THROWS
THE REST OF THE WAY AND THAT ONE
ON JONES.
DUALING FOR THE REBOUND.
HIS SECOND.
INTENSITY PICKING UP HERE IN
QUARTER NUMBER THREE.
FORT WAYNE TRYING TO STRETCH OUT
THE LEAD AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN AS LARGE AS 20, AND
TEXAS TRYING TO RIP OFF SOME
CHUNKS OF THAT DEFICIT AND GET
IT DOWN TO A MORE IMAGINABLE
NUMBER.
HARRIS PULL UP.
HOUSE ABLE TO TAP TO IT MELVIN
ELY.
STEVE: BRAKE BROKEN PLAY.
HARRIS TRYING TO SET UP THE
OFFENSE BUT RICHARDSON WAS OUT
OF SINK.
HARRIS DECIDED HE BETTER SHOOT
BEFORE THEY HAVE A VIOLATION.
BUT GOT TO EXECUTE.
HARRIS JOB TO GET GUYS IN
POSITION TO MAKE A PLAY.
JASON: BRANDON WALLACE CONTINUES
TO HAVE THE RANGE AND ANTHONY
HARRIS HAS BEEN IN AND OUT AND
IT'S HIS FIFTH ASSIST.
SEVEN POINTS ALONE FOR WALLACE.
STEVE: GIVING UP SIZE ON THE LOW
BLOCK AND GUARDING MELVIN ELY
BUT DON'T THEY SHOOT FOR THREE
ANYTIME.
WALLACE IS COMING OUT AND
HITTING THE JUMP SHOT AND JONES
IS NOT COMING OUT.
YOU SEE RIGHT THERE AGAIN.
SACRIFICE TWO FOR THREE.
JASON: DUANE TICKNOR TALKING
ABOUT AS THE TEAM SHOOT AROUND.
HEY IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THOSE
SHOTS WE DON'T THINK THEY'LL
CHOSE OUT THAT STRONGLY ON YOU
AND HE'S BEEN RIGHT SO FAR.
STEVE: RIGHT HERE.
NICE PASS BY HARRIS OVER TO
WALLACE BUT THERE'S NOBODY
AROUND HIM.
SEE HOW FAR JONES IS AWAY.
NOT ABLE TO GET ANY EXTENSION.
WALLACE PLAYING HORSE OUT THERE
BY HIMSELF.
JASON: LAST SEQUENCE.
OFFENSIVE REBOUND ON SEAN
SINGLETARY HIS THIRD.
SUDDENLY, TEXAS THREATENING TO
GET IT BACK UNDER TEN AND FORT
WAYNE ON THE VERGE OF PUTTING
LEAD AND RETURNING TO IT 20.
FOULS ON MELVIN ELY.
STEVE: SEE THAT CROSS OVER.
SINGLETARY A GOOD DEFENSIVE
PLAYER BUT HARRIS WITH A
BEAUTIFUL CROSS OVER.
JASON: TRIPLE TEAM IN THE
CORNER.
STEVE: THAT'S ON MELVIN ELY.
THIRD AND SECOND IN QUICK
POSSESSION AND THAT'S NUMBER
FIVE IN THE CORNER SO FREE
THROWS HERE FOR MITCHELL.
STEVE: TALK ABOUT THAT CROSS
OVER AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD
DO.
LOOK AT THAT.
YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING OPEN AND
GETTING YOUR MAN OPEN.
THAT IS A GREAT MOVE BY HARRIS
AND A LOT OF PRACTICE TIME
GETTING INTO AS MUCH DISTANCE
YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR DEFENSIVE
PLAYER.
JASON: I HAVE A FEELING YOUR SON
CHASE IS HERE.
THAT MIGHT BE HIS MOVE.
STEVE: WE NEVER DID THAT BACK IN
THE A DAY BUT THAT IS SOMETHING
YOU WORK WITH THEM ON.
WE GOT HERE EARLY ENOUGH.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO PLAY IN A
PLACE LIKE THIS.
HAD TWO CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES PLAY
BACK WHEN THERE WAS THE FORT
WAYNE PISTONS YEARS AND YEARS
AGO.
JASON: MELVIN ELY.
SINGLETARY AND PISTON'S BLOOD
RUNNING IN YOUR FAMILY?
STEVE: MY DAD COACHED THE
DETROIT PISTONS.
MAY DAD COACHED BACK IN THE
ROYALS FROM 60-63 AND COACHED
THE PISTONS AFTER THAT.
FORT WAYNE PISTONS AND THEN
DETROIT PISTONS.
JASON: FRANCHISE HAD A GOOD RUN
OF THE MOTOR CITY AS YOU SEE THE
TURN THERE.
FIRST BUCKET OF THE GAME.
THAT'S ANOTHER INSIDE BUCKET.
THEY HAVE TO GET MORE OF THAT.
THEY CAN'T RELY ON THE OUTSIDE
JUMP SHOT.
WALLACE LOOKING FOR IT.
GOT SPACE AND GOT ANOTHER.
STEVE: YOU KNOW WHAT?
STILL COULDN'T GET OUT AND GET A
HAND UP IN HIS FACE.
THEY PUT A SMALLER GUY IN THERE
AND THEY'RE RUNNING WITH A
SMALLER RUN OF TEXAS.
JASON: 12 IN THE QUARTER FOR
BRANDON WALLACE.
HOW ABOUT BRANDON WALLACE?
THIS GUY TAKING BIG GUYS AND
LITTLE GUYS UP UP BY 19.
BRANDON WALLACE MIDWAY THIRD
QUARTER.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATS FOR THE
NIGHT.
POINTS IN THE PAINT.
SERVE SIZE.
>> 19-POINT LEAD BUT WHEN YOU'RE
GIVING 12-POINTS UP IN THE
PAINT.
IT'S HARD TO GIVE UP IN THE
PAINT AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT
JOBBERLY ON.
EASY BUCKETS AND THAT IS REALLY
DEMORALIZING AND IN ORDER- FOR
TEXAS TO COME UP THEY'LL HAVE TO
STOP.
>> HITTING FROM OUTSIDE IS WELL
NINE OF 17 FROM BEYOND THE
THREE-POINT ARC.
ALL FACETS FIRING RIGHT NOW.
>> LIKE THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
EARLY ON.
WHEN YOU CLOG THAT UP AND HIT A
COUPLE OF JUMP SHOTS THEY'VE
DONE A GOOD JOB TAKING WHAT THE
DEFENSE GIVES AND BODES WELL FOR
THIS FORT WAYNE TEAM GETTING
READY FOR THE PLAYOFFS BECAUSE
THEY DO HAVE BALL MOVEMENT.
JASON: SIS IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST
LEAGUES IN THE TEAM.
THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME NOISE.
FORT WAYNE WOULD BE.
THE LOWER SEED HOST GAME ONE SO
IF YOU CAN WIN ON YOUR HOME
FLOOR YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET
A LEG UP AND ONLY NEED TO STEAL
ONE OF THE NEXT TWO AT THE
HIGHER SEED HOME.
JASON: MAD ANTS TRYING TO MOVE
IN CLOSER TO A PLAYOFF SPOT.
AND OUR CBS SPORTS NETWORK CREW.
D-LEAGUE PLAYOFF AND PRESENTED
TO YOU BY TACO BELL.
AND GOT OUT EARLY.
TEXAS ABLE TO CUT IT DOWN.
12-POINT ADVANTAGE AT HALF TIME
BUT STAYED IN THAT RANGE FOR THE
MOST PART IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
GETS THE SECOND.
ACTUALLY PLAYED AT NORTH TEXAS.
DALLAS NATIVE GETTING PRO
BASKET.
CARRY AS STRONG PACE.
>> NOBODY STEPS UP TO TAKE THE
CHARGE.
ONCE HE GOT AROUND.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN NOBODY WAS ABLE
TO TAKE THE CHARGE.
HARRIS RIGHT TO THE RACK AND
THIS IS A 20-POINT LEAD HERE
WITH 4:14 TO GO IN THE THIRD.
JASON: OFF THE TURNOVER.
MITCHELL.
MAD ANTS HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE LEAD.
GET THE BALL INSIDE AND SEE THE
SIZE ADVANTAGE OF WALLACE ON
DELONTE WEST BUT WEST PUSHED HIM
AWAY.
0-2.
SHOOTING WISE SO FAR IN THE
GAME.
JASON: I REMEMBER WATCHING HIM
PLAY YEARS AGO.
HE LOOKED A LITTLE SLOW.
LOOKS LIKE HE'S STRUGGLING TO
GET HIS OWN SHOT.
ANOTHER GIVE AWAY BY THE TEXAS
LEGENDS.
JASON: NOBODY HELPS OUT AND
GREAT RECOGNITION BY A POINT
GUARD.
HARRIS DOING A GOOD JOB OF
RUNNING THIS TEAM.
JASON: SPEEDY TAKE FOR THE MAN
FROM MIAMI THAT PLAYED IN THE
D-LEAGUE.
AND THE NETHERLANDS AND MISSES
ON THE LONG RANGE ATTEMPT.
WEST IN THE OPEN FLOOR.
THERE'S THE FIRST BUCKET.
LOOKING LIKE HE'S OLDER.
AND HE GETS AROUND AND HE'S OUR
SCORER.
SIX GAME SINCE JOINING THE
HOPING TO IMPRESS THE CALL BACK
UP TO THE NBA.
ANTS TRYING TO DENY HOUSE THE
BALL.
THAT WAS A TO MAN GAME AND
STOLEN BY PORTER.
READ LEADING BREAK HIMSELF.
WON'T GO BUT HE'LL GET TO THE
LINE.
YEARS AGO OUT OF SAINT JOE'S AND
JAMEER NELSON.
AND SEE DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF
TEAMS BACK WITH BOSTON BUT HE'S
STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
ONLY ONE FOR THREE FROM THE
FIELD.
FORT WAYNE TRYING TO BEAT
DELONTE WEST AND THE TEXAS
LEGENDS.
LOOKING GOOD FOR THE HOME SQUAD
RIGHT NOW.
JASON: TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT GAME TUBE FOR
MARCH MADNESS BRACKET BREAK
DOWN.
WE'LL GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON THE
COLLEGE ACTION.
FROM THE DAY.
ANTHONY HARRIS.
DOING IT ALL OF LATE.
ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE THIRD FOR
FORT WAYNE.
STEVE: DIDN'T EVEN PLAY POINT
GUARD HIS FIRST TWO-YEARS IN
COLLEGE.
BUT I LOVE ABOUT THE WAY HE'S
PLAYING.
HE'S GETTING EVERYONE INVOLVED
AND EARLY IT WAS TONY MITCHELL
AND THEN ANTHONY RICHARDSON BUT
HE'S SETTING THE PACE AND
GETTING BALL UNDER THE HANDS OF
GUYS THIS MORNING.
JASON: MAD ANTHONY WIN A.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL
FORT WAYNE.
I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
MAD ANTS BECAUSE I THINK HE'S
TURN SHOW.
RIGHT NOW.
TEXAS.
DOWN BY TURNOVER.
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS IN THE
QUARTER.
22 ASSISTS.
RIGHT NOW.
IN THE THIRD QUARTER FOR THE MAD
ANTS.
ONLY 12 ASSISTS FOR TEXAS.
AND ANOTHER ONE.
RICHARDSON AND CONTINUES WITH
TEXAS PAVED FROM LONG RANGE.
LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME NOW.
STRETCHED OUT TO 22.
STEVE: WALLACE.
GO AHEAD WOULD GET THE SECOND
EFFORT AND A FOUL AS WELL.
STEVE: YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT
BLOCK AND YOU'LL SEE, REALIZING
THAT WAS A MISSED SHOT.
COMES RIGHT BACK AND GETS A
HUSTLE POINT AND A CHANCE NOW
FOR AN, AND ONE.
JASON: THAT'S WALLACE FIFTH.
SO ONE FALLAWAY FROM LEAVING FOR
GOOD.
TAKES THIS WITH TWO MINUTES TO
GO IN THE THIRD.
STEVE: WALLACE PLAYING GREAT.
NEED TO KEEP HIM IN THE GAME AND
OFFENSE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF.
FOR THE MAD ANTS.
JASON: MITCHELL HAS 16.
WALLACE 15 AND RICHARDSON 14 AND
PORTER CHIPPING IN TEN TO LEAD
THE WAY FOR FORT WAYNE.
HARRIS AGAIN.
ANOTHER MANEUVER.
>> GREAT TO GET HIM OPEN.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK
SCREEN BY RICHARDSON.
HARRIS ENOUGH ROOM TO GET TO THE
RIM.
JASON: FIFTH FORT WAYNE PLAYER
IN DOUBLE FIGURES.
CHIPPING IN TEN.
TOUGH SHOT GOING DOWN AS WELL.
EYENGA PAID THE PRICE AND PICKED
UP THE TWO WONDERING WHERE THE
FOUL IS.
JASON: TEXAS CAN'T TRADE BASKET
AND STILL I THINK THE WAY THAT
THE MAN ANSWERED SCORING AND THE
VARIETY OF WAYS BODES WELL FOR
FORT WAYNE.
>> WEST.
AND THE STRIP UNDERNEATH.
REMAIN WITH TEXAS.
STEVE: SEE ON THE LAST PLAY.
RICHARDSON HERE AND THE BACK
PICK.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK PICK
AND HARRIS IS ABLE TO GET RIGHT
TO THE BASKET UNOBSTRUCTED AND
THAT IS A GREAT RECOGNITION OF
WHERE YOU ARE AND NICE PLAY.
FINAL MINUTE THIRD QUARTER.
WEST.
PULLING UP, SHORT.
HARRIS WALKS IT INTO THE FRONT
COURT.
TEN POINTS AND 7 ASSISTS AND
THREE REBOUNDS.
GUARD OUT OF MIAMI.
TAKEN AWAY.
WEST.
LEADS OFF.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN.
STEVE: WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAY LIKE
THAT YOU GET AWAY AND MAKE SURE
YOU GET AWAY FOR THE GUY GOING
TO THE BASKET.
SEE THE STEAL BY DELONTE WEST
MAKES A NICE PLAY TO SOLOMAN
BOZEMAN WHO IS TRAILING AND
YOU'LL SEE TRYING THE OTHER WAY.
BUT THE LITTLE LEG KICK BY
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN GIVES THE FOUL
TO ROJAS.
JASON: ROJAS PICKS UP THE FOUL.
HIS THIRD.
FINISH OFF THE THREE-POINT PLAY.
STEVE: SHOT CLOCK OFF SO RIGHT
NOW IF YOU'RE THE MAD ANTS YOU
WANT OUT WITH 3-POINTER.
TO END OUT THE THIRD QUARTER.
JASON: RICHARDSON SHAKE, BAKE
AND IN.
SMOOTH MOVE BY ANTHONY
RICHARDSON.
HE'S 6'7".
PLAYS OUT FRONT LIKE A GUARD.
SCORING MACHINE AND TOOK VERNON
LEWIS TO PASS.
STEP BACK IN THE LANE.
JUST TO BRIGHT OPEN JUMPER.
JASON: GOING TO TAKE A TIME-OUT
AND TRYING TO DRAW SOMETHING UP
HERE.
FINAL ONE.1 SECOND OF THE
QUARTER.
STEVE: JASON, WHEN YOU WATCH THE
STEP BACK.
VERNON LEWIS IS MOVING IN AND
STEPS BACK TO GET ENOUGH
SEPARATION, IS ABLE TO KNOCK
DOWN THE JUMP SHOT BUT YOU SEE
IT.
BACK AND THEN LEWIS IS NOT ABLE
TO GET OUT AND GET ANY EXTENSION
ON SHOOTING FOR RICHARDSON.
7-8 FROM THE SCORE.
THROW AWAY AND IMPRESSIVE.
FOR THE 29 YEAR OLD.
TOP EIGHT WILL MAKE THE
POST-SEASON AS WE ENTER THE
FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR
SEASON.
AUSTIN AND ALL THE IS AN ARE
CLOSE SO FORT WAYNE TONIGHT BUT
CERTAINLY WILL MAKE THEM HARD TO
BE CAUGHT BY TEAM'S BELOW THEM.
MAINE AND SUE FALLS AND ERIE ARE
ALL IN THE MIX.
BAKERSFIELD AT RENO MONDAY
AGAINST THE JAM TRYING TO LOCK
DOWN THE WEST DIVISION TITLE AND
HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE FOR THE
DURATION OF THE PLAYOFFS AND
THEN QUARTER-FINAL ACTION.
SEMIFINAL ACTION AND THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BEST OF THREE.
ALL THAT SEEN RIGHT HERE ON CBS
SPORTS NETWORK.
JASON: VENUE IS HERE
UNBELIEVABLE.
BIG TIME.
NBA BIG TIME MARKETING.
EVERY TIME-OUT.
THE MAD ANTS GIVEN A T-SHIRT.
HECK OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
LIKE AN NBA GAME.
JASON: AGAIN FOR THE FANS HERE.
HAVE BOUGHT IN ESPECIALLY HELPS
WHEN THE TEAM IS IN PLAYOFF
CONTENTION FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE MOVING HERE.
AT THE END CAN'T GET IT TO GO.
WELL THAT'S THE END OF THE THIRD
QUARTER.
MAD ANTS, 85, TEXAS 66.
YOU'RE WATCHING NBA D-LEAGUE
BASKETBALL PRESENTED BY TACO
BELL ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK.
JASON: DUANE TICKNOR WITH US AND
TALK ABOUT ENERGY AND COMING OUT
AND FIELDING A BIG LEAD.
WITH THIS LARGE ADVANTAGE.
STEVE: BEEN A LITTLE IN
CONSISTENT BUT I THINK FOR THE
MOST PART OUR ENERGY LEVEL HAS
BEEN GREAT.
OUR BENCH GUYS CAME IN AND
REALLY GAVE US A LIFT.
CHRIS PORTER HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
SO WE NEED TO CARRY IT OVER THE
FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES AND
LET THEM KNOW WE'RE PLAYING FOR
SOMETHING.
>> COACH THANKS.
>> THANKS A LOT.
JASON: HE'S RIGHT.
EVERYONE HAS DONE THEIR PART AND
DUANE TICKNOR BUILDING TO THE
TEAM CHEMISTRY.
SOMETIMES WITH ALL THE PLAYER
TURNOVER TRANSITIONS AND TOWEL
CALL UP TRADES THAT HAPPEN IN
THE D-LEAGUE BUT THIS TEAM HAS
IT RIGHT NOW.
STEVE: WHY THEY HAVE IT IS WHEN
HE DECIDED TO COME UP HE WENT
OFF PLAYERS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
RICHARDSON, SMITH, YOU KNOW
PORTER.
THOSE GUYS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY
NOT GOING TO GET CALLED UP BUT
THEIR VETERANS LU THEY'RE GOOD
LOCKER ROOM GUYS.
FIVE GUYS IN DOUBLE FIGURE.
RIGHT NOW.
FRED HOUSE WAS THE GUY DOING
WELL IN THE FIRST HALF AND ONLY
HAS THREE IN THE THIRD QUARTER
SO.
RIGHT NOW THE TEAM IS WINNING IS
THE TEAM THAT'S PLAYING BETTER
AS A TEAM.
JASON: RICHARDSON, MODE.
STEVE: WHEN I PLAYED ON AN 8
FOOT BASKET BACK IN THE DAY AND
YOU PLAYED NO GOAL TENDING.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE LIKE A DUNK.
BLOCK IT OUT AND' THE FOUL ON
DELONTE WEST.
JASON: SECOND ON WEST.
THIS IS NOT REALLY GOTTEN INTO
ANY RHYTHM ON THE OFFENSIVE END
RIGHT NOW AND A TECHNICAL FOUL
ON DELONTE WEST.
STEVE: SEE IT'S AN INADVERTENT
ELBOW BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT.
YOU SEE RICHARDSON WHO HASN'T
MISSED MUCH OF ANYTHING AT THE
FREE-THROW LINE.
JASON: GAME TECHNICAL AFTER THE
FACT.
AND FREE THROW MADE.
LOOKING ON TO GET THE CHANCE TO
HAVE THE HEAD COACHING GIG FOR
THE NIGHT WITH EDUARDO NAJERA
SERVING A ONE GAME SUSPENSION
FOR AN ACCUMULATION OF TECHNICAL
FOULS.
PICKED UP HIS 13TH OF THE
SEASON.
AND THE LEGEND LOSS IN KANTON
AND BEEN ON THE STAFF OF THE
ORLANDO MAGIC.
RID OWE COORDINATOR AND THEN
ASSISTANT WITH STAN VAN GUNDY
GETTING TO CRACK THE LEAD AT
TEXAS TONIGHT AS RICHARDSON
PICKS UP HIS THIRD.
THERE'S A LOOK AND ACTING A
LITTLE NERVOUS.
FIRST TIME HEAD COACH SINCE
COACHING IN THE MID 2000 FOR THE
DALLAS AREA. ABLE TO GET A SHOT.
ASSISTANT VIDEO COORDINATOR WITH
THE CLIPPERS IN 06-07 TO THE
MAGIC AND STAN VAN GUNDY
PROMOTED HIM AS AN ASSISTANT THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
JASON: THE BEGINNING IS NERVOUS
BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF PLAYERS THAT DO MORE.
STEVE: IT'S RUNNING AND
EXECUTING THE OFFENSE AND
PLAYING HARD DEFENSE AND RIGHT
NOW WITH 11 MINUTES TO PLAY THEY
HAVE TO STEP UP DEFENSIVELY.
JASON: ABLE TO KNOCK DOWN THE
SHOT, SOLOMAN BOZEMAN.
THEY'RE TRYING CLIMB THE LADDER
SO STAN VAN GUNDY AND HAS TO
LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB.
LANDS HERE IN THE DALLAS
ORGANIZATION WITH THE LEGENDS.
TRYING TO WORK HIS WAY BACK TO
THE NBA.
STEVE: NICE INSIDE, OUTSIDE PLAY
AND SOLOMAN BOZEMAN JUST
DRILLING THE THREE-POINT JUMP
SHOT OVER ROJAS AND THEY'RE
GOING TO MEET THAT NOW DOWN BY
17.
I THINK THEY REALLY HAVE TO GET
IT DOWN UNDER TEN BY THREE OR
FOUR MINUTES.
THEY HAVE A SHOT WINNING THE
GAME, ESPECIALLY THE WAY THE MAD
ANTS PLAY OFFENSIVELY.
JASON: FOUL ON LEWIS, HIS
FOURTH.
EYENGA.
ERASED BY ROJAS.
HARRIS.
QUARTER ON THE TAKE.
AND FREE THROWS COMING UP.
WE MENTIONED THE HISTORY FOR THE
TEXAS LEGENDS.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF BIG
BASKETBALL MINDS IN THE OFFICE.
NANCY LEIBER MAN.
HEAD COACH A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
AND NOW ASSISTANT TO DALE HARRIS
AND COACHING LAST YEAR.
HE'S THE GM OF THE FRANCHISE AND
THEN EDUARDO NAJERA THIS SEASON.
IS THE HEAD MAN OF THE TEXAS
LEGENDS.
AND AGAIN WE HAVE AN ACTING HEAD
COACH TONIGHT.
SPED WEBB THE PRESIDENT OF
BASKETBALL OPERATIONS AND DALLAS
G.M. WHO CO-OWNS THE FRANCHISE
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
BASKETBALL LIFERS INVOLVED IN
THIS TEXAS FRANCHISE.
STEVE: VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALL WHO YOU LINE-UP WITH
AND THE CONNECTIONS YOU MAKE AND
HAVE AND I THINK WITH THIS
OWNERSHIP GROUP, IT'S REALLY
EXCITING TO HAVE THE FRANCHISE
HERE GETTING TALENT THEY'VE BEEN
ABLE TO GET TO COMPETE FOR A
PLAYOFF SPOT AND THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
JASON: WEST TURNS IT OVER.
RICHARDSON.
ROLLS IT IN AND ONE.
NOW THAT'S WHY THERE ARE WINNING
GAMES AND YOU SEE RICHARDSON,
HE'S ON FIRE.
WHAT'S HE DO?
GETS ON THE FLOOR AND GETS THE
BALL TAUCHLT MAN WHO'S HOT GIVES
IT UP AND HARRIS TAKES IT IN FOR
AN, AND ONE.
THE UNSELFISH PLAY LYE BY
RICHARDSON EASY LAY UP AND THIS
TEAM IS REALLY, YOU CAN TELL
THEY'RE VERY WELL COACHED TEAM
AND MAKING THAT EXTRA PASS.
STEVE: COACH IS INVOLVED TOO AS
HARRIS MADE THE BUCKET AND HAS
THE FIST PUMP FOR THE AND ONE
SIGN IN UNISON WITH THE REFEREE.
JASON:.
YOU CAN REALIZE THAT YOUR
TEAMMATE HAS A BETTER SHOT AT
THE BASKETBALL.
STEVE: COACHES GETTING
OPPORTUNITY AT THE NEXT LEVEL IF
YOU'RE A COACH AND PLAYER AT
THIS POINT OF THE YEAR YOU CAN
SMELL THE PLAYOFFS AND YOU WANT
TO GET THERE.
THIS FORT WAYNE SQUAD IS ON THE
CUSP OF GETTING INTO THE
POST-SEASON.
CORNER THREE KNOCKED DOWN BY
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STEVE: EVERY TIME IT LOOKS LIKE
THE MAD ANTS WILL BLOW THEM OUT
AND TAKE OVER THE GAME YOU SEE
SOMEBODY STEP FROM THE JUMP
SHOT.
BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S GETTING INTO
THE PERIOD OF TIME THEY NEED TO
PLAY AT THE DEFENSIVE STOP.
TO SCORE AT THE OTHER END AND
RIGHT NOW THEY CANNOT STOP THE
MAD ANTS FROM SCORING.
JASON: TALKING ABOUT THE BENCH
GUYS.
THERE'S TWO OF THEM CONNECTING
THERE.
PORTER FOR THOMAS AND ANOTHER
EASY TWO.
SOLOMAN BOZEMAN, AND TAPPED IN.
MELVIN ELY WITH THE FOLLOW.
TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
STEVE: EARLY SHOT CLOCK JUMP
SHOT BY PORTER.
PROBABLY WANT TO WORK MORE
OFFENSE.
DON'T GIVE THIS TEAM A CHANCE.
TEXAS LEGENDS HAVE NBA PLAYERS
ON THE TEAM.
DON'T GIVE THEM A SHOT TO GET
BACK IN IT.
JASON: MELVIN ELY WITH A
BEAUTIFUL BOUNCE LOOK TO FRED
HOUSE.
HAD THE HOT START IN THE FIRST
HALF.
16 NOW IN THE CONTEST.
THAT'S THE WAY YOU RUN OFFENSE.
BEAUTIFUL BY HARRIS TO PORTER
FOR AN EASY TWO.
STEVE: EIGHTH FOR THE GAME TO
SET UP PORTER.
RICHARDSON.
CAN'T GET IT DOWN.
JASON: YOU CAN HEAR DUANE
TICKNOR YELLING GET BACK.
ON TEACH HIS IS A TRANSITION
GAME AND MAN, JUST DON'T GO FOR
THE FIRST OPEN SHOT, I SHOULD
SAY.
JASON: HARRIS WORKING SOME CLOCK
NOW WITH THE MAD ANTS SET.
THOMAS.
FOR THE TIMEER HE'LL PULL UP AND
PUT IT HOME.
STEVE: NOTHING BETTER THAN
RUNNING THE SHOT CLOCK DOWN TO
FOUR AND TAKING SHOT DOWN.
WITH THE EASY TWO.
BACK UP TO THE LEAD FOR THE MAD
ANTS.
OFFENSIVE FOUL ON MELVIN ELY.
JASON: FOURTH ON MELVIN ELY.
STEVE: GIVE AND GO AND NICE TAKE
TO THE BASKET BUT AGAIN, YOU
CAN'T GIVE IT UP THE NEXT TIME.
HARRISON OVER IN THE SHOULDER
PASS AND PORTER FOR TWO AND
HARRIS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF
RUNNING HIS OFFENSE AND HE'S
GOING TO GET A WELL-DESERVED
REST AS DEMETRI MCCAMEY WILL
REPLACE HIM.
JASON: FIVE OF EIGHT SHOOTING
FOR HARRISON TODAY.
RON HOWARD POINT GUARD.
NOW WITH THE BROKEN HAND.
HARRIS AND DEMETRI MCCAMEY DOING
THE JOB AND ALL THE VETS CHIMING
IN.
GIVING 15.
AND MELVIN ELY FOULED AND HIS
ATTACK TO THE RIM.
22-POINT LEAD FOR FORT WAYNE.
LARGEST OF THE GAME.
AS YOU LOOK AT BRYANT AUSTIN ON
THE FLOOR.
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
JASON: TALKING TO THE OWNER.
I SAID WHO IS THAT GUY WARMING
UP.
HE SAID HE'S OUR RUDY.
HE'S THE GUY THAT MAKES THIS GO.
LOCAL KID.
STEVE: GIVE MINUTES.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE
OWNERSHIP IS ENGAGED DOWN THE
COURT.
WATCHING THESE GUYS IN PRACTICE.
JASON: GET A LOCAL FLAVOR IN
HERE.
NO, IT'S NOT INDIANA BUT INDIANA
TECH.
NUMBERS FOR AUSTIN AND INDIANA
TECH.
TENTH APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON.
FORT WAYNE AND BRYANT AUSTIN
DELIVERS.
HERE IS A LITTLE INDIANA TECH
FOR YOU.
STEVE: I'M LOOKING AT JOHN AND
HE'S YELLING STANDING UP IN HIS
SEAT EXCITED, AND YOU KNOW WHAT,
AS A PLAYER YOU KNOW IF YOUR
MANAGEMENT IS WATCHING AND FOR
THEM TO GET TO GET UP AND GIVE
YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
JASON: PUT OFF THE WINDOW.
FORT WAYNE HITTING 100.
THEY AVERAGE 1 04.
THEY A 102 57D TEXAS HASN'T
CRACKED THE 80 POINT PLATEAU.
JASON: DEMANDS SOMETHING WITH A
HUNDRED POINTS BUT BRYANT
AUSTIN, A HOMETOWN BOY COMING
NUMBER TEN GETTING TO THE BASKET
SCORES 100 BASKETS.
OUR POINT OF THE GAME FOR THE
MAD ANTS.
JASON: THE FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS
TAKING IT TO TEXAS ALL NIGHT.
TEAM THAT'S NUMBER ONE IN THE
LEAGUE IN FEWEST TURNOVERS.
ONLY 12 TURNOVERS.
27 ASSISTS AND THAT'S FUELED THE
OFFENSE.
STEVE: ANTHONY RICHARDSON CAN
SCORE WITH HIS BACK TO THE
BASKET.
FACING IT, COMING OFF THE PICK.
FOR 17 POINTS HE'S REALLY I GOT
ALL FOR THE MAD ANTS.
JASON: SIX REBOUNDS AND TRIO OF
ASSISTS.
RICHARDSON TRYING TO STAY LOOSE
IN THE BIKE FOR WHEN HE'S CALLED
UPON AGAIN.
LAST CALL FOR FORT WAYNE AND TWO
BIG ROAD CONTESTS AROUND THE
REGULAR SEASON.
TWO OTHER TEAMS LIKE MAD ANTS
FIGHTING TO GET INTO THE
PLAYOFFS SO TONIGHT'S GAME.
CRITICAL ESPECIALLY WITH THAT
HOME WIN.
IT WON'T LOCK UP A PLAYOFF SPOT
BUT WILL PUT THEM IN A LOT
BETTER POSITION.
JASON: THEY GET TO GIVE START
ANOTHERS REST.
RICHARDSON ON THE BIKE.
BUT YOU GOT A LOT OF SUBS IN THE
GAME RIGHT NOW AND THEY HAVE
BEEN PLAYING GREAT ALL
AFTERNOON.
STEVE: WELL NBA DEVELOPMENT
LEAGUE ACTION FORT WAYNE,
INDIANA MAD ANTS TRYING TO LOCK
UP THEIR FIRST EVER WINNING
SEASON IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.
SINCE THEY ARRIVED HERE IN THE
07-08 CAMPAIGN.
LOOKING TO MAKE IT IN THE
POST-SEASON.
DUANE TICKNOR TRYING TO LEAD HIS
TEAM TO A KEY VICTORY IN A LEAD
OVER TEXAS.
FINAL WEEK OF THE 50 GAME NBA
DEVELOPMENT GAME REGULAR SEASON
UNDERWAY.
FRED HOUSE.
NO GOOD IN THE THREE.
CBS SPORTS NETWORK CREW.
TO GLAD TO HAVE YOU WAS.
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WORKING ON THE MCCAMEY.
YES.
STEVE: NICE UP AND UNDER AND YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE
GAME AND YOU'RE UP BY 20 YOU
DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE FIRST
AVAILABLE SHOT.
BRYANT AUSTIN NOT, WELL WITH 18
SECONDS LEFT ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
WANT TO RUN A LITTLE CLOCK.
JASON: MCCAMEY SINCE HE ARRIVED
FROM FORT WAYNE HE'*** TEE
THREES AND ANOTHER ONE THERE AND
A KICK ON TO MCCAMEY FOR TEXAS.
STEVE: SEE THE NICE DRIVE BY
ROJAS.
DRAWING INTO, DISHING IT BACK
OUT TO MCCAMEY.
MCCAMEY KNOCKING DOWN THAT
OUTSIDE JUMP SHOT FOR THE NINTH
POINT.
JASON: MCCAMEY THREE OF FOUR
FROM BEYOND THE ARC.
TEXAS TAKES A TIME-OUT AND DUANE
TICKNOR LIKING THE WAYS THINGS
HAVE GONE FROM THE OUT SET.
A TEAM LEADING BY AS MANY AS 23.
IN CONTROL IN THE FOURTH.
JASON: HERE AT PORTER, INDIANA.
HOME OF THE FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS
AND EVERYONE DANCING AROUND.
THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT FOR THE
HOME SQUAD.
MORE IN DEVELOPMENTAL
BASKETBALL.
BAKERSFIELD TAKING ON RENO.
24 HOME OF CBS SPORTS AND IN THE
WEST IT'S A BIG GAME FOR
BAKERSFIELD FOR COUPLE OF
REASONS THEY'RE TRYING LOCK UP
THE DIVISION BUT ALSO THE
HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE FOR THE
POST-SEASON.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY BATTLING SANTA
CRUZ, BUT, RIO GRANDE AND
HELPING THE CAUSE OF THE JAM AS
WELL AND LOOKING TO GET HOME
COURT FOR AS LONG AS THEY'RE
ALIVE IN THE POST-SEASON.
STEVE: THIS A PARTY HERE IN FORT
WAYNE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK OUT
SOME OF THE OTHER VENUES.
THEY DO IT HERE.
EVERYTHING ARE I TIME-OUT
THERE'S SOMETHING FOR THE FANS.
LOT OF YOUNG KIDS HERE.
GREAT VENUE TO WATCH.
VERY GOOD BASKETBALL.
JASON: ROJAS ABLE TO CLEAR IT.
TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PLAYERS.
ROJAS PERFECT EXAMPLE COMING OUT
OF THE OKLAHOMA WEST AND SCOTTY
PIPPEN AND DENNIS RODMAN.
ALL FROM THOSE KINDS OF SCHOOLS.
ENERGY GUY OFF THE BENCH
CONTINUING TO BLOSSOM.
MCCAMEY WITH TWO ON THE TIMER
AND CRACKED TOWN BY BRYANT
AUSTIN.
STEVE: YOU'RE RIGHT AND I THINK
IF YOU'RE AN NBA COACH AND YOU
REALIZE WHAT KIND OF COACHING
STRUCTURE THEY HAVE HERE IN FORT
WAYNE THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT
WILL LEARN TO BRING THEM UP AND
BE READY TO PLAY IN THE NBA.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY TO
PLAY BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN AROUND
A SOLID COACHING STAFF TO MAKE
THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
JASON: EYENGA TAKING IT
COAST-TO-COAST.
AUSTIN IN THE VICINITY THERE AND
GOT OUT OF THE WAY.
STEVE: TELL YOU WHAT, HE WENT UP
HIGH AND *** THAT BALL AND
JUST THREW IT DOWN INTO BRYANT.
JASON: THREE MINUTES AND CHANGE
LEFT.
AUSTIN PULLING UP.
BURIES IT.
STEVE: LOCAL KID LOOKS LIKE HE
BELONGS.
SHOT CLOCK WINDING DOWN.
MCCAMEY WITH CONTROL.
PORTER.
THE OLD VET.
GETTING IT DONE LATE IN THE SHOT
CLOCK.
STEVE: HE LOOKED LIKE BARKLEY
GOING IN THERE.
SLOW, STEADY AND STRONG.
THREE ALL GOING AND NICE MOVE.
GETTING SCORE.
JASON: TONY MITCHELL HAS BEEN
TERRORIZEING THE D-LEAGUE OF
LATE.
37 POINTS AND 37 LAST SUNDAY.
25 THE OTHER NIGHT.
ONLY 15 BUT HAS GOTTEN PLENTY OF
BALANCE TO THE REST OF THE
OFFENSE.
STEVE STEVE THAT'S WHAT YOU
NEED.
UNSTOP NBL THE FIRST HALF AND
THEN HE GOT THE FOULS AND JUST
PLAY SPARINGLY THE SECOND HALF
BUT 16 POINTS AND FOUR OTHER
GUYS IN DOUBLE FIGURES AND
THOMAS WITH EIGHT.
VERY WELL-BALANCED OFFENSE FOR
THE MAD ANTS.
JASON: IT'S GREAT TO KNOW YOU
HAVE MITCHELL WHO CAN GO OFF AT
ANY MOMENT AND DETONATE FOR A
BIG NIGHT.
THIS HAS TO BE ENCOURAGING AS
YOU PUSH TOWARDS THE PLAYOFFS TO
KEEP THIS SORT OF TALENT ON BOTH
ENDS OF THE FLOOR.
LOOK AT EVERYBODY THAT'S PLAYED
IN THIS GAME THAT'S SCOREED FOR
FORT WAYNE.
STEVE: HAVE TO PUT BEHIND YOU
THE FACT THAT YOU LOST HARANGODY
AND HOWARD.
THAT'S A LOT OF OFFENSIVE
PRODUCTION BUT NOW IT'S A TEAM
AND EVERYONE IS PICKING UP THE
PACE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET
POINTS OFF OF THE BENCH AND
MCCAMEY HAS DONE A NICE JOB
COMING IN OFF THE BENCH
OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY.
JASON: HIS ABILITY TO KNOCK DOWN
AN OUTSIDE SHOT HAS HELPED HIM
EVEN MORE SINCE HIS RECENT
ACQUISITION.
STEVE: PORTER ONE TO SHOOT.
AUSTIN.
GIVE IT TO THE VET.
PORTER LOOKED AT THE SHOT CLOCK
AND SAW TWO SECONDS AND THREW TO
IT AUSTIN AND AUSTIN DRILLS THE
EIGHT-FOOTER.
JASON: 90 SECONDS LEFT TO GO.
YOU KNOW, THIS TIME LAST WEEK.
FORT WAYNE WAS PLAYING RIGHT
HERE ON CBS SPORTS NETWORK AND A
BIG LEAD.
ALMOST 20 POINTS TO THE FIRST
HALF AND THEY STORMED BACK TO
BEAT THEM AND THEN AFTER THAT HE
SAID OKAY.
THEY PLAYED BETTER.
BUT WE PLAYED WELL.
BUILDING UP HIS TEAM HERE.
HAS A PLAYOFF MENTALITY.
AND TWO OF THREE DURING THE
WEEK.
THEY'VE DONE THAT AND THIS
WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL WIN
THREE OF THREE AND PUT
THEMSELVES IN GREAT POSITION
TOWARDS THE PLAYOFFS.
JASON: THINK THE GAME LAST WEEK
HELPED THEM.
THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND
THEY WERE TO CLOSE OUT.
STEVE: 45 SECONDS LEFT TO GO.
AND FORT WAYNE, TAKING CARE OF
BUSINESS TO FINISH UP ON THE
ROAD.
TWO WINS CERTAINLY WOULD DO IT.
ONE IN THE LAST TWO IN A ROW
MIGHT BE ENOUGH AND PORTER DOWN
THE BASELINE BUT AFTER THE SHOT
CLOCK HAD EXPIRED AND WHILE WE
HAVE A SECOND WE'LL LOOK AT THE
TACO BELL PLAY OF THE GAME.
STEVE: VERY UNSELFISH.
THE ALLEY-OOP TO WALLACE.
WALLACE AT 15 POINTS AND REALLY
A TEAM EFFORT THIS AFTERNOON AND
THE BETTER TEAM WON THIS
MATCH-UP TODAY.
JASON: WALLACE, CONTROLS.
AND FORT WAYNE WILL CELEBRATE.
LOCKING UP THEIR FIRST EVER
WINNING SEASON AND CLOSING IN ON
THEIR FIRST EVER NBA D-LEAGUE
PLAYOFF.
DUANE TICKNOR AND THE MAD ANTS
WITH A COMPLETE PERFORMANCE THIS
AFTERNOON ENDS IT TONIGHT HERE
IN FORT WAYNE.
TWO MORE LEFT TO GO IN THE
REGULAR SEASON AND THEN READY TO
GO TO THE PLAYOFFS AND IF THEY
CAN WIN ONE, MORE COMING UP.
THEY'LL CELEBRATE HERE IN FORT
WAYNE TONIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN THE FINAL SCORE.
FORT WAYNE 109, TEXAS 85.
STEVE WOLF AND OUR ENTIRE CREW
THIS IS JASON, SO LONG FROM FORT
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