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Utah Flash win in OT, 93-91

Flash win it by (guess who?) a JR jumper on a Bill Walker assist. Here's the boxscore, hopefully we'll have a link to the game in a few days (or maybe not? I'm new to this). For those following, it looks like Bill's being used as the SF and JR's being used as a SG.

  Field Goals Rebounds  
  pos min fgm-a 3pm-a ftm-a off def tot ast pf st to bs pts
B.Walker F 41:03 9-19 5-9 0-0 1 7 8 4 4 5 3 0 23
J.Giddens G 45:21 8-18 1-4 2-5 4 8 12 1 2 1 4 2 19
Total   265 36-83 7-19 14-21 14 37 51 20 22 12 24 8 93
  43.4% 36.8% 66.7% Team Rebs: 5 Total TO: 24

http://www.nba.com/dleague/games/boxscore.jsp?gameId=2020800004

Austin 93, Utah 91

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28, 2008J.R. Giddens baseline jumper with 0.6 seconds left to play in overtime lifted the Utah Flash to a season-opening 93-91 victory over the Austin Toros Friday at the Austin Convention Center.

Star-divide

On assignment from the Boston Celtics, Giddens notched a double-double in his first action with the Flash, finishing with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Bill Walker, also on assignment from the Celtics, led all Flash scorers with 23 points and was credited with the assist on Giddens’ game-winner. He also collected eight rebounds.

The Flash (1-0) plays the second of a two-game road swing to Texas to open the season when they travel at Rio Grande Valley Saturday. Austin (0-1) hosts the Tulsa 66ers on Saturday.

Dontell Jefferson finished with 15 points and a game-high eight assists for Utah in the third straight overtime game between Flash and the Toros dating back to Dec. 21 of last season.

“We showed a lot of toughness tonight,” Flash coach Brad Jones said. “We had the game in control and then they made some shots and the momentum switched down the stretch in regulation.”

The Flash led 43-41 at the half and stretched their advantage to 80-68 with 4:11 to play on a Brian Jackson dunk. That was the last field goal for the Flash in regulation. In the final four minutes of regulation, Utah missed five field goal attempts, three of four free-throw attempts and turned the ball over three times. Austin made a trio of 3-pointers, including one from Malik Hairston with nine seconds left to force OT.

Hairston made another trey with 1:10 to play in overtime, before a Jefferson jumper with sixth-tenths to play gave the Flash a 91-89 advantage. After Marcus Williams missed a pair of free throws for Austin with two seconds left in overtime, Hairston got the rebound and was fouled, but the clock failed to run.

The officials put 0.6 on the clock and Hairston nailed both free throws before the teams called timeout and Giddens drained the game-winner.

“It would have been easy for us to lay down when things didn’t go our way, but we didn’t,” Jones said. “We won a game on road against a good team and that’s the bottom line.”

Williams finished with a game-high 27 points for Austin and added 10 boards for his first double-double of the season. Hairston followed with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Charles Gaines had 13 boards for the Toros.

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what I like to see

they SHOULD be dominating or at least putting up solid numbers night in, night out

by Jeff Clark on Nov 29, 2008 1:15 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah but they're still raw

7 TO’s in between them and not as efficient a game as Danny or Doc would like it would seem. Good idea with sending them down, but they’ve gotta figure out how to effectively integrate guys like Gabe who get called back up… you can only stash them there for so long.

Bleed Green. What does it mean? See here: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/specials/auerbach/

by CelticsHooRah on Nov 29, 2008 1:26 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

not too bad tho on the TOs

considering they played quite a bit.

I’m kind of surprised by the 5-9 three point from Walker. 12 rebs out of Giddens is pretty impressive, even knowing that’s a strength of his.

by Berkcelt on Nov 29, 2008 7:31 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Uh, big deal, Paul Pierce has been turning the ball over rapidly, and did so most of his career, the other night he had 5 by himself

Im Impressed

by thecaptain34 on Nov 29, 2008 9:42 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seven turnovers in 85 or 86 minutes is more than acceptable, especially playing on a team where faces change, and continuity is lacking.

Looking at the current roster, unless there are injuries or trades I don’t see them cracking the top 12 this year. It’s probably good for them to be down there together. If they come back here there will be some chemistry between them.

Either way, good to see them filling the line.

by amenhotep04 on Nov 29, 2008 10:25 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yeah you guys are right, I’m making a bigger deal of it than I should be. Well, good to know they’re doing well down there, the key for them will be if they can work on fundamentals and try to keep their teammates accountable. We’ll see what happens I guess.

Celtics defined: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/specials/auerbach/

by CelticsHooRah on Nov 29, 2008 6:11 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

These guys can play!

Both JR and Walker can play. They will dominate down there and are just waiting their turn to shine on the real stage. In the meantime, lets just enjoy them down there.

by libermaniac on Nov 29, 2008 2:05 AM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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