Tonight the NBA Development League, the official minor league of the NBA with an innovative system that allows fans to watch all of the games online, will play Game 2 of the NBA D-League Finals between the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Iowa Energy. If you would like to watch this game live, you can't.
Earlier this week, ESPN TrueHoop's Henry Abbott opined that the NBA Development League's goaltending rules are an "absolute no-brainer" and something he believes that the NBA should adopt. I, on the other hand, am not so sure this would be such a wise idea.
The NBA D-League Finals could be determined tonight when the Rio Grande Valley Vipers head to Nevada to take on the Eric Musselman led Reno Bighorns in Game 2 of the three-game D-League Playoffs semifinal series.
The Iowa Energy are headed to the NBA Development League Finals after dispatching the Latavious Williams (and Larry Owens)-less Tulsa 66ers on Monday night to take the series 2-0. The final score was 107-94, but an 85-69 deficit at the end of the third quarter made it seem like Tulsa was just hoping to get it over with while playing their final stanza of the season.
Tonight's game between the Iowa Energy and Tulsa 66ers could answer quite a few questions: Will Curtis Stinson be named this year's D-League MVP? Will Nick Nurse finally be awarded the D-League's Coach of the Year award?
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers have been known to come up with clutch shots in times of need while playing in front of the home crowd -- the reason I predicted that the home team would win -- and, in true Vipers fashion, it happened again on Sunday night in game one of their NBA D-League playoffs semifinal series against the Reno Bighorns.
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Reno Bighorns begin their D-League playoff's semifinal series this evening on (tape-delayed) VERSUS at 10 p.m. Central Time -- or later, depending on when the Chicago Blackhawks finish their game with the Vancouver WhateverTheirMascotIs.
The Tulsa 66ers, owned by the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Iowa Energy each dispatched their lower-seeded first round opponents leading to a second consecutive meeting in the semifinals of the NBA Development League playoffs.
The Reno Bighorns are headed to the NBA Development League semifinals after defeating the Erie BayHawks, 99-87, to win the three-game series in -- are you ready for this? -- three games.
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers, affiliates of the Houston Rockets, defeated a dismantled Bakersfield Jam team on Wednesday night to advance to the second round of the D-League Playoffs.
