Rice's 52 Points Help Dakota Earn D-League Title

Darius Rice scored a playoff-record 52 points to help the Dakota Wizards win the NBA Development League championship with a 129-121 overtime victory over the Colorado 14ers on Sunday night.

The former University of Miami forward was 11-of-19 from 3-point range and 18-of-29 overall from the field. He was 5-of-7 from the line and had seven rebounds.

Rice, who also set a league playoff record for 3-pointers, hit a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime tied at 109.

Maurice Baker added 19 points and 10 rebounds for Dakota.

Pooh Jeter led Colorado with 30 points, and Tony Bobbitt added 29.

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Livingston Named D-League MVP

Guard Randy Livingston has been named the NBA Development League's Most Valuable Player for the 2006-07 season. Livingston, who was signed by the Seattle Sonics on April 11 from the Idaho Stampede, was selected by a vote of the D-League's head coaches.

At the time he became the 21st Gatorade Call-Up of the season, Livingston, 6-4, 210, was leading the D-League in assists per game at 10.6, while averaging 12.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 39.3 minutes in 46 games. His 488 assists are a new D-League single-season record. The Stampede was 29-17 with Livingston in the lineup.

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NBA Development League Expands to Fort Wayne

The NBA Development League (D-League) has awarded an expansion team to Fort Wayne, Ind. for the 2007-08 season, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today. The team will play at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. Expansion teams in Orem, Utah, the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas and Des Moines, Iowa have already been announced, boosting the number of teams to 16 for the 2007-08 season.

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