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| Year | Team | G | Mi | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG |
| 2011-12 | 8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 25 | 0 | .100 | 0 | .400 | .500 | 75 | .300 | .400 | .600 | 0 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | |
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The Armor's continuing problem, shooting, did them in again Thursday. The worst shooting team in the D-League, they shot 38.4 percent overall and 27.3 percent from deep against Maine and lost. Only good games by their bigs, kept it close.
Bob MacKinnon took the Armor to the Eastern Conference championship last season and three years ago won it all with Colorado 14ers. This year, the Armor is struggling and he thinks he knows why: His team is very young. They've lost five straight.
Dennis Horner's hoop dream came true with the New Jersey Nets last season and now the 6'9 forward has a chance to show he belongs in a new league -- Germany's BEKO BBL. It all comes down to showing he is healthy over the course of the next two weeks.
Billy King will tell you that the success of the Springfield Armor experiment is not just about the players, but about the staff, too. He looks at their development as well. Can the coaching and basketball operations people make the move up the ladder as Dennis Horner and Jerry Smith did this past season? Bob MacKinnon passed that test.
The NBA Development League held its first national tryout of the season over the weekend and, while the talent on the court didn't include a lot of names your's truly was familiar with, the basketball players that paid the $150 fee were watched by plenty of talented talent evaluators.
One reason the Springfield Armor are doing so well this season is its chemistry. The Armor have had less roster turnover than any D-League team. Now, as they begin their playoff push, they'll have D...
The Armor played their last home game of the regular season Friday, winning 89-82 before the largest home crowd in Springfield history, 6,061. The victory gave the Armor sole possession of first place in the D-League East and virtually assured them their first playoff appearance.
In an interview with his hometown newspaper, Atlantic City Press, Dennis Horner confirms that he will sign with the Nets Friday in San Francisco, where the team is staying in advance of its game vs. the Warriors.
Looks like the Armor are emulating their parent club in at least one regard. Jerry Smith beat two defenders and buried the game-winning shot as time expired Friday to propel the Armor to a 98-96 victory over the Iowa Energy before a crowd of nearly 4,000 in Springfield. The game put the Armor within a half game of Iowa in the D-League East
The Springfield Armor announced before Thursday night's game vs. Canton that Jeff Foote was "unavailable". Later, Scott Schroeder tweeted, and the Armor confirmed, that the D-League All-Star had been called up to the Hornets. Armor personnel had seen the seven-footer as the most likely Nets call-up.
After being down 10 at the half, the Armor came storming back Monday night to take their eighth straight, beating the Bakersfield Jam, 114-110. The Armor's two big men, 7'0" Jeff Foote and 6'9" Dennis Horner, combined for 42 points --21 apiece-- and 26 boards to lead Springfield. JamesOn Curry also had a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists.
The Armor got 61 points from its three guards Friday and for the second straight game, blew out the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Nets camp invite Jerry Smith posted his second straight double-double and third of the season with 26 points and 11 rebounds. Smith added 5 assists and 3 steals to his final line. Horner registered a double-double of his own with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
