Erik Novales

The Arsenal were unable to snap the Stampede’s winning streak last night, losing 93-87 in a game that was close throughout. As a fan, it’s frustrating to endure three close losses in a row to quality teams — I can only imagine the frustration the team is feeling. Positive highlights include Marcus Campbell recording a [...]

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The Arsenal suffered two tough losses in the last two days. The first, Friday night, was to the D-Fenders, 107-102, in a game where at two separate points the Arsenal held double-digit leads. The game tonight was the Idaho Stampede’s D-League record-setting 16th straight victory, a frustrating 95-91 loss in which the Arsenal held the [...]

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It feels strange to call a win “routine,” honestly. Not much to say about the Arsenal win over the Jam last night — for most of the game, the Arsenal held a lead, and never dug themselves a hole. Granted, the Bakersfield Jam are easily the league’s worst team, but they beat the Arsenal twice [...]

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I just read on the D-League president’s blog that, from now until the end of the season, you’ll be able to watch all D-League games for free as streaming video. I haven’t checked it out yet, but this explains the presence of cameras and video editing equipment at the games we’ve attended for the last [...]

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The Arsenal won Saturday night (the second night of a back-to-back pair of games) to notch their first consecutive victories of the season. They defeated the reigning D-League champion Dakota Wizards 106-97 in a game that was probably their best showing of the season. Recent acquisition Marcus Campbell had a hot hand in the first [...]

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…but they’re still winless on the road. Last night they won a 105-103 squeaker against the Albuquerque Thunderbirds, although in my opinion, the game shouldn’t have gone down to the final possession. The Arsenal had a 10 point lead with a couple of minutes left to play, but played sloppy down the stretch and were [...]

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On Friday night, the Arsenal triumphed 133-130 over the Colorado 14ers in one of the stranger finishes that I’ve ever seen to a basketball game. The Arsenal forced overtime after trailing for the entire 4th quarter (and almost the entire second half) on a tip-in by Jamaal Thomas after an intentional free throw miss. Then, [...]

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The Arsenal avenged a loss on Saturday to the Bakersfield Jam with a 119-109 win at home. Even though the box score doesn’t reflect it, I thought this game featured a fairly solid defensive effort from the Arsenal. Ivan Johnson had a monster game, with 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting, and some key steals and [...]

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The Arsenal finally managed to defeat the Utah Flash tonight, 99-91. While the Arsenal couldn’t stop James Lang (who scored 23 points, mostly down low), he drew his fourth and fifth fouls early in the fourth quarter, and sat down with about 8 minutes to go. (He later returned and fouled out.) The Arsenal stayed [...]

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The Anaheim Arsenal lost to the Utah Flash earlier tonight, 102-90, in a game that was seemingly interrupted by a whistle every 30 seconds or so. There were tons of technical fouls called (some of which were unjustified, in my opinion — the most egregious one being a technical foul on the Arsenal after a [...]

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