(Bakersfield, Calif., April 9, 2009) –The Bakersfield Jam, proud affiliate of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and Orlando Magic will play their final, regular season game of the 2008-09 season Friday, April 10th, in Boise, ID against western-division leader Idaho Stampede.

The Jam (26-23) can secure a playoff game with a victory over the Stampede, who have already made it into the post-season. The two teams played Wednesday night, with Idaho defeating Bakersfield 105-87.

In just its third year, the Jam organization secured its first winning season this year, and the prospect of making the playoffs makes for an exciting final game. “With all of the highs and lows we’ve experienced this year, making the playoffs would certainly be a great way to complement our first winning season”, said Jam owner David Higdon . “Plus, with the ‘one-and-done’ format for the first two rounds, if you’re team is playing well, you never know what can happen.”

Highlights for the Jam this season included guard Trey Johnson getting two, 10-day Gatorade Call-ups to the Cleveland Cavaliers and Johnson and fellow guard Derrick Byars being selected to the NBADL All-Star west team. Johnson was also selected to the 1st Team All NBADL Showcase team, and he and Byars were selected to the NBADL All League second team.

Friday night’s season finale can be seen globally on the internet – www.nba.com/futurecast

Notes:

Derrick Byars can set the single season scoring record Friday by scoring 4 points. Byars’ 872 points trails 2006-07 Jam forward Kevinn Pinkney’s mark of 875.

Trey Johnson’s 20.6 points per game average is 7th in the league.

Jam guard Mateen Cleaves ranks 4th in the league in assist per game with 8.2.

Jam forward Terrance Thomas ranks 5th in the league in free throw percentage with .874.

Idaho Stampede forward Brent Petway was recently named NBADL Defensive Player of the Year, and added 5 blocks to his season totals against the Jam Wednesday night.

Idaho will finish their regular season on Saturday night against the Utah Flash in a game that could potentially be for the western division title.

The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA’s official minor league and features 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams for the 2008-09 season. An expansion team will begin play in Portland , Maine for the 2009-10 season. Sixty former NBA Development League players were on 2008-09 NBA start-of-season rosters, and the league continues to develop current NBA coaches and referees. In fostering the league’s connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote youth basketball, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs. The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA. Throughout this season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecast.