2013-2014 Alaska Arctics season

Alaska Arctics
RL GM	Gustavo
RL HC	Rainwhisker
Arena	Arctic Tundra Arena - Anchorage, AK
Owner(s)	Boris Petrov (male Polar Bear)
General Manager	Dorian Dragomirov (male Mosasaurus)
Head coach	Angus Nelson (male Albatross)
Results
Record	47-33
Place	Division: 1st (Pacific Rim)
	Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost in Conf. QF to San Jose Thrust (4-1)
2012-13	2014-15

The 2013-2014 Alaska Arctics season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

• 09/01/13 Start of Free Agency
• 10/13/13 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Summary

A 20th Season celebration is planned for certain dates during this year.

Draft Picks

Main article: 2013 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	3	Kilisimasi Fu’afu’a	Huon tree kangaroo	C/F
2	26	Alessandro Serra	Weasel	G
2	30	Zack Tate	Zorilla	C

Roster

Name	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG
Bobby Baylor	76	2418.6	392	851	0	0	204	267	107	496	262	193	66	33	195	988	31.8	13.0	6.5	3.4	0.9	0.4	0.461	---	0.764
Marcus Baylor	73	1116.4	186	407	53	129	88	120	40	173	47	67	25	19	72	513	15.3	7.0	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.457	0.411	0.733
Chester Blackwater	3	19.0	1	3	0	1	3	4	1	5	1	2	0	0	4	5	6.3	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.333	---	0.750
Doug Day	64	1041.2	198	399	0	0	74	101	68	242	58	54	24	38	133	470	16.3	7.3	3.8	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.496	---	0.733
Dayron DeBose	31	251	36	77	0	0	26	32	7	34	11	13	12	3	16	98	8.1	3.2	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.468	---	0.813
Carl Esteban	66	2428.8	355	807	38	183	281	348	120	467	286	145	126	58	171	1029	36.8	15.6	7.1	4.3	1.9	0.9	0.440	0.208	0.807
Kilisimasi Fu'afu'a	68	1511.5	242	510	18	69	141	189	68	292	111	116	57	48	169	643	22.2	9.5	4.3	1.6	0.8	0.7	0.475	0.261	0.746
Shaun Juno	4	24.2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.1	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.000	---	---
Cliff Matthiews	57	1188.6	122	321	18	71	90	122	36	133	120	74	53	6	18	352	20.9	6.2	2.3	2.1	0.9	0.1	0.380	0.254	0.738
Leo Seppala	61	1371.1	209	474	51	123	94	122	41	145	142	77	59	8	37	563	22.5	9.2	2.4	2.3	1.0	0.1	0.441	0.415	0.770
Alessandro Serra	74	1963.9	295	749	54	184	150	181	66	219	210	124	77	10	1	794	26.5	10.7	3.0	2.8	1.0	0.1	0.394	0.293	0.829
Ambrose Slade	50	1741	282	610	58	159	136	165	81	340	226	105	97	74	100	758	34.8	15.2	6.8	4.5	1.9	1.5	0.462	0.365	0.824
Zack Tate	76	1825.2	337	611	0	0	172	256	94	387	94	121	54	59	172	846	24.0	11.1	5.1	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.552	---	0.672
Angelica Hutton	13	199.5	25	59	0	9	18	20	6	28	17	14	5	3	20	68	15.3	5.2	2.2	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.424	0.000	0.900
Beulah Rollinghouse	20	286.2	43	96	7	21	14	17	14	49	29	18	4	3	7	107	14.3	5.4	2.5	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.448	0.333	0.824
Former Players
Julia Fernández	2	9	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.250	---	---
Howie Fraser	18	90.5	18	32	1	1	6	8	2	5	7	4	2	0	1	43	5.0	2.4	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.563	1.000	0.750
Gary Ridge	4	24.9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	6.2	0.5	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.250	---	---
Neil Warren	34	563.4	64	159	0	4	36	54	11	55	108	34	37	0	0	164	16.6	4.8	1.6	3.2	1.1	0.0	0.403	---	0.667
Mika Ziggler	14	403.1	57	145	5	32	34	47	23	92	23	25	9	9	39	153	28.8	10.9	6.6	1.6	0.6	0.6	0.393	0.156	0.723
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Depth Chart

Alaska Arctics Roster
Starters 3 Cliff Matthiews 38 Ambrose Slade 52 Carl Esteban 42 Bobby Baylor 12 Kilisimasi Fu’afu’a		Bench 52 Chester Blackwater 8 Dayron DeBose 33 Doug Day 24 Marcus Baylor 50 Beulah Rollinghouse		Reserves 37 Angelica Hutton 8 Shaun Juno Deep Reserves 25 Leo Seppala 23 Alessandro Serra 99 Zack Tate

Regular Season

Main article: 2014 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Wednesday November 6th visiting the Santa Ana Spectrums. The home opener was held on Friday November 8th hosting the Texas Lone Stars.

Standings

Pacific Rim Division Team Record Conf. Div. GB y- Alaska Arctics 47-33 36-20 18-6 --- x-Santa Ana Spectrums 45-35 33-23 12-12 2 x-San Jose Thrust 41-39 28-28 11-13 6 Hawaii Kahunas 25-55 14-42 7-17 22 Notes z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs y – Clinched division title x – Clinched playoff spot †teams that are banned from post-season play for violating major rules

# Western Conference Team Record Conf. GB 1 z-Winnipeg Voyageurs 57-23 42-14 --- 2 x-Santa Fe Whips 48-32 30-26 9 3 y- Alaska Arctics 47-33 36-20 10 4 y-Edmonton Totems 45-35 33-23 12 5 x-Santa Ana Spectrums 45-35 33-23 12 6 x-Dakota Bikers 45-35 26-30 12 7 x-San Jose Thrust 41-39 28-28 16 8 x-Spokane Rapids 38-42 25-31 19 9 †Las Vegas Wildcards 33-47 25-31 24 10 †Montana Howlers 33-47 18-38 24 11 Texas Lone Stars 31-49 26-30 26 12 Hawaii Kahunas 25-55 14-42 32

Game Log

November

• Wed 11/06/13: ALK 90, @SAS 102 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/08/13: TXS 110, @ALK 111 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/10/13: ALK 96, @SPO 111 (boxscore)
• Wed 11/13/13: ALK 90, @EDM 80 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/15/13: ALK 88, @DAK 103 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/17/13: SJT 109, @ALK 108 OT (boxscore)
• Tue 11/19/13: PLY 92, @ALK 89 (boxscore)
• Tue 11/26/13: ALK 85, @WPG 91 (boxscore)
• Thu 11/28/13: ALK 102, @TAL 109 (boxscore)
• Sat 11/30/13: ALK 102, @BAL 105 (boxscore)

December

• Mon 12/02/13: SFW 93, @ALK 96 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/04/13: LVG 64, @ALK 108 (boxscore)
• Sun 12/08/13: ALK 125, @HWI 97 (boxscore)
• Tue 12/10/13: ALK 94, @SJT 119 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/12/13: SAS 107, @ALK 113 (boxscore)
• Sun 12/15/13: LOR 65, @ALK 92 (boxscore)
• Tue 12/17/13: ALK 125, @MON 117 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/19/13: HNT 77, @ALK 103 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/21/13: WIL 76, @ALK 92 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/23/13: HWI 85, @ALK 88 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/26/13: ALK 98, HWI 95 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/28/13: EDM 122, ALK 104 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/30/13: DAK 94, ALK 115 (boxscore)

January

• Tue 01/01/13: MON 81, ALK 87 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/03/13: HWI 100, ALK 111 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/06/13: ALK 91, SJT 90 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/08/13: ALK 101, SAS 91 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/11/14: ALK 104, TXS 89 (boxscore)
• Mon 01/13/14: ALK 82, SFW 92 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/15/14: SPO 76, ALK 95 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/21/14: ALK 108, BGR 115 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/23/14: NWK 113, ALK 96 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/25/14: ALK 93, PIT 100 (boxscore)
• Mon 01/27/14: BLV 86, ALK 87 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/29/14: ALK 113, LVG 99 (boxscore)

February

• Sun 02/02/14: ALK 79, ALB 90 (boxscore)
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• Tue 02/04/14: WPG 81, ALK 79 (boxscore)
• Thu 02/06/14: ALK 99, TEN 113 (boxscore)
• Sat 02/08/14: SJT 108, ALK 79 (boxscore)
• Mon 02/10/14: SAS 98, ALK 118 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/12/14: EDM 93, ALK 96 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/14/14: BAL 88, ALK 86 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/16/14: ALK 108, LVG 116 (boxscore)
• Tue 02/18/14: MON 95, ALK 108 (boxscore)
• Tue 02/25/14: ALK 127, SAS 122 OT (boxscore)
• Thu 02/27/14: TXS 102, ALK 87 (boxscore)

March

• Sat 03/01/14: ALK 112, SPO 121 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/03/14: ALK 104, SJT 93 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/05/14: HWI 86, ALK 101 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/07/14: ALK 94, BLV 99 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/09/14: ALK 98, HNT 93 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/11/14: ALK 103, WIL 101 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/17/14: DAK 99, ALK 105 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/19/14: ALK 110, WPG 116 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/21/14: ALK 113, SFW 103 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/23/14: TAL 81, ALK 86 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/25/14: ALK 81, HWI 89 (boxscore)

April

• Tue 04/01/14: BGR 107, ALK 87 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/03/14: SJT 93, ALK 107 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/05/14: SAS 109, ALK 111 OT (boxscore)
• Tue 04/08/14: SFW 97, ALK 86 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/10/14: WPG 102, ALK 93 OT (boxscore)
• Sat 04/12/14: ALK 113, PLY 125 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/14/14: TEN 92, ALK 106 (boxscore)
• Wed 04/16/14: ALK 95, EDM 87 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/20/14: ALK 83, DAK 76 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/22/14: ALK 90, MON 86 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/24/14: SAS 104, ALK 111 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/26/14: SJT 94, ALK 111 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/28/14: ALK 99, HWI 86 (boxscore)

May

• Thu 05/01/14: ALK 96, NWK 79 (boxscore)
• Sat 05/03/14: ALB 112, ALK 114 (boxscore)
• Mon 05/05/14: PIT 96, ALK 100 (boxscore)
• Wed 05/07/14: ALK 97, LOR 99 (boxscore)
• Fri 05/09/14: SPO 113, ALK 131 (boxscore)
• Mon 05/12/14: LVG 107, ALK 98 (boxscore)
• Wed 05/14/14: ALK 121, SJT 118 (boxscore)
• Fri 05/16/14: HWI 88, ALK 104 (boxscore)
• Sun 05/18/14: ALK 70, SAS 90 (boxscore)
• Tue 05/20/14: ALK 93, TXS 115 (boxscore)

Playoffs

Main article: 2014 FBA Playoffs

The Alaska Arctics began the post-season on May 30 against the San Jose Thrust.

Game Log

Western Conference Quarterfinals: #2 ALK vs #7 SJT

• Fri 05/30/14: SJT 89, @ALK 87 (boxscore) SJT leads 1-0
• Sun 06/01/14: SJT 94, @ALK 89 (boxscore) SJT leads 2-0
• Tue 06/03/14: ALK 100, @SJT 95 (boxscore) SJT leads 2-1
• Thu 06/05/14: ALK 78, @SJT 113 (boxscore) SJT leads 3-1
• Sat 06/07/14: SJT 97, @ALK 82 (boxscore) SJT wins 4-1

Player Stats

Name	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG
Ambrose Slade	5	169.8	23	55	6	17	11	12	6	25	21	11	2	5	13	63	33.960	12.600	5.000	4.200	0.400	1.000	0.418	0.353	0.917
Bobby Baylor	5	167.8	24	44	0	0	15	18	9	33	9	6	1	4	9	63	33.560	12.600	6.600	1.800	0.200	0.800	0.545	---	0.833
Carl Esteban	5	159.9	24	56	3	15	11	16	9	28	22	6	7	4	10	62	31.980	12.400	5.600	4.400	1.400	0.800	0.429	0.200	0.688
Chester Blackwater	3	33.2	5	11	2	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	14	11.067	4.667	1.000	0.333	0.333	0.000	0.455	0.400	1.000
Cliff Matthiews	5	155	25	76	6	27	8	9	3	19	17	11	2	1	5	64	31.000	12.800	3.800	3.400	0.400	0.200	0.329	0.222	0.889
Dayron DeBose	5	50.1	1	12	1	5	4	4	1	11	3	3	0	0	0	7	10.020	1.400	2.200	0.600	0.000	0.000	0.083	0.200	1.000
Doug Day	5	104.7	19	43	0	0	9	19	7	21	3	9	1	5	8	47	20.940	9.400	4.200	0.600	0.200	1.000	0.442	---	0.474
Leo Seppala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Marcus Baylor	5	70	16	36	5	13	8	11	4	15	2	2	3	2	5	45	14.000	9.000	3.000	0.400	0.600	0.400	0.444	0.385	0.727
Shaun Juno	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.000	0.000	1.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	---	---
Kilisimasi Fu'afu'a	5	112.8	13	35	0	8	4	7	12	31	4	2	1	2	7	30	22.560	6.000	6.200	0.800	0.200	0.400	0.371	0.000	0.571
Alessandro Serra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---
Zack Tate	3	77.3	10	19	0	1	3	3	8	16	1	5	1	4	9	23	25.767	7.667	5.333	0.333	0.333	1.333	0.526	0.000	1.000
Angelica Hutton	4	22.8	4	9	0	1	0	2	1	5	1	2	1	1	1	8	5.700	2.000	1.250	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.444	0.000	0.000
Beulah Rollinghouse	5	79.7	4	14	0	2	2	2	1	6	12	2	1	0	4	10	15.940	2.000	1.200	2.400	0.200	0.000	0.286	0.000	1.000
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

• Player of the Week: Carl Esteban (Week 4), Zack Tate (Week 22)
• Player of the Month: Carl Esteban (December)

All-Star

• Western All-Stars Second Team: Bobby Baylor
• Rookie Challenge Starter: Alessandro Serra, Zack Tate
• Dunk Contest Participant: Zack Tate

Season

• 2014 Most Improved Player: Ambrose Slade
• 2014 Coach of the Year: Angus Nelson

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	44	Carl Esteban (Jaguar, G/F)	Nov 10, 2013
Field Goals Made	14	Carl Esteban (Jaguar, G/F)	Dec 12, 2013
3 Pointers Made	4	Ambrose Slade (Eurasian Lynx, G)	Feb 25, 2014
Free Throws Made	12	Bobby Baylor (Polar Bear, F/C)	Jan 11, 2014
Offensive Rebounds	7	Bobby Baylor (Polar Bear, F/C)	Dec 21, 2013
Total Rebounds	14	Bobby Baylor (Polar Bear, F/C)	Feb 2, 2014
Assists	12	Neil Warren (Nile Monitor, G)	Jan 21, 2014
Turn Overs	7	Alessandro Serra (Weasel, G)	Nov 17, 2013
Steals	6	Carl Esteban (Jaguar, G/F)	Nov 15, 2013
Blocks	4	Ambrose Slade (Eurasian Lynx, G)	Jan 23, 2014
Points	32	Carl Esteban (Jaguar, G/F)	Dec 12, 2013

Double-doubles

• Bobby Baylor: 7 (12/15, 12/21, 12/30, 01/08, 02/02, 02/10, 03/17)
• Doug Day: 1 (12/04)
• Carl Esteban: 11 (11/10, 11/19, 11/30, 12/04, 12/08, 12/19, 12/21, 12/26, 12/28, 12/30, 03/09)
• Alessandro Serra: 1 (11/30)
• Ambrose Slade: 8 (02/14, 02/25, 03/19, 04/10, 04/14, 05/03, 05/09, 05/14)
• Zack Tate: 1 (02/02)
• Mika Ziggler: 1 (11/08)

Milestones

• 11/30/13: Rookie Alessandro Serra (Weasel, G) records his first professional double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in a close 3-point loss on the road against the Baltimore Spirits.
• 02/02/14: Rookie Zack Tate (Zorilla, C) records his first professional double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in a brutal 11-point loss on the road against the Albany Alphas.

Transactions

Main article: 2014 Transactions

Overview

Alaska Arctics

Players Added Via Draft Kilisimasi Fu’afu’a (Huon tree kangaroo, C/F) Alessandro Serra (Weasel, G) Zack Tate (Zorilla, C) Via Free Agency Angelica Hutton (Spinner Shark, F) Beulah Rollinghouse (Dung Beetle, G) Via Trade Gary Ridge (Otter, G/F) (from Alphas) Mika Ziggler (Otter, F/C) (from Rapids) Doug Day (Golden Retriever, C) (from Totems) Dayron DeBose (Dingo, F) (from Wildcards) Ambrose Slade (Eurasian Lynx, G) (from Pride) Chester Blackwater (American Alligator, G/F) (from Kahunas)

Players Lost Bought out Howie Fraser (Orangutan, F) Neil Warren (Nile Monitor, G) Via Free Agency Constantine Jones (Raven, C) Scott Paulichek (Fisher, F) Jakob Spitz (Finnish Spitz, G) Fernando Cevallos (Anteater, C) Via Trade William Keen (Coyote, G/F) (to Alphas) Wilter Strider (Grey Kangaroo, F) (to Rapids) Mika Ziggler (Otter, F/C) (to Wildcards) Julia Fernández (Kinkajou, G) (to Pride) Gary Ridge (Otter, G/F) (to Kahunas)

Trades

09/13/13	To Arctics Gary Ridge 2015 ALB 1st round pick	To Alphas William Keen $0.5m in current cap space
09/13/13	To Arctics Mika Ziggler $1m in current cap space	To Rapids Wilter Strider
10/01/13	To Arctics Doug Day 2013 #3 overall draft pick 2013 #30 overall draft pick 2014 EDM 1st round pick	To Totems 2013 #1 overall draft pick
01/03/14	To Arctics Dayron DeBose	To Wildcards Mika Ziggler
01/12/14	To Arctics Ambrose Slade	To Pride Julia Fernández $1m in current cap space
04/13/14	To Arctics Chester Blackwater $3m in current cap space	To Kahunas Gary Ridge 2014 ALK 2nd round pick

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Angelica Hutton (Spinner Shark, F)	1yr - $1m	ROOKIE (D-League)
Beulah Rollinghouse (Dung Beetle, G)	1yr - $1m	ROOKIE (D-League)

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team if applicable
Constantine Jones (Raven, C)	Free agent	Tides
Scott Paulichek (Fisher, F)	Free agent	Whips
Jakob Spitz (Finnish Spitz, G)	Free agent	N/A
Fernando Cevallos (Anteater, C)	Free agent	N/A
Howie Fraser (Orangutan, F)	Bought out	N/A
Neil Warren (Nile Monitor, G)	Bought out	Minutemen