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The Ellis Park Arena (formerly Standard Bank Arena and often acknowledged as Ellis Park Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting arena located in Johannesburg , South Africa . The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. A large number of sports events and concerts have occurred in this arena. The Ellis Park Arena has 4,300 permanent seats which give all spectators an unobstructed view. In addition there are retractable seats on the east and west sides on the floor for an additional 850 spectators . Chairs can also be placed on the floor up to a maximum of 1,200 making the capacity of the Arena approximately 6,300 . There is a covered walkway around the Arena which includes a theatre style foyer, a fully licensed bar facility, as well as refreshment outlets and entertainment areas. Several suites in the Ellis Park Arena have a cocktail environment and can be used for private functions. While the Donald Ross Room accommodates 100 people, the VIP suite and Media Centre each cat...

2013-14 SEASON: Appeared in 73 games (all starts) for the Washington Wizards in his second NBA season, averaged 17.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.0 steals in 34.7 minutes. ... Scored a career-high 37 points on a career-high 15 field goals made at MEM (2/11)...Tallied 20 points, seven rebounds and four assists at GSW (1/28)...Scored 21 points at CHA (1/7)...Missed nine games (11/27-12/14) due to a stress injury to his right fibula...Had 26 points, eight points, and had seven rebounds at CLE (11/20)...Scored 17 points and had a career-high tying eight assists at PHI (11/6).  PROFESSIONALLY: Was named to the 2012-13 NBA All Rookie First-Team…Named Eastern Conference rookie for the month in December 2012 and January 2013…Scored 12 points and had four assists in the BBVA Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Houston (Feb ’12)…Set the Wizards franchise rookie record with 91 three-pointers made.  2012-13: Averaged 13.9 points (second on the team), 3.8 r...

Named to the 2013-14 NBA All-Rookie Second Team... Participated in the BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge and the Taco Bell Skills Challenge during 2014 All-Star Weekend in New Orleans... In 2013, named All-Greek A2 Newcomer of the Year, Co-Rookie of the Year, and to the Second and All-Defensive Teams by Eurobasket.com... Member of the Greek National Team for the 2014 FIBA World Cup 2013-14 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Averaged 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks in 77 appearances during his rookie season ... ranked among the NBA’s rookie leaders in scoring (11th), rebounding (T-4th), assists (T-10th), FG% (9th), 3P% (4th), FT% (9th), steals (6th), blocks (4th) and minutes (5th) ... scored in double figures 23 times and grabbed 10+ rebounds twice, with both efforts resulting in double-doubles ... led the Bucks in blocked shots on 22 occasions, second on the team behind John Henson’s 40 such games ... finished the season with 61 total blocks, which led all NBA r...

2013-14 SEASON: Acquired from the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 7 and averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steal in 33.8 minutes over 40 contests with the Cavs ... Tallied 13 points on 6-12 (.500) shooting and seven assists in 25 minutes against Detroit on Apr. 9 ... Recorded 15 points on 6-12 (.500) shooting, five rebounds and three assists in 36 minutes against Indiana on Mar. 30 ... Notched his 8th 20-point game as a Cavalier after finishing with 20 points, six rebounds and seven assists in 38 minutes at Brooklyn on Mar. 28  PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2012-13 (Chicago): Played in 75 games (all starts) and averaged a team-high 16.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.08 spg and 0.43 bpg in 38.7 mpg (first in the NBA) and shot .426 from the field, .322 from behind the arc and a career-high .816 from the line … led the team in scoring 22 times, in assists eight times and in rebounds seven times … posted a team-high 67 games with 10-plus points, including 22 contests with 20-plus poi...

PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 18,  1990 , in Kebemer,  Senegal ... Son of Momar Dieng and Seynabou Diagne... One of  eight children in his family ... Majored in  communication  at Louisville... Speaks 5 languages (Spanish, French, Italian, English and his native Wolof)...  Honored at The White House on June 23, 2013 as President Obama welcomed the  2013 NCAA Champion Louisville Cardinals for a celebration...  Averaged 15.4 points, 12.6 rebounds and 7.2 blocked shots as a senior at Huntington St. Joseph Prep in Huntington, West Virginia... Enjoys  playing video games  in his spare time... Twitter handle: @GorguiDieng. 2013-14 SEASON: Closed his rookie NBA campaign on the upswing, highlighted by being named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for March... Saw action in 60 games overall, including 33 of the final 35; he averaged 4.8 ppg and and 5.0 rpg (in 13.6 mpg) while shooting 49.8% from the floor and 63.4% from the FT ...

186.5 km | Thursday July 23 | Start 12:10 – Finish 17:20 CET STAGE FACT The Lacets de Montvernier makes its Tour debut in 2015. Appropriately, given the squiggle of road climbing the cliff face, lacets is French for shoelaces. The riders will be warming up on the rollers on the morning of the longest alpine stage of the race. The peloton heads straight uphill out of Gap on the Col Bayard before a relentless succession of 4 more short, sharp ascents (including the wonderfully named Rampe du Motty, the Côte de la Mure, the Col du Malissol and the Col de la Morte) and the Col du Glandon, a fearsome 21 km long monster . The final climb is the Lacets de Montvernier, coming 10 km from the finish. Hard day’s height Any teams looking to take control early on could find themselves short on numbers towards the sharp end of the day. The Glandon ought to provide a stern test and it will be a shredded peloton that will contest the slopes of the Lacets de Montvernier, a spectacular seri...