All-D-League first-team pick, guard Will Conroy, tied a D-League single-game scoring record Wednesday night by scoring 53 points, but Albuquerque were trounced by 28 points at Colorado, 155-127.

Albuquerque hasn’t completely faded away, but the Thunderbirds are becoming less and less of a threat to the Erie BayHawks’ playoff hopes.

After the Colorado 14ers pounded by them by 28 points Wednesday night, the Thunderbirds now need to win their final two games and have Erie lose its final two games in order to catch the BayHawks for that eighth and final playoff spot.

Albuquerque owns the tiebreaker against Erie.

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