NBA Greatest Duels: Allen Iverson vs Latrell Sprewell (2001)
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 30 дек 2014
- The New York Knicks got their first look at Dikembe Mutombo in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform. In the end, they saw enough of Allen Iverson.
Without center Marcus Camby to provide his shot-blocking prowess, the Knicks had no second line of defense for Philadelphia's electrifying guard and suffered an 89-82 loss to the 76ers.
The absence of Camby became pronounced in the final minutes after Latrell Sprewell scored eight straight points to pull the Knicks within 79-77.
But Iverson would not let his team fall apart. He hit a 19-foot jumper over Sprewell from the left sideline with 2:57 left.
On New York's next two possessions, the intimidation factor of the 7-foot-2 Mutombo caused Kurt Thomas to go too strong off the backboard on a running layup and Sprewell had a layup attempt partially blocked by George Lynch.
"They did a good job of coming on the weak side to help on the one drive that I had," Sprewell said. "Lynch got a piece of it. And the one Kurt (Thomas) had, Dikembe's presence was felt on that play. Those were two baskets we could have used down the stretch."
Philadelphia's Aaron McKie drove to the basket and converted a layup over Thomas to increase the lead to 83-77 with 2:03 remaining.
Allan Houston, who returned to the lineup after missing three games with a thigh bruise, hit a jumper while he was fouled by Eric Snow and made the free throw to complete the three-point play, pulling the Knicks within 83-80 with 1:41 left.
After a Philadelphia turnover, the Knicks had a chance to tie it but a 3-point attempt by Sprewell rimmed out.
Iverson then isolated on Sprewell at the top of the key, blew right by him and hit a floater in the lane over Glen Rice -- a far cry from a shot-blocking presence like Camby -- with 49 seconds remaining.
"The little kid (Iverson) made two big shots and when they got it within two we made defensive stops," said Sixers coach Larry Brown.
"We played hard enough to win, we just didn't play well enough to win," said Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy. "When the game got tight, Iverson made shots."
Snow and Kevin Ollie each hit a pair of free throws in the final 26 seconds for Philadelphia (55-25), which has already clinched homecourt advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs.
"The guys understand that if I'm going well, I'm going to have the ball in my hand," Iverson said. "If any team doubles me or tries to take something away from me, my teammates are going to make shots. If we do that, we'll be alright going into the playoffs."
The San Antonio Spurs have earned homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs, but the Sixers are still competing with teams like Sacramento (54-25) and the Los Angeles Lakers (54-26) for the homecourt in a possible NBA Finals matchup.
The Knicks squandered an opportunity to tie Miami for the seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Heat, which lost at home to Orlando, 90-73 on Sunday, lead the Knicks by one game with two games left in the regular season.
If the Knicks go into the playoffs as the fourth seed, they would play the Sixers in the second round if both teams advance.
"If we play with that type of effort and energy, it doesn't matter who we play," Sprewell said. "If we do the right things on the floor, it's about us and not who we're playing."
Iverson finished with 27 points. Mutombo was the major reason why the Sixers outrebounded the Knicks, 49-33, grabbing 16 boards.
"I am encouraged when we win with defense and rebounding," Brown said. "That is the only way this team is going to survive."
Camby, New York's 6-11 center, suffered a hip contusion in New York's loss at Indiana last Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined for a week.
Sprewell scored 12 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter for New York.
Houston had 15 points, but missed 11-of-16 shots. Rice was just 4-of-11 from the field.
"We had a lot of wide-open shots, but the ball wasn't going in," Rice said. "You're going to have games like that."
The Knicks raced to a 16-6 lead as the Sixers missed 11 of their first 12 shots.
But Iverson hit a pair of jumpers and two layups and McKie added five points as the Sixers responded with a 13-4 run to pull within 20-19. Rice ended the quarter with a layup for New York 
Спорт
Seeing AI and Sprewell always makes me emotional. I really loved watching them play and during that mid 90's early 2000's when i was in High school and an early adult brings back so many memories.
+baron mordo me too it was so great watching these guys when i was in elementary school in 4th grade and liked basketball better at that time.
W
Sprewell was a great player at both ends, underrated
When real men played till the very end.
As a AI Lover always in his prime i hoped he played togheter with Sprewell..great winner, great defense great hustle player but he had a very good offensive play, not so Snow, lynch, mckie
Sprewell is one of the most underrated players in the history of the NBA.
he's stupid for turned down a $21 million contract offer claiming it wasn't enough to feed his family. He never played again and went bankrupt.
@@elitetraders2316 So he essentially didn't accept millions cuz it wasn't enough to feed his family, but ended up with nothing for his family? 😂 What team offered it? Did he not want to go to that team that badly to accept nothing over millions?
@@stalkerstomper3304 it's not that, he help the team to be the best of the league that year and took it all the way to conference final with sam cassell out bcoz of injury, before that year the wolves never won any playoff series, he believed he deserved more.
@@elitetraders2316 You really know your stuff. I see why you have the name you do. Yeah. Spree was a HoF player imo. Would you go that far to say HoF?
@@stalkerstomper3304close to or should have been if he continued till the end but knowing the league he won't get what he deserves a he had choked and threatened his former coach PJ Carlesimo. His ego finished his career
Sprewell was such an underrated player!! I loved his game, he can defend, was a midrange specialist with an explosive first step. Alan Houston is another underrated specialist scorer who had the most beautiful jumper. I would love to see what would have happened is these guys played in today's league!
Sprewell : 1st team all NBA 1994 & was part of the best NBA Finals of the last 20 years.
Original splash brothers
@@NameCallingIsWeak he never made it back to the top since 94.........
@@elitetraders2316 99 for the Knicks he was phenomenal
@@Fortune332 not the same level as 94, look at his figures, and I actually watched a lot of the 99 playoff games of the knicks, his skills set are highly relied on his physical condition which drop with his age...
Sprewells drop step was unreal
Two of The Most Explosive, Fastest Players in N.B.A Hystory: Sprewell nd My Dude A.I from End To End.
Frfr Sprewell will get down there on both ends, and we know A.I fast as hell he don’t even keep his jersey tuck in lol
Penny, A.I., C-Webb, T-Mac, Spree, Grant Hill, Payton, Kemp... any of these players at their prime can dominate today's NBA.
weeee
all facts
steve francis baron davis agent zero
Marcus Camby and Chuck Hayes .
Best era
sprewell was guarding iverson better than kobe in the finals
+Sun Spot lol no way man
+TheIverson1990 hes right butthurt
That makes sense. Latrell was a better defender than Kobe.
He was!
well, sprewell failed to guard Iverson, Iverson blew by him easily all the time
6:16 u gotta love this .... absolute pride in his defense and just dogging him to give up the ball
Man if Sprewell took the game seriously, he'd be in the Kobe Wade category of guards.
He didn't take the game seriously??
@@danjones3402 his mind was somewhere else...............busy choking his coach
Sprewell was the hell of a defender
Sick D by Sprewell
Sick channel
Philly loved Spree 😂 he got no boos in crunch time 😂
I miss Match-ups like this.
You already know. A.I of course. Sprewell would be a beast. Especially with no handchecking!
Great individual defense by Sprewell
10:53 such an AI play... drive into the paint with five people and make the shot
I love the whole "Allen Iverson is lackluster on defense" argument, because one, his onball defense is great and two, who's better at his height or position?
Only nba jerseys ive ever owned
Sprewell
Iverson
Jordan
Kolbie
Curry
No one, and I mean no one back in the day could stop AI, not even Jordan. Whoever they put against AI was toast.
Sprewell should've been an all-star all his seasons in NY not just 01
It was a fight every game and Allen would leave it all on the floor
This actually almost ended up being a 2nd round series that year.
Allen was the 90s version of Tiny Archibald
No comparison, the only thing in common was they were both small, but Archibald was really little like 5'4. AI was 5'll, maybe 6ft in his sneakers.
Spree and Iverson only a handful of players that can play a damn near 40 minutes a night and don't get tired😩
When basketball mattered! Like life or death
Two of the baddest killers in the league at the time!
sprewell was out there hooping
Iverson running to the locker room with his hands on his nuts lmao!
Yeah, he got kneed in the nuts. It hurts like hell but your balls are very resilient.
If he got hit in the nuts, why can he run so fast?
@@inquizative44 😂
The commentators where so good in those days...
My boy iverson don’t never have his jersey tuck in 😂
When teams played hard defense!!
That’s wat I get all game huh if I miss it I miss it 😂
I loved seeing Sprewell Perform
AI will always be a classic.Period.
Dam these are games we forgot of real ball dam hard. Ball good teams wow o good. D as well
I remember this game 😂
Classic.
Hold on: the knick's had Glenn Rice in the rotation with Alan Houston and Sprewell?!! I suppose the two draw backs for the Knicks at that time was: they got older going with a more experience roster and they got smaller, the small ball that got them to the dance in 99 didn't work afterwards.
Sprewell lloks like Sam Jackson.
Gd defense by spree 6:20
The era before the flopping and techs for showing emotion!
🔥
🏀
Classic
I love how cats don’t feel the pain until they don’t get the whistle
Iverson moulded his game on spreewelll. its the reason he got cornrows. people dont know that. but their games are quite similar if u think about it.
+Loop Set Iverson said that he wished that he was as tall as Sprewell
Sprewell is not the reason he got cornrows and he did not pattern his game around latrell.
clearly u don't know either. A.I. had his cornrows wayyyy before spree. facts. I got it backwards my guy.
Iverson said in his early days as a rookie that his favorite player in the NBA was Latrell Sprewell. Talking about cornrows, Iverson had them made for the 1997 Rookie Challenge while Spree got them later the same year at the start of the 1997-98 season before the Carlesimo choking incident in December which prevented him to play in the league for the whole 1998 year.
Anyway, both these guys still are in my all-time NBA top 3 along with Dennis Rodman.
M A K O ahhhh.....moron. A.I. has the cornrows first do your research buddy. As well as the sleeve. Dont ever disrespect the GoD A.I. like that boi
🔥🔥🔥🙏💙
The Sixers would not make it to the Finals that year if they played the Knicks in the second round
Wu Liwei or if the refs didn't give them the series against my bucks
Wish the sixers would bring these jerseys back
Refs always hating on AI
1:49 Kyrie would've done some crazy move in this sequence
Crazy how AI made professional athletes look like YMCA players. Spreewell spent most of the game reading the back of Iverson's jersey.
for me these interests/hobbies did do and will go in this EXACT order #1 wilt chamberlain #2 patrick ewing #3 willis reed #4 moses malone #5 sixers and #6 knicks
💪🏻👍🏻💪🏻
Lmao 3:30 did I hear that correctly? ... The announcer forgot where he was at!
And Mutombo became a Knicks in 2004
Untucked jersey A.I. top 5
Sprewell was a good defender but Iverson was able to get his no matter....
Hands up to spreewell but ai proves that he was tougher ,,love this two players
Who is better Allen Iverson in his prime or Russel Westbrook?
Jose Semino iverson. no knock on westbrook who's probably the most athletic guard. but iverson was unguardable in his prime. westbrook gets trip-dubs but iverson is one of the greatest scorers of all time and he's always tops in steals and he's a winner. he doesn't take as many 'bad' shots as a westbrook or kobe
John Doe I miss watching Iverson the way he used to attack the rim and all that I think the only guard that can play like him rite now its kyrie
+Jose Semino lol for real man? when westrbook averages 33 and 7.5 then ask that question.
+H Scott Iverson was good for his era the ISO ball era of the late 90s-2000s
+Jose Semino AI
I just want an answer from the answer about the answer to the answer from the answer to the answer about the answer of practice. Well, won't anybody answer about the answer to the answer for the answer to the answer about the answer not having an answer from the answer about the answer to the question about the answer????
too fast
THEIR WAS NO DUEL!!!! ALLEN IVERSON WAS SIMPLY BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE!!!!!!!!
There’s video footage to the contrary. Spree has outplayed AI before. Actually you will notice that Spree is normally right there or outperform in these duel highlights against players rated way higher than him
I have to admit, AI is my guy, but as a youngster watching him play, I never realized how much whining he does 😂