Allen Iverson Special: 38pts 8asts vs Philadelphia 76ers 07/08 NBA
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Iverson reminds 76ers what they once had in Nuggets' win
When Allen Iverson first played against the Philadelphia 76ers, he took shots at them before, during and after the game.
This time, he saved them just for the court, then showered his old team with praise that indicated he's gotten over the bitter split.
"They've got a lot of talent on that team. They've got a lot of guys that can do things, and they've got a lot of guys that care, guys with pride," Iverson said after scoring 38 points in Denver's 109-96 win Sunday night. "It could be easy for those guys to lay down. After I left, they could have just laid down. But that ain't the type of personality most of those guys on that team have. They want to win.
"I'm pretty sure they want to prove they can win without me. That's what they should do. I just hope they continue to play hard and play every game like it's their last. I just wish them well. ... I just want to see things get better for them."
For the first time in his career, Iverson may have enjoyed watching the 76ers lose, but he swore he took no extra gratification in it.
"People ask that question all day, but my whole thing is to just win the basketball game," Iverson insisted. "If I had a big game and we didn't win I would be feeling terrible right now. I'm just happy we got the win. Like I said, it's just another basketball game, we went through that whole song and dance last year when they came in here. It wasn't any big deal to me. I just wanted to contribute."
No big deal? Nuggets coach George Karl knows better.
"I don't know if there was an extra bounce, I just think it was a seriousness in his approach," Karl said. "He's been playing pretty good against other teams, too. I was happy for him to have a big night against his old team. In a lot ways we needed him to.
"We weren't very pretty offensively, and I thought his penetration at any moment broke their defense down quite frequently. He got a lot of easy layups because of it. It was a good part of our offense."
Andre Miller, one of the players the Nuggets sent to the Sixers in exchange for Iverson, led Philadelphia with 22 points, including a jumper that erased the remnants of a 15-point deficit and tied it at 62.
Iverson answered with back-to-back 3-pointers and the Nuggets never trailed in staying a half-game ahead of Portland, which has lost just one of its last 17 games, in the Northwest Division.
Iverson's first game against his old team came just three weeks after his nasty 2006 divorce from the 76ers and he was still bitter at the time with the way coach Maurice Cheeks and team owner Billy King handled his complaints that led to his departure after a decade in Philly.
He scored 30 in that game last January but didn't stick around for the end, drawing an ejection in the final minutes of a 108-97 loss.
The Nuggets had already visited Philadelphia by the time they acquired Iverson, so his first trip back comes March 19, and Iverson isn't sure what to expect or whether it will be a more emotional experience for him than Sunday night was.
"Maybe. You don't know what the environment's going to be like," Iverson said. "I know it's going to be strange because I played there so many years and I fell in love with the fans there. I was a part of them, they were a part of me. It's obviously going to be different.
"The whole thing is just winning the basketball game. Doing whatever it takes. If you ask me how many points I was going to score tonight, I never know what I'm going to do. I never know how many points I'm going to score. If I didn't score anything I was going to do other things on the basketball court to help my team win. Fortunately, the ball was going in the basket tonight."
Iverson had 15 points in the first quarter and 20 by halftime.
"Same Allen," Sixers forward Andre Iguodala said. "Great job when he is attacking the basket. Great job of creating some type of contact and getting to the foul line a lot. That's what he does. He seems happy. He is enjoying himself."
Maybe so, but Cheeks said he didn't notice anything extra in Iverson's game -- he's always going full-tilt anyhow.
"He can score when I had him. He can score now," Cheeks said. "That is his strong point. What he did tonight is no different than he did when he was here with us."
Game notes
Carmelo Anthony scored 23 points, including 19 to help the Denver build a 53-43 halftime lead. ... Anthony Carter tied his career high with 15 assists for Denver, and the Nuggets blocked a season-best 15 shots. ... Sixers rookie Jason Smith, who grew up an hour from Denver in Kersey, Colo., and attended Colorado State, stuffed Nene on an attempted slam moments after entering the game.
''easy lay-ups'' he's so great!!my special favorite
best 3
kobe
jordan
iverson
Nice observation. I love the way the commentator sounded at the exact moment the net swishes after Carmelo made his first shot. That was real cool. Anyway, Carmelo has a sick jab step. XD
I can't wait to see the reception Allen Iverson will have when he returns to Philadelphia
been voting at least three times a weeek for him
i agree those jerseys looked nice
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Man u Have a lot of Video man!!I dont know where u get these video!!But AI is the best!
iverson is god
iverson is the best
Iverson Rulez!
josh smith is doing his thing too on defense.
first rating |o|
nice vid!
0:09 ooooh AC
listen at 0:9 i think its melo saying..."OH BABY" and look at the crossover by AI at :16 OH BABY i love that
He said Oh AC (Anthony Carter)
iverson is soo small but he is awesome and he can dunk
this proves that philly is nothing without iverson.he knows so much about philly that he knew how the defense would be.
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yo.
cant youu make like ai and melo highlights combined , please!
Me, myself and I verson. should have waited for the summer to ask for a trade to boston, then it would be pierce ai and garnett... in the EAST. but no, hes gotta face the spurs in the first round.
best 5
steve nash
iverson
kobe
lebron
t-mac
AI deserves to be an all star starter , so if you are all real ai fans vote everyday its only 10 days left to vote, vote for iverson everyday
ya man...kobe helped get those rings...shaq got them. I have the lakers dvd collection
Iverson against his real team.
Yeap. Haha. Hope Nene can do it all for Denver so that we won't feel the need for Camby anymore. XD
kobe didnt have a squad like ai in philly where did philly go no where...kobe did more with nuttin than ai did...east cant even hold the wests jock, if ai brought his philly squad out west he wouldnt of even made playoffs have thoses years
iverson is great dont get me wrong...kobes on a different level if u cant c that then u jus dont kno the game of basketball straight up
Iversons having a lil better season
AI- 26.9ppg, 2.8rpg, 6.9ast, 2.2 stls,46fg%
Kobe- 26.7ppg, 6.1rpg, 4.9ast, 1.9 stls,44fg%
And ur right kobe is younger and he has a longer list of individual accomplishments...Iverson is Great, But Kobe is the best of this generation and most NBA players will vouch that including lebron
kobe's way better ai hes kinda good
when ai was leading league in scoring his 76ers werent winning 50 games so whats ur point
Nugs wont get out of 1st round...they wont even defend..wow western player of the week, who even counts those...kobe has more in game records, ai doesnt hold a in game record c'mon now besides mvp u havent shown me anything to vouch ai better than kobe...
but he has a had great career hes is a top 50dude no doubt all time
u crazy besides an MVP which Kobe shoulda got in 05-06 what accomplishments does ai have over kobe not all-nba, or defensives teams, kobe most 3's n a game 12, 2 all star mvps 4 straight 50 games a streak of 10+ 40 pt games jus to name a few...iverson couldnt touch that shit in his prime when he had a wack squad like kobes had until this...get real, clevelands like miami...wade and lebron have big stat lines cuz they aint got nobody they do 95% of everything