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Allen Iverson was practically going
like 60.
Iverson scored a career-high 58 points -- the most in the NBA
this season -- as he rallied the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-106
overtime victory over the Houston Rockets.
In his fifth career 50-point game, Iverson scored 14 in the
final seven minutes of the fourth quarter, including two free
throws with 23 seconds left that forced overtime.
In the extra session, Iverson made a jumper, a gutsy 3-pointer
and the clinching free throws as he eclipsed his previous career
high of 54, set January 6, 2001 at Cleveland.
"I have won scoring titles, I've scored 50 points before and I
have won individual awards," Iverson said. "I haven't won a
championship and that is the only thing that I am concerned
with."
Iverson made 21-of-42 shots and 14-of-14 free throws as he fell
two points shy of becoming the 17th player in NBA history -- and
the shortest -- to score 60 points in a game.
"You know something? He has the ultimate green light," Rockets
guard Cuttino Mobley said. "It's hard to stop somebody when
he's got the ultimate green light and when (he) gets hot. He's
one of the best players in the league. Plus, he's fast as all
hell."
The NBA's scoring leader more than doubled his average of 28.2
points and established a league season high, one night after Los
Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant scored 56 points in just three
quarters vs. Memphis.
"We knew when Kobe got 56, he'd have a big game," 76ers coach
Larry Brown said. "He was incredible. He played 50 minutes.
He defended and he just played a phenomenal game."
The outburst was the most by any Sixer other than the legendary
Wilt Chamberlain. Chamberlain scored a team-record 68 points at
Chicago on December 16, 1967.
The Sixers are 3-2 when Iverson scores at least 50 points. That
does not include two playoff wins over Toronto last year.
"He is just tremendous," Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich said.
"We were running guys at him. Iverson just shot it before we
could get anyone across the floor. He was winging them from all
over the place. It was a great performance."
Rookie Speedy Claxton scored 16 points for Philadelphia, which
has won five of its last seven games.
"(Claxton) was aggressive every time he received the ball in a
double-team, shot it, and didn't even think about it," Brown
said. "His defense is just incredible."
"The important thing is trying to stay consistent," Iverson
added. "That's what makes a team good. With bad teams, you
knock them off and good teams you try to knock them off. If you
don't, you give the effort and then that carries on to the next
game."
The Philadelphia 76ers watched their second-half
lead shrink from 19 points to one, and they endured five changes of
possession in the final 20 seconds.
Somehow they hung on, surviving their second frantic finish in
as many nights to beat the Miami Heat 93-90 Friday.
"We had them on the ropes, but we couldn't knock them out,"
said Allen Iverson, who scored 35 points.
Miami missed three 3-pointers down the stretch that would have
tied the score, including an uncontested 24-footer by Lamar Odom
with two seconds to go.
"We played with guts, heart and determination," Odom said.
"But you can't get down 19 points against Philadelphia."
Iverson, who scored the game's final points on a basket with 21
seconds left, had a strange shooting night. He went 5-for-9 from
3-point range, 2-for-14 on two-point shots and 16-for-17 at the
free-throw line.
"I couldn't hit anything inside the arc," Iverson said. "But
fortunately I was able to get to the line and have a big night."
The NBA scoring leader is averaging 38.8 points in his past four
games.
The 76ers, who defeated Chicago 83-82 on Thursday, lead the
Atlantic Division at 11-10 even though they've been hampered by
injuries. Philadelphia snapped a three-game road losing streak and
beat the Heat for the sixth time in a row.
"The fact that we're above .500 and leading our division says a
lot," guard Eric Snow said. "We've been through a lot, been
through the tough times, and we've survived."
They barely withstood a comeback by the Heat, who fell behind
73-54 with three minutes left in the third period before rallying.
Eddie Jones missed a 3-pointer that would have tied the game with
2:50 left, and another with 43 seconds to go. Miami's Brian Grant
rebounded the second miss and scored to cut the 76ers' lead to
91-90.
Iverson's 18-footer made it 93-90. Then came a furious sequence.
Odom missed a running scoop shot, and Snow missed a breakaway
layup. Grant grabbed the rebound and threw the ball out of bounds
with five seconds left, but a bad pass by Philadelphia's Aaron
McKie gave the ball back to Miami.
Odom then missed from the top of the arc, and the 76ers' John
Salmons rebounded with one second left to clinch the victory.
"You can't let the comeback obscure the things we did wrong the
first 30 minutes," Miami coach Stan Van Gundy said. "The first
half was obviously the worst we've played all year."
Dwyane Wade scored 21 points for Miami. Jones, who missed his
first 10 shots and finished 7-for-22, scored 20. Odom went 5-for-17
and scored 19.
Philadelphia's Derrick Coleman, who has missed nine games with a
strained knee, played the entire fourth quarter and finished with
12 points and seven rebounds.
"I could have surgery," Coleman said. "But that would put me
out for a year, and I'm already 36 years old. I don't want to do
that. The pain is not that bad, although the back-to-back games are
tough."
The 76ers have won 13 of their past 15 games against Miami,
including two victories this season. They've won five straight at
Miami.
The Heat had won four home games in a row.
Game notes
Miami's Caron Butler, who has struggled in limited duty
since undergoing knee surgery Oct. 4, didn't dress. Butler might be
ready to return to the starting lineup next week, Van Gundy said.
... Iverson's 35 points were the most against the Heat this season.
... The 76ers improved to 6-0 when leading at halftime. ... Iverson
had a steal in the fourth quarter to extend his streak to 44
consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NBA. ... Miami
center Loren Woods made his first start since Nov. 16, 2002,
replacing Udonis Haslem. Woods missed his first six free-throw
attempts. ... The Heat fell to 1-11 when their opponent shoots more
free throws.
For three quarters, Penny Hardaway was
too big. In the fourth quarter, Clifford Robinson was too much.
Hardaway used his height to score a season-high 27 points and
Robinson scored nine of his 19 points in the final period as the
Phoenix Suns held on for a 93-87 victory over the Philadelphia
76ers.
Remarkably, the Suns held NBA scoring leader Allen Iverson to 18
points, none in the final quarter. Averaging 31.3 points per
game, Iverson often was funneled toward Phoenix's big men and
made only 7-of-28 shots. He was 0-of-6 from 3-point range and
had his shot blocked three times.
"I missed shots I usually make," said Iverson, who had seven
assists. "I was getting by them. I just wasn't making my
shots."
Defended by Jason Kidd, the lightning-quick Iverson was 0-of-7
in the final period as he was held to his lowest total since
managing just 11 against Charlotte on December 11. Phoenix also
limited Iverson to 11 on November 4.
"I just made him work," Kidd said. "I was gonna make it tough
for him. He still played a great game. He had his looks. It
just didn't fall for him."
"He just followed him all over the court," Suns coach Scott
Skiles said. "In the first game Iverson was 4-for-20. You've
just got to make him work for his shots. You know he's gonna
get his shots. You just hope you can make him miss."
In that game, the Suns held on for an 84-80 win, withstanding a
furious fourth-quarter rally by the 76ers. It was more of the
same tonight but Phoenix beat Philadelphia for the 14th time in
the last 16 meetings.
Tom Gugliotta scored 17 points and Kidd pulled down 13 rebounds
for the Suns, who are 1-1 on their five-game road trip. They
lost at Indiana by the identical score on Tuesday and did not
travel until this morning due to inclement weather.
Iverson was not the only Sixer who struggled. Philadelphia shot
less than 37 percent (33-of-90) and made only 19-of-35 free
throws. The Sixers were 30-of-32 from the line in Saturday's
win over Indiana.
"The free throws helped us vs. Indiana," Iverson said. "They
killed us tonight."
Theo Ratliff had 14 points and 13 rebounds and Larry Hughes
added 13 and 10 for the Sixers, who had won five of their last
six games.
While Iverson had a pair of shots blocked, Hardaway had a jumper
and 3-pointer to close the third quarter and give the Suns a
70-63 advantage. Hardaway scored 11 points in the period.
"I try to win a basketball game without having to shoot 27
times," said Hardaway, who was 12-of-21 from the field. "But I
made up my mind after the Indiana game that I was going to be
aggressive because the shots were there for me and I had to take
advantage of them."
A 3-pointer by Robinson and layup by Luc Longley gave Phoenix
its largest lead at 77-64 with 9:15 to go before Philadelphia
rallied with some help from the officials. The Sixers were not
called for a team foul until the final minute.
Hughes and George Lynch scored five points apiece in a 13-2 run
that cut the deficit to 79-77 with 4:57 remaining. The Sixers
had a chance to tie, but Aaron McKie split a pair of foul shots
with three minutes to go and Phoenix's Rex Chapman drilled a
3-pointer for an 86-82 lead.
An acrobatic reverse layup by Hughes halved the deficit before
Robinson got behind the defense for a breakaway layup with 1:54
left. He answered McKie's jumper with one of his own and, after
a steal by Chapman, dunked for a 92-86 lead with 40 seconds to
go.
"I didn't get my shot down early in the game but I was able to
make some key shots down the stretch," Robinson said. "I made
an easy layup, a little jumper in the lane and a dunk. I kind
of caught them sleeping and took advantage of the fact that they
weren't keeping an eye on me."
"We tried to do everything right at the end," Iverson said. "We
just couldn't do it."
Kidd missed his first 10 shots but handed out eight assists for
the Suns, who shot 43 percent (33-of-77) and made 20-of-26 free
throws. Phoenix was outrebounded, 53-46.
Working against 6-3 Eric Sbow, the 6-7 Hardaway repeatedly went
into the post and scored on spin moves or jumpers. He scored
eight points in the first quarter, which ended with the Suns
holding a 22-17 lead.
"In the past, they've been successful (defending the post),"
Hardaway said. "Today, coach Skiles got me into a position where
I can get the ball without them fronting me and I was able to
shoot over them. It was a great deal for me to get the ball in
key spots and to knock them down."
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