Iverson Ends Sixers Slide in Return from Injury
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In Allen Iverson's first game since his injury, the Philadelphia 76ers looked like a new team.
"Iverson had 29 points and 12 assists in his return to the lineup as the 76ers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 115-106 victory over the Hawks."
Kyle Korver put up 23 points and Chris Webber added 21 and 10 boards. The Sixers shot 51 percent (41-of-81) from the field and never trailed as they resumed their push for a postseason berth.
"If I could have, I would have forced myself to come back sooner," Iverson said. "When I got hurt in Memphis and I couldn't come back after halftime, I knew that it was something (bad). I didn't want to go out there and make it worse. The way it feels right now, I don't think that I could have done that. I didn't expect it to be this sore after this game."
"I feel like people have tried to divide us this year, for some reason," Korver said. "Like we don't want to play with Allen, or we get upset when someone shoots shots. Allen provides so much for this team. There is this perception that we don't like playing with him and that's not the case."
"He's our leading scorer for a reason," Iguodala said. "He attacks the other team's defense and creates openings for the other guys. We were able to play as a team tonight."
"It was really tough on us because we did need an extra guard to help play with his type of pace," Hawks forward Al Harrington said. "He was able to break down the defense and get a lot of wide-open jump shots."
"He is the Sixers," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "As he goes, they go. He puts so much pressure on the defense with his offense. He is relentless. Tonight, I don't think we handled him well off the dribble. He was able to get to where he needed to go create for the other guys."
"I can't figure out how he can miss that many days and play like that," Korver said. "I was sick for two days last week and for three or four days, I couldn't get my rhythm back at all. We played great and we obviously needed him to win tonight."
"I hope that they were glad that I was back," Iverson said. "I hope that I can give them that type of confidence. That is important for my confidence as well, to feel wanted and be able to go out there and make things happen."
"We really wanted this," Webber said. "I'm glad that we came out with a win and that we have AI back."
"When we turned it over early, we were still in the game," Woodson said. "It just caught up with us. Before you know it, we were down by 15 and we just could not recover from that."
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In Allen Iverson's first game since his injury, the Philadelphia 76ers looked like a new team.
"Iverson had 29 points and 12 assists in his return to the lineup as the 76ers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 115-106 victory over the Hawks."
Kyle Korver put up 23 points and Chris Webber added 21 and 10 boards. The Sixers shot 51 percent (41-of-81) from the field and never trailed as they resumed their push for a postseason berth.
"If I could have, I would have forced myself to come back sooner," Iverson said. "When I got hurt in Memphis and I couldn't come back after halftime, I knew that it was something (bad). I didn't want to go out there and make it worse. The way it feels right now, I don't think that I could have done that. I didn't expect it to be this sore after this game."
"I feel like people have tried to divide us this year, for some reason," Korver said. "Like we don't want to play with Allen, or we get upset when someone shoots shots. Allen provides so much for this team. There is this perception that we don't like playing with him and that's not the case."
"He's our leading scorer for a reason," Iguodala said. "He attacks the other team's defense and creates openings for the other guys. We were able to play as a team tonight."
"It was really tough on us because we did need an extra guard to help play with his type of pace," Hawks forward Al Harrington said. "He was able to break down the defense and get a lot of wide-open jump shots."
"He is the Sixers," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "As he goes, they go. He puts so much pressure on the defense with his offense. He is relentless. Tonight, I don't think we handled him well off the dribble. He was able to get to where he needed to go create for the other guys."
"I can't figure out how he can miss that many days and play like that," Korver said. "I was sick for two days last week and for three or four days, I couldn't get my rhythm back at all. We played great and we obviously needed him to win tonight."
"I hope that they were glad that I was back," Iverson said. "I hope that I can give them that type of confidence. That is important for my confidence as well, to feel wanted and be able to go out there and make things happen."
"We really wanted this," Webber said. "I'm glad that we came out with a win and that we have AI back."
"When we turned it over early, we were still in the game," Woodson said. "It just caught up with us. Before you know it, we were down by 15 and we just could not recover from that."
Written by John Mbugua
Allen Iverson Biography
