Allen Iverson goes off for 51
December 6, 2007 by James Edwards
Filed under Allen Iverson, Denver Nuggets, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
Just one Title, one NBA title, is that so much to ask?
Will Allen Iverson go down in history as Charles Barkely junior? You know, having a great career, but never winning an NBA Championship?
Poor little AI knocked down 51 points in a losing effort to the Los Angeles Kobe’s. Allen was 18 for 27 from the field with no 3 pointers and 15 made free throws. Incredibly the rest of the team went only 18 for 53 with 17 free throws.
LA put all five guys and a few from the stands to cover AI in the fourth quarter and held him to 1 field goal.
Iverson scored 49 points through the first three quarters but was held to a just a layup in the fourth. The Lakers clamped down on the 6-foot guard, forcing the ball out of his hands. The strategy worked. Iverson took only four shots in the last 12 minutes.
“When somebody gets 49 points in the first three quarters obviously its going to draw attention to the other team,” said Iverson, whose career high of 60 came against Orlando on Feb. 12, 2005. “When somebody’s got 49 points they want to make sure I get the ball out of my hands, and that’s what they did. My responsibly is to give it up and my teammates had to make plays.” source
With Carmelo and Iverson as your stars, you are bound to suffer from a lack of big time defense and this is what Denver has to figure out. How do you compensate for that?
AI may never get his championship.
NBA Basketball Fan Question Do you think AI deserves a title?
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