Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iversonis an American retired professional basketball player who played for 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He played both the shooting guard and point guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star, won the All-Star game MVP award in 2001 and 2005, and was the NBA's Most Valuable Playerin 2001...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 June 1975
CityHampton, VA
CountryUnited States of America
chance giving needed night ourselves playing positive putting score stop team
It was a team effort. We did everything that we needed for the win. You can't put it on one thing. We've been doing a lot of things well. We're playing well together. We're defending. We're doing a lot of positive things out there. We're putting ourselves in a (position) to win. We're giving ourselves a chance every night, just playing well defensively. We feel like every night we can score 100 points, but we've got to stop people.
average ball care continue defensive far identity might night obviously problem score until
We don't have an identity as far as how we play on the defensive end. We might play well one night and on another night we won't play well. We always score the ball and average 100 points, so obviously our problem is in other areas. Until we take care of those problems, we're going to continue to struggle.
fourth game last night stepped teammates tonight took
Last night they kind of took me out of the game defensively and my teammates stepped up. Tonight was just a little different. I stepped up in the fourth quarter. We just need everyone to contribute.
chris guys nights step struggle supposed win
Chris and myself, some nights we're going to struggle and we're not going to be able to get it done. We need other guys to step up. When you get 31 from a guy off the bench, you're supposed to win that game.
against consistent guys next night start team thinking
If I start thinking about who's on the opposing team and I've got to play well against that team, then the next night when we play against guys without the big names, then you don't play so well. So you try and keep a consistent approach.
appearance breaking declining fans game guess hard hear negative night point recognize special
The first appearance is always going to be the most memorable. This one is special because I'm 30 years old and you hear all the negative things about your game declining and at this point you should be breaking down. I still go out and play hard every night and give it my all. I guess the fans recognize that because they put me in the All-Star game.
season
We just need everyone to contribute. We feel like this is a whole new season for us.
badly lose needed played struggling win
We just needed win - period. We're just struggling so badly right now. Then to lose this would have been bad because we played really well defensively.
badly far lose needed played struggling talking
We just needed it, period. Just for our sake, not as far as what everyone else is talking about. Just as competitors we just needed a game. We're struggling so badly right now. Then to lose this one would have been really bad, because we played really well defensively.
beginning both game played whipped
We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They were making shots, they executed well both offensively and defensively. They just played real well tonight.
beginning game whipped
We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They did everything right and we did nothing right.
best execute fullest handle plays ready screens shot
We weren't ready to handle the back screens and all the cuts. They execute their plays to the fullest and get the best shot possible.
obviously struggle team
When I struggle the way I did tonight, as a team we are obviously going to struggle.
best defense score win
We score with the best of them. If we concentrate on defense like we do on offense, then we'll win a lot more ballgames.