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<< Back Next >> -------------------- March 02, 2002 Mind games The NBA's reigning most Valuable Player used theory and practice to make his points to the New Jersey Nets Yesterday. Philly is still the Eastern conference's reigning champion. Iverson had said that New Jersey has the best record in the East, yet his troops are the team everyone should be trying to shoot down. It didn't help the Nets' cause that they went ahead and proved his point by loosing in Philadelphia 110-102. They had five players score in double figures but their main man Jason Kidd was off target shooting 4 for 12, dished 9 assists and missed 7 of 8 3-pointers. On a rare night when Iverson shoots 50% from the field (15-30) and scores 43 points, Kidd's performance couldn't have paled more (of course the consensus would be different had the Nets won). The Answer started the game on the bench for being late at the team's morning shootaround. Despite the setback, the coaches didn't forget who makes this team go. He ended up playing more minutes than anyone in that game (43), and also nearly matched the minutes of Philly's starting backcourt of Eric Snow and Raja Bell combined. Iverson said what he said, and it was up to Jersey to wake him from his dream. They failed. << Back Next >> Back to archive |
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