Allen Iverson 41pts Kukoc vs Payton Sonics 00/01 MVP NBA, Seattle
Allen Iverson 41pts Kukoc vs Payton Sonics 00/01 MVP NBA, Seattle
Toni Kukoc played perhaps his best game of the season and so did the Philadelphia 76ers. Kukoc scored 19 points in support of Allen Iverson’s 41 and the 76ers roared to a season high in their fifth straight victory, a 121-89 rout of the Seattle SuperSonics. “Toni Kukoc played like we expected him to play every game,” Iverson said. “We need a lot of that from Toni. He’s one of those special players that can change a game.” While the 76ers have maintained the best record in the NBA this season, they have done so with little help from Kukoc, who has struggled to find his niche in the offense since being acquired in a trade last February. “When I don’t play much or play well, I still get upset,” Kukoc said. “I go home and think about what I can do better to improve, and stay in the game longer.” A former Sixth Man Award winner and a member of Chicago’s three championship teams from 1996-98, Kukoc came in averaging just 7.2 points per game. He surpassed that in the second quarter, when he scored 10 points and fueled a game-breaking run. Kukoc made 8-of-9 shots in 21 minutes off the bench, surpassing his point total for the last three games combined. He helped the Sixers shoot 53 percent (47-of-89) and post season highs in points and victory margin. “It’s great when you can shoot 90 percent from the floor,” Kukoc said. “I don’t know how many nights you’re going to shoot like that but this helps my confidence and helps the team as well. When I get involved early in the game, it …
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@peskelj. I too thought that was a dumb trade. In the NBA Finals the 76ers lacked offensive firepower outside of Iverson to stay up with the Lakers. Heck even Ratliff was a leaper and could have been a threat with his alley oops. Obviously Kukoc would have given them another guy capable of scoring 20+ PPG, which would have freed up A.I. even more. Lakers probably still win but the series goes to 7 instead of 5 games and Game 1 was all A.I. winning it.
30 shots???
0:19 good block
with kukoc on this final, i think that this series will be totally diferent. 4-3.
the glove had some holes that night
Tony kukoch with the Sixers o_O didint think so.
iverson is a tragic figure in the mold of a chris webber. transcendent skills, some terrific seasons, but he’ll be remembered for what? practice. cornrows. “i should start”, larry brown feud, retiring too late, the denver/detroit/memphis fiasco….great player, no doubt, but i would say a touch overrated (42% career, 40% playoff) and never got the “secret”, to quote simmons. i think he mismanaged his career to be honest.
only idiot would give kukoc and ratliff for mutombo. They lost the only player in that era who cold play a point guard and the center ( kukoc) , and the best blocker in the league (retliff) for an old player like mutombo. Mutombo managed to replace Theo but no one could replace the offensive flow that Tony brings to his teams…. Then it was all up to allen in sixers attack…….. it was a shame couse i hated lakers back then.
AI is just 5′10.75inches tall.
this year he just need to lose weight so u can get his speed back … he really does need PRACTICE NOW lol
@slvrangel4 mutombo and iverson are what got us to the finals, we felt like we could win it all that year, you def weren’t going to win with an injured ratliff on the bench
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It’s a shame the sixers traded 1/3 of this team for Mutombo. Mutombo was a good player, but he wasn’t worth what the sixers gave up to get him. This team may or may not have won it all, but they would’ve definitly competed as one of the NBA’s upper level teams for years to come. Instead, they hobbled into the finals and remained a .500 team until Brown left.
Dog he’s 6ft 160 lb’s and was a shooter so you live with his low FG % because who else is goin to score? He never had another teammate to pass the ball to that could score until he signed with Denver(Carmelo)!
a late reply but just found the vid now, well injuries disturbed the Lakers, team chemie was bad, the bench had nearly zero quality, Shaq (still great) started to decline and was out of shape
when you’re guarding A.I., you can kiss your sweet ankles farewell.
the thing with A.I. is that hes inefficient. The year he won the MVP he shot 42% from the field.
its really sad to watch these clips and then go to espn or something and AI cant even find a team now. the press gives him too much sht.. i really think he can score 20+ easy for any team, and even off the bench
the pistons had more fire, ben wallace could have played defense 5 on 1 that season but he has 4 other guys that played great d, ben wallace on shaq, tay on kobe, lock up d
right, who would have guarded shaq? ratliff was done for the season, geiger? be for real
jermain block shaq oneal
totally agree with you, kukoc helps this team to clasified and later they traded to altanta , mutumbo was a great player and is a legend but kukoc wiil represented a better change to win this series .
why did they lose when even the 2nd all-time leading scorer is on their team back in 03/04?
tats crazy ..
i mean u have kobe and shaq, one of the most powerful 1 2 combos in the league and karl malone, 2nd all-time leading scorer, why did they lose??
no?
i believe tat was a six-player deal, tats wat i heard .
it wasnt a kukoc for muttumbo trade .
and ya maybe they stand a better chance at it .
maybe ratliff can guard shaq?
lol back then nobody could handle shaq, ben wallace was the only one that nullified him even a little when detroit won the championship.
2008 WHOOOOOOO!!!!
hooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
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Funny Debra – you should call your blog whatever you like!
In my mind when the Eastside of Lake Washington is referred to as Seattle's Eastside, it is inaccurate and misleading. If you feel like the people you are trying to reach don't know anything about the Eastside, perhaps the “Seattle area” or even “Puget Sound area” would work?
BTW – this has nothing to do with a rivalry between Seattle and the Eastside (mostly Bellevue). The trash talk is usually from those who choose to live in Seattle and have drastic misperceptions about the Eastside (of Lake Washington), but most Eastsiders that I know like going to Seattle and don't have anything bad to say about it. The good news is when Seattle residents, as well as visitors to our region, take the time to visit the Eastside, they usually realize that we have a lot going on over here – and it's a great place to be.
Go Eastside (of Lake Washington)!
#Colombia llega a 41pts en su historia en #MundialSub20. Con 26pj-12g-5e-9p
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea / Fantastic Voyage –
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Lily Allen forever!
i saw cold in concert and right before they played this song he said it was about layne, becasue he was his idol and the reason he started singing and when they met they became good friends
omgggg iwaant theeese!!!
Tante ma tra queste di Cash "Personal Jesus"
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Payton’s a Chicago saint, never happenin’ MT #Payton fans on fence about buyin new book
I like Sonic because he's the fastest thing alive, because he's blue, because he's confident, because he's smart, because he's funny, because he has a cool voice, and because he's spikey. lol
All I do is contrast: Susan Allen and friends vs. a handful of malcontents trying to score political points.Now if the argument is to shift to how Susan Allen is a discreditable person, by all means fall on one's sword. All I ask is that if someone is going to make the charge that Allen is as despicable a character as certain people claim, they at least try to match with evidence.The contrast stands firm. If Allen is such a terrible person, why do such people of character rally around him — most of all Susan Allen? If the most potent answer is “you're just exposing her to the same criticism,” that only gives credence to the character assassination charge, not to any ideas that Allen is as bas as the Webb campaign is making him out to be.My thoughts, anyhow.]]>
I love B O S H <3
i bet he miss the free throw
Interior Garage Entry Door (Silverdale) –
RT I guess when Jordan used to pass to Kerr and Kukoc cause they were open for last second shots he was scared too -_-
All I do is contrast: Susan Allen and friends vs. a handful of malcontents trying to score political points.Now if the argument is to shift to how Susan Allen is a discreditable person, by all means fall on one's sword. All I ask is that if someone is going to make the charge that Allen is as despicable a character as certain people claim, they at least try to match with evidence.The contrast stands firm. If Allen is such a terrible person, why do such people of character rally around him — most of all Susan Allen? If the most potent answer is “you're just exposing her to the same criticism,” that only gives credence to the character assassination charge, not to any ideas that Allen is as bas as the Webb campaign is making him out to be.My thoughts, anyhow.]]>
All I do is contrast: Susan Allen and friends vs. a handful of malcontents trying to score political points.Now if the argument is to shift to how Susan Allen is a discreditable person, by all means fall on one's sword. All I ask is that if someone is going to make the charge that Allen is as despicable a character as certain people claim, they at least try to match with evidence.The contrast stands firm. If Allen is such a terrible person, why do such people of character rally around him — most of all Susan Allen? If the most potent answer is “you're just exposing her to the same criticism,” that only gives credence to the character assassination charge, not to any ideas that Allen is as bas as the Webb campaign is making him out to be.My thoughts, anyhow.]]>