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One more step. That’s what the Philadelphia 76ers made when they edged the Toronto Raptors by a point to advance to the Eastern Conference best-of-seven finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. One more step. That’s what the Sixers will try to make, first by winning Game 1 tonight at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson knew that he had to do something special with the ball, only what he did was not light the nets on fire. Instead, he helped his teammates do that by breaking out of double teams and passing the ball to open guys, like Jumaine Jones and Aaron McKie. And they hit…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Nobody can possibly know all that’s going on inside Allen Iverson’s head as the clock ticks down to the first Game 7 playoff game of his five-year career. Winning is obviously his main concern, but he has to have so many other things swirling around. His veins are probably…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s hammer time for the Philadelphia 76ers. “When you have a chance to put a team out, you want to put them out,” said Sixers guard Eric Snow following practice Thursday at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Snow and his teammates were preparing to board a plane for…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson lit the fire early and kept fueling the drive, pumping up the fans with dazzling moves, rainbow jumpers, fadeaways and blazing moves into the land of giants. Forward Tyrone Hill, who had been somewhat missing in action, also stepped up. So did a lot of other Sixers…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Sixers had to know it was going to be their night to run rampant over the Toronto Raptors when Tyrone Hill scored back-to-back transition baskets early in the second quarter. Allen Iverson was already scoring at will and talking mad trash to Raptors guard Chris Childs.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Sixers’ problem child is no longer that big of a worry. Coach Larry Brown and general manager Billy King saw to it by deciding to sideline aching and always complaining backup center Matt Geiger indefinitely. Geiger had been limited to just four minutes in the Eastern…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson was far from himself as he stood at the podium at the Adams Mark Hotel Tuesday afternoon, discussing the trials he had to overcome en route to winning the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award by a landslide. “He was nervous up there,” said Gene Lett, a good friend of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Sixers might not see the same Antonio Davis tonight. The Toronto Raptors power forward, who has given the Sixers fits in the first four games, has a strained muscle in his left arm and may not play as effectively in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference best-of-seven series…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →He had a large ice pack wrapped around his right knee, and a bewildered look as question after question flowed his way. Then, there was his voice — almost as soft as he has played in many games this season. But his coach, his teammates — and fans of the Sixers, too, probably —…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →No one could possibly be ready for the curtain to fall on the NBA Playoffs. The show has been too spectacular, from Allen Iverson and Vince Carter to Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant, to all the rest of the young guns who are today’s stars. You know the other names. They’re all…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was again Game 2 of a Sixers postseason series that was the charm. Again it was because Allen Iverson was unstoppable. From 45 points in Game 2 of the previous round against the Indiana Pacers to 54 in Wednesday night’s 97-92 victory over the Toronto Raptors, Iverson has…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The conversation started off with Toronto Raptors forward Charles Oakley talking about ways to guard the Los Angeles Lakers’ Shaquille O’Neal. It continued with Oakley talking about old news to everybody else, but still serious business to him. And that’s the money Sixers…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson did not wait for the defense to come to him. He went at it and around it, torching the Toronto Raptors for a career playoff-high 54 points. He was everywhere, shooting and scoring, especially in the fourth quarter when he scored 19 consecutive points during one…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →His statistics do not measure up to the man who has gone from the troubled streets of North Philadelphia to the glamour lights of the NBA. Through it all, Sixers guard Aaron McKie has remained humble and thankful for the people in his life who’ve helped elevate him to the player…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There’s no reason to give up. Not yet, anyway. The Sixers are still alive, though heartbroken, after losing 96-93 to the Toronto Raptors Sunday night at the First Union Center. Now they have to find a way to get even as they head into Game 2 of the best-of-seven series,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Thousands of fans started waving white Sixers towels in a frenetic motion from the nose-bleed section down to courtside with a little under 7 minutes remaining, and the Sixers scrambling around the court with ballhawking defensive pressure that was designed to make the Toronto…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Welcome to the second round of the NBA playoffs, Toronto Raptors. Want to know how to handle the boiling pressure? Just ask Allen Iverson or Larry Brown, the star player and head coach of the Sixers, who’ve failed to make it out of the Eastern Conference semifinals the last two…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →One round completed, at least one more to play. Just who their next opponent would be was a mystery to the Sixers and everybody else early Friday, so following practice at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, coach Larry Brown and most of his players chose to enjoy…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson showed up in military fatigues for the elimination playoff game against the Indiana Pacers last year. That was Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Philadelphia, and the Sixers lost 106-90. Tonight, Iverson and the Sixers stand a solid chance in Game 4 of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The echoes of bouncing balls and sneakers scraping against the hardwood floor stopped as players and coaches stood in silence, each focusing on the portion of the gymnasium floor where Sixers guard Aaron McKie had just fallen. Trainers rushed to his side, but as soon as they got…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →One week is all it took for the Philadelphia 76ers to gain command of the Eastern Conference first-round series against the Indiana Pacers, doing so with what has made them great all season — executing in transition. Few teams can run with the Sixers. The Pacers are not one of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Free at last … free at last Sixers forward Jumaine Jones is free to just play, no longer looking to the bench to see if coach Larry Brown is trying to find space for him to occupy. The days of hardly playing appear to be over. He certainly waited a long time to become a factor,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Allen Iverson is headed back to Indianapolis for the first time since his much-publicized racial incident Jan. 28, and he says that he’s more concerned about helping the Sixers gain a one-game series edge than how the Indiana Pacers’ fans perceive him. Sitting with a toothpick…
· Andre D. Williams
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