Allen Iverson: 'I want to play basketball so bad'

The Sixers got off to a hot start, fueled by an emotional crowd and a pregame appearance on-court by Allen Iverson. They opened a 9-4 lead only to have the Celtics come back and run off the next six points. That would be a familiar pattern in theIn January 2006 I was assigned to write a story on the NBA scoring race, which at the time was being contested between Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, whose teams, the Lakers and the 76ers, were meeting on a Friday night in Los Angeles.The Sixers got off

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