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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.
Allen Iverson
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When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.
Allen Iverson
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I got us off to a bad start from the beginning of the game. The magnitude of the game and being in so many games like that, for me to be the one to act like I had never been in a game like that is unacceptable. I fully take responsibility for this one.
Allen Iverson
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I just continue to play the way that made me successful in this league. Once I stop being aggressive on the basketball court, I'll be hurting my team more than helping them.
Allen Iverson
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But when you want to come to work, it makes things that much better. Mentally, when you're at work, it doesn't feel like work. When you take the fun part away from basketball, that's a problem.
Allen Iverson
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When you have a half like that, nine times out of 10, you're going to have a good lead.
Allen Iverson
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When you win, everything is everything. But when you lose, it's all about Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. When we win, I know that I get the praise and Larry Brown gets the praise, but when we lose, it's on me and Larry Brown. That's something that I have to learn to accept and deal with.
Allen Iverson
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His opinion is his opinion - and it's just that. I don't have anything negative to say about him, and I don't have anything negative to say about the situation.
Allen Iverson
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They are similar, absolutely. We have leads and we give a lead up. It's been happening like this, the same way.
Allen Iverson
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That was my fault. Basically it was just good defense and I made a bad play.
Allen Iverson
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If I leave Philadelphia, it's not because I want to leave. I'm still in love with the place. I want to be here.
Allen Iverson
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I'm not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we're not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don't seem hungry. We don't seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.
Allen Iverson
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I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.
Allen Iverson
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I think it would have been good if we could have played all pre-season games together. It will be something we'll have to deal with, something we'll have to fight through.
Allen Iverson
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All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball.
Allen Iverson
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We understand that we're going to get the ball into Tim and play off him.
Allen Iverson
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We didn't take care of it. We just struggled handling the ball.
Allen Iverson
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What I've learned late in my career is, regardless of whether you play well or not, if the team doesn't win, it's all for nothing.
Allen Iverson
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I don't really care if I play well or play bad, it's frustrating to lose the game. It doesn't do any good if we play well and lose basketball games. You still got a loss. It's like you didn't even go out there and do anything.
Allen Iverson
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These guys don't have all the physical ability but they are able to win basketball games because they play the right way.
Allen Iverson
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I was like a kid in a candy store. It felt like the first game of the season because I was excited to be back.
Allen Iverson
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I think that with this team, we honestly worry about other things besides team concepts.
Allen Iverson
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I definitely wasn't trying to disrespect Mo in any way, or the fans, as everybody is talking about. I've been here for 10 years, and to deliberately try to disrespect the fans, I would never try to do that in any way. I'm upset it came across that way.
Allen Iverson
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It felt like it was the first game of the season. It was just fun to be back out there and be in the environment and playing with my team and trying to help.
Allen Iverson
