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With some of the greatest players in 76ers history watching, Allen Iverson showed off a little.

Iverson had 22 points, matched a season-high with nine assists, grabbed four steals and did not turn the ball over in a 90-79 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.

"He had an amazing game, especially down the stretch when he got us some really good shots,'' Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "This is by far his best year, on both ends of the court.''

Iverson's performance came on the night when the 76ers honored
the 1982-83 championship team at halftime. He acknowledged that it
was a special night for him seeing the fans' reaction to his
predecessors.

"This was something that I will cherish for the rest of my
life,'' Iverson said. "This sends me another message of how
blessed I am. Hopefully one day I can come back and get the same
response.''

The Sixers improved to 13-2 since the All-Star break and snapped
Portland's three-game winning streak.

Keith Van Horn added 20 points and nine rebounds, Aaron McKie
had 13 points, Eric Snow scored 12 and Derrick Coleman grabbed 10
rebounds for the 76ers. Snow left the game briefly in the fourth
quarter with a lacerated right middle finger but returned after
receiving five stitches.

Damon Stoudamire had 16 points, Rasheed Wallace scored 15 and Dale Davis had 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who turned the ball over a season-high 25 times.

"That's the game right there, 25 turnovers,'' said Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks, who was part of the 1982-83 team. "When you turn it over 25 times, that makes it tough.''

Philadelphia scored 11 of the first 15 points of the fourth quarter and pulled ahead 75-65 when Van Horn slammed down an alley-oop pass from Iverson with 8:55 left.

The Trail Blazers pulled within six, but another dunk by Van
Horn off of a pass from Iverson capped a 6-2 run to extend the
Sixers' lead back to 10. Portland was unable to get closer than
eight in the final six minutes.

"It was a great team win, especially in that fourth quarter,''
said Brown. "When they came back, we played as a team. Allen made
some unbelievable plays, some great passes and we made some
stops.''

A 3-pointer by Wallace capped a 14-6 run to pull Portland within one, 62-61, with 54 seconds left in the third, but a layup by Aaron McKie off an nifty pass from Iverson made it 64-61 at the end of the quarter.

The Sixers led by as many 10 in the second quarter and held a 48-41 lead at the break. Iverson had 12 and Van Horn added 10 in the half.

Game notes
Portland's Scottie Pippen missed his second straight game with a left knee effusion and Jeff McInnis did not play due to a broken nose he suffered in Wednesday's win over Toronto. ... The 76ers wore the red road jerseys from their 1982-83 NBA championship team. ... Iverson said he was looking forward to Sunday's game in New Jersey that will be for first place in the Atlantic Division. "It's going to be war and I'm all for it.''

Allen Iverson doesn't expect his fractured right ring finger to feel better anytime soon.


Taking time off down the stretch, with the Denver Nuggets fighting for a playoff spot, simply isn't an option.

So, he's learned to accept the pain.

Not that the finger affected him Friday night. Iverson scored 28 points, going 9-of-12 from the floor, as the Nuggets blew out the Toronto Raptors 137-105 for their fifth straight win at home.

The Denver guard hit seven straight attempts before missing a 3-pointer early in the third quarter. He also made all 10 of his free throws.

"It felt OK before the game," Iverson said. "Now, it feels that much worse. It's throbbing like a heartbeat."

Iverson, who hurt his finger against San Antonio a week ago, slips on a brace after every game per doctors orders.

"If I didn't wear this brace to keep it straight after every game, there's a chance it will get worse and I'll have to get a pin," he said.

Yet he refuses to wear anything on the finger in a game.

"I'm just real superstitious," Iverson said.

Nuggets coach George Karl would like to get Iverson some rest, but there's no time, not with the Nuggets currently on the outside glancing into the playoffs. They trail Golden State for the last spot.

"I don't think we can lose a [player] because of an injury the rest of the way," Karl said. "It's the time of year where we have to play like it's a playoff circumstance. Everybody is hurting a little bit -- A.I. is probably at the top of the list."

The Nuggets' 137-point output is the second-most points the team has scored this season. They still have the NBA high mark for the season with a 138-point performance in a win at Seattle on Feb. 27.

But Iverson was more impressed with Denver's defensive performance on Friday. The Nuggets held the Raptors to just 3-of-12 shooting from 3-point range. Toronto came in with the top percentage in the league at 41 percent.

"If we come in and do what we what we got to do defensively, nine times out of 10 we're going to take care of business," Iverson said. "We weren't trying to beat them by 30, we just wanted to beat them convincingly."

The Nuggets got their point across.

"Last two games, we're not guarding anybody," said Sam Mitchell, whose team has now dropped three straight to start a five-game road trip. "We're not guarding anybody, and if you're not guarding anybody, you're going to come out of the game."

Carmelo Anthony finished with 22 points, and Marcus Camby had 17 points and 10 rebounds for his 24th double-double of the season.

Chucky Atkins came off the bench to finish with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Atkins has missed a majority of the season after surgery to repair a right groin/abdominal strain. The Nuggets are trying to work him into the rotation.

"He's a pro," Karl said. "He knows how to play, has a sense for the game."

With a 30-point lead heading into final quarter, the starters were given the rest of the night off -- except Iverson. He played moments into the quarter before being subbed out.

The break would've been nice, but he doesn't think his finger will fully heal until this summer.

"It's going to continue to bother me," he said. "But I'm not going to make any excuses, whether I play good or bad. I won't blame it on the finger."

The Raptors were without Chris Bosh, who missed his eighth straight game because of a sore right knee. Anthony Parker scored 19 points and reserve Carlos Delfino added 16.

"We were nonexistent today and Denver did whatever they wanted offensively," Parker said.

The Nuggets scored 79 points in the first half, the most Toronto has allowed for a half in franchise history. The previous high was 78 which the Los Angeles Clippers scored on the Raptors in the second half on March 13, 1998.

The Raptors also allowed a team-record 44 points in the first quarter.

"This game was fun," said Camby, a former Raptors player. "You always want to beat your former teams, and the guys did a great job."

Game notes
The Nuggets are 13-2 against the Eastern Conference at the Pepsi Center this season. ... Before the game, Toronto announced it had filed a statement of claim against the Spanish Basketball Federation for nonpayment of insurance related Jorge Garbajosa's injury. Garbajosa underwent more surgery on his left leg and ankle on Dec. 11 in Baltimore.

Donyell Marshall and the Toronto Raptors went out of their way -- way out -- to beat the Philadelphia 76ers.


Marshall tied the NBA record with 12 3-pointers and the Raptors finished with a league-record 21 in their 128-110 victory over the 76ers on Sunday night.

Marshall was 12-for-19 from 3-point range and finished with a career-high 38 points to help the Raptors match the franchise record for points.

The Raptors, 21-for-34 from 3-point range, broke the previous NBA record of 19 3-pointers set by Atlanta in a victory in Dallas on Dec. 17, 1996.

"The basket just looked humongous out there today," Marshall said. "My teammates kept telling me to shoot it. They kept saying no matter what play we run we're going to look for you in the corner."

The 76ers repeatedly left Marshall open in the corner as Marshall tied the record set by Kobe Bryant for the Los Angeles Lakers against Seattle on Jan. 7, 2003. The 6-foot-9 power forward tried to surpass Bryant's record in the final 3 minutes, but one attempt rimmed in and out and he missed another

Marshall left to a standing ovation with 17.5 seconds left. His previous career high for points was 37 against Milwaukee on Feb. 23, 2000.

"You can't give a great shooter like that open looks like that. It's suicide," Philadelphia's Chris Webber said. "I told him in the first quarter if he gets those looks, he'd better go for the record and he did."

Marshall, who is from Pennsylvania, knew a lot of family members and friends were watching on television.

"To do it against a team you grew up watching, it felt good," Marshall said.

The two teams combined for an NBA record 31 3-pointers.

Marshall said he took advantage of Philadelphia's style of defense.

"They are predicated on stopping you in the paint and making you shoot outside jump shots," Marshall said. "When you have a coach that preaches that style they're going to keep doing that no matter what."

Toronto trailed by 10 in the first quarter, but the Raptors set a team record with 11 3-pointers in the first half. Marshall made a team-record six 3-pointers in the half, including his first five attempts.

"We knew all about the record at halftime. I was trying to do everything I could to keep him pumped up," Toronto's Jalen Rose said. "I told him what the record was. I told him who had the old record and who broke it before that. And I told him near the end of the game, don't get tired."

The Raptors went on a decisive 19-4 run in the third quarter as Rafer Alston and Jalen Rose had 3-pointers.

Marshall set the team record for 3-pointers in a game with an open shot from the corner with 4:12 left. He tied Bryant's mark with 2:52 left.

"Any time you see a power forward step out and take 19 threes, that's either grounds to get you out of the NBA fast or say that you're a 3-point specialist," Rose said.

Marshall is due to become an unrestricted free agent this summer

"I want to be his agent. From now on he's buying all of the dinners and all of the drinks. We got him paid today," Rose said.

Allen Iverson had 32 points for the 76ers.

Game notes
Rose had 25 points for Toronto, and Morris Petterson added 20. Peterson went 4-for-6 from 3-point range. ... The Raptors tied the franchise record of 128 points, last done March 10, 1996, against Dallas. ... Former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter sat courtside.