ALLEN IVERSON 44PTS 15ASTS VS STEVE NASH PHOENIX SUNS 06/07
ALLEN IVERSON 44PTS 15ASTS VS STEVE NASH PHOENIX SUNS 06/07, Iverson dishes 15 assists on top of 44 points in one sided affair Allen Iverson feels right at home just in time for the Denver Nuggets big road trip Iverson scored 44 points and dished out 15 assists in leading the Nuggets to their fourth straight win a 131 107 blowout of the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night Carmelo Anthony augmented Iversons night by adding 29 points in the duos best performance since the holiday trade that brought them together three months ago Now the surging Nuggets hit the road for five straight games and eight of their next nine This does a lot for our confidence Iverson said To win four games in a row you get a certain swagger about your game The Nuggets have quite the saunter thanks to their red hot superstars Iverson made 16 of 22 shots from the field and Anthony was 13 for 20 And many of the shots were alley oop dunks and rim rattling jams that were the product of the Nuggets suddenly stingy defense They made every shot in the world Suns coach Mike DAntoni said They are hard to handle when Anthony and Iverson are coming at you like that They are hard to handle on any night At one point both Iverson and Anthony were 12 for 16 from the floor When youre in a zone it doesnt matter if guys are on you or anything Iverson said It just feels good It just feels like throwing rocks in an ocean The Suns have lost twice by a combined 46 points since their 129 127 double overtime win at Dallas on Wednesday night They lost to Detroit 105 83 Friday night which DAntoni blamed on emotional exhaustion Were still feeling it Steve Nash said It was a big win We have to get back to the way we were before that game The Suns who got 25 points from Leandro Barbosa never led in this one and fell behind by 38 points entering the fourth quarter against a team that they might face in the first round of the playoffs next month We didnt have any energy Nash said They played with a lot of heart and energy and we werent So I didnt see any way we were going to get back into the game Anthony had 19 points by halftime and Iverson had 13 points and 10 assists at the break as the Nuggets took a 70 44 lead into the locker room Iversons drive to the basket made it 111 73 heading into the fourth quarter Thats another confidence booster for us Anthony said To beat a team like that You know one of the top teams if not the top team To beat a team like that is really a great deal for us So we can take that momentum from this game and from the previous three games and take it on the road with us The Suns had won 24 of 28 road games and had gone 9 1 against Denver in their past 10 meetings They trailed 37 25 after one quarter and it only got worse from there in what was easily the Nuggets best game of the season The Nuggets shot 68 percent in the first half and the Suns shot just 33 percent They played great DAntoni said Were in a little bit of a funk right now Discombobulated We have the regroup a little bit Denver has struggled all season to get any cohesion because of injuries illnesses trades and suspensions The Nuggets have started to put it together lately and this was the night it finally all came together for them Anthony drew the foul and some of the loudest cheers of the night when his third attempt at a putback resulted in the whistle and his two free throws made it 109 73 in the waning seconds of the third quarter Iverson said the Nuggets knew theyd have to start quickly and play relentless defense That team can blow you out and they can score in bunches he said For once it was the opposition that did both