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Andre Iguodala回歸金州勇士！這畫面真的好讚！很替Iggy與勇士開心，遠途的老大哥回家了。

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Iguodala對於勇士的歷史影響與價值不用多說了！

當年就是因為他的犧牲與奉獻造就了小老弟們的崛起，在生涯巔峰配合球隊打替補，完全無視自己個人數據，就是做好所謂贏球的榜樣，在防守端、在更衣間、在精神層面做為球隊的支柱，一直鼓勵支持與拉拔著浪花兄弟和Green一起前進，最終造就隊史巔峰的起點。

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好幾年前我寫過這一段：

沒有Andre Iguodala，勇士不一定有這麼無私的球隊文化！

Iguodala這幾年雖然在數據端的表現不亮眼，可是他在無法量化的防守與經驗上仍是勇士非常倚賴的老大哥。

而除了這兩個環節，Iguodala他的正能量精神與照顧小老弟的風範，更是撐起了勇士王國一個好的血統與基礎。

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尤其Iguodala總是非常相挺與肯定自己小老弟Stephen Curry，所以我能想像得到他的回歸會讓Curry有多開心，就像長年遠途的老大哥終於回到家的那種喜悅。

而Iguodala雖然已老化，影響力不若以往，但是勇士很需要他這種有經驗、有智慧、清楚明瞭戰術體系的老將去帶動新隊友與年輕人！像Otto Porter、Andrew Wiggins都能夠去向他討教，如何扮演更契合勇士體系的側翼拼圖。

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Andre Iguodala也表示他這一年老將底薪回歸，應該就是其職業生涯最後的旅程，預計將在金州勇士結束籃球生涯，對於看到這種畫面，我是覺得真的好讚，很替勇士迷開心。

😢畢竟我也曾經幻想著Pau Gasol也能有這一天到來，只很可惜這一幕沒有出現，所以現在看到Iguodala能在生涯閉幕的最後回去與自己昔日兄弟隊友並肩作戰，讓灣區球迷再看他穿上勇士球衣，我想沒什麼比這還要好的歸宿與終點了。

加油了！金州勇士。

真很期待2022年的你們。

#金州勇士 #Curry #浪花兄弟 #Iggy #Iguodala
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將士用命！團隊多點開花！暴龍奪下隊史首座冠軍。
⬛暴龍奪得2019賽季總冠軍🏆

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今年多倫多暴龍讓金州勇士陷入麻煩的原因不僅僅是他們菁英級的防守執行力與不停賭對的防守策略。

另一個帶給勇士很困擾的問題就是在進攻端，他們也具備團隊多點開花的能力，並非只要守住Kawhi Leonard就能搞定一切，總是有人能夠在得分上跳出來做出貢獻，令勇士防不勝防。

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而今天多倫多暴龍又是打出這樣局勢，Kyle Lowry上半場就狂飆21分，三分球幾乎彈無虛發(5投4中)，在控制節奏、組織隊友上也持續維持他冷靜、穩定的特質，引領著暴龍打出優勢的團隊火力，即使Kawhi上半場只得9分，在整體氣勢上，暴龍還是一直壓著主場的勇士打。

並且在控制失誤、迫使勇士失誤下，以及爭搶進攻籃板下，依舊保持他們優勢面，所以在上半場真的看得出多倫多暴龍在攻防兩端的整體性上真的發揮優於勇士。

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下半場易籃後，勇士浪花兄弟與Iguodala催起一股攻勢打出反擊氣勢，而Kawhi與Lowry都陷入犯規麻煩，整個士氣天坪一度轉回勇士身上，勇士也將領先優勢給奪回。

但隨著Klay Thompson膝蓋傷勢傷退後，勇士在進攻端的壓力更加沉重起來，Stephen Curry基本被全力封鎖，雖然Andre Iguodala在今晚把他FMVP的價值打了出來，為勇士分擔得分壓力，但似乎抵擋不了暴龍板凳暴徒Fred VanVleet的暴走.....

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VanVleet在第四節三分連發，加上犯規，等於在第四節貢獻4顆價值連城的三分彈，在勇士進攻端只剩Curry一的威脅點下，這等於就是致命一擊，足以成為擊垮勇士的關鍵。

且勇士最後罰球沒掌控好，以及一直再講的，失誤、防守籃板依舊讓暴龍得利，導致一些反擊氣勢都功虧一簣。

勇士雖然在最後讀秒階段成功導致暴龍失誤，給予自己擁有致命一擊機會，但很可惜勝利女神沒站在他們身邊，因沒有暫停而違例，也葬送了最後逆轉的機會，此賽季正式畫下句點。

或許最後就是差那些細節沒做好，勇士很遺憾以4分之差落敗，挑戰三連霸失利，也很可惜，沒辦法被這場勝利獻給KD。

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真的要恭喜多倫多暴龍，總冠軍賽我認為他們真的打得太棒了，不管攻防兩端真的都優於勇士。

⚠而我過去就不斷再講的，傷病也是比賽的一環，是任何球隊都得自己承受的，絕不會因為勇士陷入傷兵問題而貶低了暴龍今年冠軍賽是這麼出色的發揮，他們奪冠實至名歸。

今晚Kawhi僅得22分，但Lowry上半場的跳出、Siakam外線證明自己、Ibaka持續板凳禁區的貢獻，以及今年季後賽最驚奇的VanVleet，第四節他真的太關鍵了，絕對是此戰暴龍能封王的關鍵英雄。

至於FMVP是誰，我相信不會意外，一定為Kawhi Leonard。

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最後也要向金州勇士球員致敬，今年真的傷病太多了，在這賽季板凳戰力與經驗本來就不足的情況下，傷了主力完全將球隊問題凸顯出來，在這樣的情況下，每個勇士球員真的都拼老命在打了。

而隨著Klay的傷退，確實也代表勇士想贏球的難度太大了。

失敗真的沒什麼，期待勇士明年捲土重來，尤其KD與Klay可以擺脫傷病，健康的回歸奧克蘭，就看暑假勇士制服組怎麼做了。

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將士用命！團隊多點開花！暴龍奪下隊史首座冠軍。
⬛暴龍奪得2019賽季總冠軍🏆

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今年多倫多暴龍讓金州勇士陷入麻煩的原因不僅僅是他們菁英級的防守執行力與不停賭對的防守策略。

另一個帶給勇士很困擾的問題就是在進攻端，他們也具備團隊多點開花的能力，並非只要守住Kawhi Leonard就能搞定一切，總是有人能夠在得分上跳出來做出貢獻，令勇士防不勝防。

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而今天多倫多暴龍又是打出這樣局勢，Kyle Lowry上半場就狂飆21分，三分球幾乎彈無虛發(5投4中)，在控制節奏、組織隊友上也持續維持他冷靜、穩定的特質，引領著暴龍打出優勢的團隊火力，即使Kawhi上半場只得9分，在整體氣勢上，暴龍還是一直壓著主場的勇士打。

並且在控制失誤、迫使勇士失誤下，以及爭搶進攻籃板下，依舊保持他們優勢面，所以在上半場真的看得出多倫多暴龍在攻防兩端的整體性上真的發揮優於勇士。

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下半場易籃後，勇士浪花兄弟與Iguodala催起一股攻勢打出反擊氣勢，而Kawhi與Lowry都陷入犯規麻煩，整個士氣天坪一度轉回勇士身上，勇士也將領先優勢給奪回。

但隨著Klay Thompson膝蓋傷勢傷退後，勇士在進攻端的壓力更加沉重起來，Stephen Curry基本被全力封鎖，雖然Andre Iguodala在今晚把他FMVP的價值打了出來，為勇士分擔得分壓力，但似乎抵擋不了暴龍板凳暴徒Fred VanVleet的暴走.....

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VanVleet在第四節三分連發，加上犯規，等於在第四節貢獻4顆價值連城的三分彈，在勇士進攻端只剩Curry一的威脅點下，這等於就是致命一擊，足以成為擊垮勇士的關鍵。

且勇士最後罰球沒掌控好，以及一直再講的，失誤、防守籃板依舊讓暴龍得利，導致一些反擊氣勢都功虧一簣。

勇士雖然在最後讀秒階段成功導致暴龍失誤，給予自己擁有致命一擊機會，但很可惜勝利女神沒站在他們身邊，因沒有暫停而違例，也葬送了最後逆轉的機會，此賽季正式畫下句點。

或許最後就是差那些細節沒做好，勇士很遺憾以4分之差落敗，挑戰三連霸失利，也很可惜，沒辦法被這場勝利獻給KD。

-

真的要恭喜多倫多暴龍，總冠軍賽我認為他們真的打得太棒了，不管攻防兩端真的都優於勇士。

⚠而我過去就不斷再講的，傷病也是比賽的一環，是任何球隊都得自己承受的，絕不會因為勇士陷入傷兵問題而貶低了暴龍今年冠軍賽是這麼出色的發揮，他們奪冠實至名歸。

今晚Kawhi僅得22分，但Lowry上半場的跳出、Siakam外線證明自己、Ibaka持續板凳禁區的貢獻，以及今年季後賽最驚奇的VanVleet，第四節他真的太關鍵了，絕對是此戰暴龍能封王的關鍵英雄。

至於FMVP是誰，我相信不會意外，一定為Kawhi Leonard。

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最後也要向金州勇士球員致敬，今年真的傷病太多了，在這賽季板凳戰力與經驗本來就不足的情況下，傷了主力完全將球隊問題凸顯出來，在這樣的情況下，每個勇士球員真的都拼老命在打了。

而隨著Klay的傷退，確實也代表勇士想贏球的難度太大了。

失敗真的沒什麼，期待勇士明年捲土重來，尤其KD與Klay可以擺脫傷病，健康的回歸奧克蘭，就看暑假勇士制服組怎麼做了。

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Not one to stay stuck in the moment, Taj Gibson insisted he'll let this one go no matter how tempting it might be to hold onto it.

The rookie tied a career high with 20 points and had 13 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls used a big first-half run to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 122-90 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

"You're only as good as your last game," Gibson said.

And this one was quite impressive. He hit 9 of 14 shots and fed off newcomer Hakim Warrick in another eye-opening performance from a rookie whose emergence made the departed Tyrus Thomas expendable.

"He's such a good kid," coach Vinny Del Negro said. "He is very coachable. He wants to learn and is always working. I like some of the passes that he and Hakim made to each other. They worked well against the zone."

And they had plenty of help.

Derrick Rose scored 17 points to help the Bulls set a season high for points. So did Kirk Hinrich, who also buried three 3-pointers to give him 773 in his career and break a tie with Ben Gordon for the club record.

Warrick had a highlight reel dunk over Thaddeus Young that "got me going" and finished with 15 points. Brad Miller scored eight of his 15 during a 23-1 run to close the second half, turning a three-point deficit into a 58-39 lead and sending Chicago to his sixth win in seven games. The Bulls set a team record for fewest turnovers with four while dishing out 26 assists.

"They were finding the open man, just making the right plays," the Sixers' Allen Iverson said.

Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 23 points. Young scored 17 points, but the Sixers went 8:14 without a field goal during a drought that spanned the second and third quarters in their most lopsided loss this season while falling for the third time in four games.

"We couldn't hit shots and we couldn't get stops," Iguodala said.

They were leading 38-35 after Iguodala hit two free throws with 5:19 left in the first half.

And then?

Miller put back his own miss and led the charge as the Bulls scored 21 straight before Young hit 1 of 2 free throws with 35 seconds left. Miller added a layup, hit 2 of 3 free throws after getting fouled on a 3 and buried two more foul shots.

And after Young's free throw, Rose drove for a layup in closing seconds to make it a 19-point game at halftime, and he started the third with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Hinrich then hit one of his own to make it 64-39 and give him 701 in his career, putting him ahead of Gordon.

"I don't feel like I shoot a lot of 3s," Hinrich said. "I just take them when it's available."

Iverson finally hit a fadeaway jumper for the Sixers' first field goal since Rodney Carney's put-back with 6:59 left in the first half, but the Bulls continued to pour it on for their second straight lopsided home win.

They beat the Knicks by 33 on Tuesday and followed up wins at New York and Minnesota with another impressive showing against a struggling Sixers team. With the next two games against Washington and Indiana, Chicago has a chance to keep the streak going.

It would help if they had an effective Joakim Noah.

He entered to loud cheers with 3:33 left in the first quarter and finished with a point and two rebounds in 7 minutes after missing seven games with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. That Noah was in uniform was a surprise considering Del Negro had said he probably wouldn't play.

Warrick, in his first home game since the trade deadline deal with Milwaukee, whipped the crowd into a frenzy late in the opening quarter, when he pivoted and threw down a one-handed facial over Young. The groans were just as loud moments later when Noah missed a dunk even though he was all alone, and he heard it from his teammates.

Otherwise, he felt fine.

"I really feel no pain, and I feel really good that we're playing such good basketball right now," he said.

Game notes

The Bulls' previous low for turnovers was five against Washington on Feb. 23, 2007. ... Sixers G Willie Green missed his second game with a slightly separated left shoulder. F Jason Smith missed his third straight game with a sprained right ankle, and newcomer Francisco Elson, recovering from hernia surgery, was not in uniform.

For those who were there at McDonough Gymnasium on August 4, 1994, few will forget the arrival of a 6-0 freshman guard who needed no introduction. The rumors of Allen Iverson's arrival to the Kenner Summer League were true, and by game's end, Iverson had scored 40 points. By the Sunday afternoon final, before an overflow crowd inside the gym and a crowd of those outside who could not get in, Iverson finished a combined 99 point effort in three days against some of the best collegiate talent in the city. This, of course, from a player that had not played organized basketball in over a year.

The Allen Iverson years had begun.

A brief profile can't do justice to tell the story of one of the greatest pure athletes ever to attend Georgetown, a man without peer in his talent over two years at the collegiate level. Just a year before his Kenner debut, few would have imagined Allen Iverson ever playing college basketball.

Iverson was not only a 31 point a game guard for Bethel HS, but a football player of tremendous skill. As a quarterback and defensive back his sophomore season, he produced nearly 1,600 yards offense and 13 INT's. By his junior year, he accounted for 2,204 yards, 21 touchdowns by rush or interception, and 14 touchdown passes. In a region which has produced NFL quarterbacks such as Michael Vick and Aaron Brooks, there are those who will still say "Bubbachuck" Iverson was better than both of them. Schools such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Duke, and three dozen other top programs across two sports were vying for perhaps the greatest two-sport star the Tidewater had ever produced.

When he led Bethel to the state title, someone asked what it was like to win the title. "I'm going to get one in basketball now," which he did. In late February, 1993, en route to the state title he had promised, Iverson was one of a large group of Bethel teammates at a Hampton bowling alley when a fight broke out between students from rival schools trading racial insults. Three people were hurt in the aftermath. Despite conflicting testimony from eyewitnesses and no clear evidence linking him to the crime, Iverson was one of four black students arrested.

Racial tensions were heightened when the prosecutors passed on a misdemeanor assault charge and charged Iverson with three counts of felony "maiming by mob", which carried a 20 year prison sentence. Despite video evidence which did not place Iverson in the crowd at the time of the fight, he was convicted in a racially charged case.

The 20 year sentence was later reduced to five, and Iverson was granted clemency by Gov. Douglas Wilder three months later, sending Iverson to a detention program at an alternative high school. (The original charges were thrown out by the Virginia court of appeals in 1995.)

In the spring of 1994, with Iverson still in detention, his mother approached John Thompson with a plea to help her son get to college and start a new chapter of his life. Though Thompson had passed on a number of troubled players in the past, he offered Iverson a scholarship in April of that season, contingent upon his completion of high school and his legal release, which was granted 48 hours before his Kenner debut.

By his debut in a Georgetown uniform in November 1994, Iverson had been the subject of intense national media attention. In the Hoyas' annual exhibition with Fort Hood, Iverson scored 36 points, five assists, and three steals in 23 minutes. Local columnists were in awe.

"Hang his number up in the rafters," wrote Tom Knott of the Washington Times. "He's better than most of the point guards in the NBA right now."

"I saw Lew Alcindor, Austin Carr, Moses Malone, Alonzo Mourning, Albert King, Ralph Sampson and Patrick Ewing play in high school," said the Post's Thomas Boswell. "Now, I have two memories on my first impression top shelf. The man who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Allen Iverson."

Iverson opened the 1994-95 season in Memphis, TN in a 97-79 loss to defending NCAA champion Arkansas, scoring 19 points. Six days later, he scored 31 in a nationally televised game with DePaul, followed by 30 four days later against Providence, leading the team in scoring 22 times that season. His only game under double figures for the season (and his career) was a game where he played only ten minutes in a loss at Villanova, a game Georgetown coach John Thompson threatened to forfeit when a group of Villanova students paraded through the Spectrum in black and white-striped prison garb, with a sign comparing Iverson to O.J. Simpson.

"You accept certain ribbing, but there is a line," Thompson said after the game. "I can condone any Christian university sitting and watching that happen...If that happens [again], I going to walk. It that simple." Such fan behavior was not seen thereafter.

Later in the season, with President Bill Clinton in attendance, Iverson scored 26 as the Hoyas routed Villanova, 77-52. He followed it up with 21 to beat Syracuse, 28 versus St. John's, 31 in a Big East tournament opener with Miami (a game that saw Iverson outscore the entire Hurricane team at the end of the first half), and 27 versus Connecticut in the semis. In the NCAA regional, he scored 24 in the loss, but held Jeff McInnis to 1 for 8 shooting. By season's end, Allen Iverson had been named Big East Player of the Week nine times, Rookie of the Year, a second team all-conference selection, and honorable mention All-America recipient. Having led the Hoyas in points and steals en route to the school's first NCAA regional appearance since 1989, Iverson was already a star. By 1996, he would become nothing less than a sensation.

The leaser of a talented team that featured four future NBA stars, Allen Iverson dominated the 1995-96 season as no Hoya has done before or since. Adept at the crossover dribble that became his NBA trademark, lightning quick to the basket, and able to score on opponents at will, Iverson was largely unstoppable. Even more impressive was an effort to improve his shooting touch, for despite averaging 20.4 points as a freshman in 1994-95 (2nd all time for a Georgetown rookie), Iverson only shot 39 percent from the field, 23 percent from three, and 19 percent from three in Big East play. For his sophomore season, his field shooting increased to 48 percent, his three point mark to 36 percent. The results were striking.

In the pre-season NIT versus Temple, Iverson shot 50 percent for 24 points and a career high 10 rebounds. After a 23 point effort against Georgia Tech, he scored a career high 40 against Arizona, one of two 40+ point games that season. In Big East play, Iverson could ring up points with ease, such as the game where he scored 21 points in only 20 minutes against Rutgers.

In the final three months of the season, Iverson led the team in 21 of the team's 25 games: 40 against Seton Hall, 39 against St. John's, 34 against Providence. He scored 30 in a wild win over Memphis, and followed it up two nights later with 26 in an upset of #3 Connecticut. For the game, Iverson totalled 26 points, 8 steals, and 6 assists, including a soaring dunk past Ray Allen and the Huskies. It was the highest ranked team any Georgetown team had defeated since 1988. His best performance of the season might have been a 37 point, 8 rebound, and three steal effort against #6 ranked Villanova, playing only 27 minutes. The 106-68 win represents the sixth largest margin of victory and the largest margin ever by a Georgetown team against a top 10 opponent.

Iverson was capable of an off game; unfortunately, two came at particularly inopportune times for the Hoyas' hopes for a national title. Entering the 1996 Big East Final with a #1 seed on the line, Iverson shot 4 for 15 and the Hoyas lost by one, 76-75. As a result of the loss, Georgetown was seeded #2 behind top ranked UMass, and in the regional final between the two teams Iverson struggled with a 6 for 21 effort in the loss. For the season, though, his statistics were astonishing: his 926 points broke the then-record by 124 points. He set new single season marks in field goals, field goal attempts, three pointers, three point attempts, steals, minutes, and scoring average (25.0), the latter of which ranked 7th in the nation that season. The Big East's defensive player of the year, he was named a consensus All-American amidst numerous other awards.

If he could somehow have stayed four years, Iverson undoubtedly would have shredded the Georgetown record books. But whatever hopes existed for Iverson to resist the lure of the NBA were short lived, particularly with the news that one of his sisters had fallen ill. Seeing the opportunity to take care of his family's medical needs, Iverson announced for the NBA draft soon after the end of his sophomore season, becoming the first Georgetown player in the Thompson era to do so. The compact that had bound so many great Hoya players to a four year commitment--from Ewing to Williams, Mourning to Mutombo--had now been broken.

The first pick in the 1996 NBA draft, Iverson signed a $3.9 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and a ten year, $50 million deal with Reebok. His effort on the court is well known and respected, but for all the media portrayals of Iverson as the anti-hero, an icon of a "Hip Hop Nation" that ran counter to the NBA's carefully constructed marketing image, or as a symbol of all that is allegedly wrong in professional basketball, he remains remarkably well-grounded.

Married for six years and the father of two, Iverson is fiercely loyal to his teammates and to his childhood friends. He considered it an honor to play for the U.S. Olympic team in 2004 when other NBA stars passed on the offer, and maintains a number of charity events to benefit his local community. In comparison to his NBA career, his years at Georgetown were largely free of the intense media and personal scrutiny, providing at least two years where he could grow as a person as well as a basketball player.

His arrival and exit at Georgetown is still a source of debate in some circles, but his performance on the court is not. Allen Iverson found a home, even briefly, at the Hilltop, and remains one of its brightest stars. "In my heart, I know I'm a basketball player," Iverson said following his 2006 NBA trade, "being that I know I can play with the best of them."

From that first Kenner League game on 1994, no one has doubted it since.

The Philadelphia 76ers played more like a playoff team than one mired in a miserable stretch of basketball.

Thaddeus Young had 26 points and 14 rebounds, Allen Iverson scored 20 points and the 76ers snapped a 12-game losing streak with a 117-101 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.

Iverson was a rookie the last time the Sixers lost 13 straight in the 1996-97 season. He played the best game of his four-game second stint in Philadelphia to help avoid another unlucky 13-game skid on his resume.

The Sixers had all five starters and two reserves score in double digits.

"We felt like once we did get a win, it was going to be extremely hard, one of the hardest games to win," Iverson said. "It was totally opposite."

Iverson hit the 20-point mark for the second straight game a day after his having his left knee drained of fluid. Young was sensational, using an 11-of-15 effort in the first half to give the Sixers a rare comfortable lead and easy win.

"It's been working for us, but we just couldn't get the win," Young said. "It really worked tonight."

Looking for a spark, 76ers coach Eddie Jordan benched power forward Elton Brand and paired rookie Jrue Holiday in the backcourt with Iverson. Jordan's move worked: Holiday had 15 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

"He just put us in a good rhythm tonight and had us flowing," Iverson said.

Brand, who was previously benched in some fourth quarters, said it was hard to complain about his role after a victory. He just can't believe he's considered a bench player early in the second year of an $80 million, five-year deal.

"When you look around at other teams, yeah," Brand said. "It's like, no disrespect, but [Golden State's] Mikki Moore gets the start and I don't. Not that he's not a good player, but, definitely."

Andre Iguodala left briefly with bruised ribs and scored 14 points on brutal 4-of-20 shooting. He's day-to-day and was not expected to practice Tuesday.

Corey Maggette led the Warriors with 24 points and Anthony Randolph had 15. Golden State lost its third straight in the finale of a five-game trip that started Dec. 7.

"You can't make excuses about a long trip," Maggette said.

Iverson's return generated a short burst of excitement, but not wins. His box office appeal is already lukewarm with only 12,795 fans listed to watch a slumping Sixers team.

Iverson joked at shootaround that after his ill-fated stint with Memphis, he sat home "trying to get fat." He wasn't in game shape and the Sixers came in with a bloated 18 losses.

He teamed with Young to make eight of 11 shots in the first quarter to help build a 12-point lead. Young really got rolling in the second quarter. He kept close to the basket and used a flurry of layups to score 14 points. He did hit a nice turnaround jumper that stretched the lead to 15.

Iverson capped the half by drawing a midair foul with 1 second left, hitting two free throws to make it 71-57.

Philadelphia won for only the third time in 19 games and its 12-game losing streak was the longest since 2006. Iverson was around for the start of that one three years ago before he was traded and the end of this one after his return.

Iverson acknowledges the years of banging down the lane and crashing the court have taken a severe toll on his 34-year-old frame. He's limited at shootarounds and practices -- by coaches decision, not complaint -- and no longer has the quickest first step in the league.

"I've been dealing with that the last 5, 6 years I've been playing," Iverson said. "I understand that when I fall or hit something that it flares up or gets irritated a lot faster than it used to. That comes from getting older."

By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Iverson could rest. Willie Green's 3-pointer with 9:10 left in the fourth gave the Sixers 102 points, meaning free food at a fast-food restaurant for the few fans who bought tickets.