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Allen Iverson's "team first" approach with the Philadelphia 76ers has earned him respect from his teammates and fans.


Iverson, recently voted a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star team despite starting the season with Memphis, had 17 points, five rebounds and three assists in the 76ers' 107-97 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night.

Philadelphia (15-28) has won both games since Iverson was voted an All-Star starter by the fans, a selection that has drawn criticism. The former NBA MVP and four-time scoring champion plans to play in his 11th straight All-Star game Feb. 14 at Cowboys Stadium.

"My fans still support me. You can't ask for more than that," he said. "When you play this game, it's all about the people that come to see you, the people in the stands. For somebody to say the fans don't mean anything, that's crazy."

Since joining the team in early December, Iverson has helped the 76ers go 10-13 after a 5-15 start. He entered Saturday averaging 14.2 points, well below his career average, and 4.3 assists.

"He means a lot more than his numbers," Philadelphia coach Eddie Jordan said. "His spirit gives us momentum, his spirit gives us confidence, it gives us a sounding board, it gives us a calming effect. He means a lot.

"He's special to us. He's not the Allen we used to know back in 2001, but he adds leadership, toughness and some experience."

Iverson, whose reputation took a hit in recent years after turbulent stops in Detroit and Memphis, has impressed his 76ers teammates with his maturity.

"He's been great with us," said Philadelphia forward Elton Brand, who scored 23 points. "You hear the rumors and stories over the years, and it's great to see him in this light because he totally has a positive image to me."

Thaddeus Young had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Lou Williams scored 14 points for the 76ers, who won consecutive games for just the fourth time this season.

"The most important thing is for us to take it one game at a time and not try to look forward," Iverson said. "I think the sky's the limit."

Danny Granger had 22 points, A.J. Price added 17 and Troy Murphy had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Pacers (15-29), who have lost four of five after a three-game winning streak.

"Our guys played exhausted and we got outplayed, no question about it," Indiana coach Jim O'Brien said. "Our guys are exhausted and they should be. We just played a five-week schedule that is taxing."

Trailing by 13 entering the fourth quarter, the Pacers cut it to 88-83 after Price's consecutive 3-pointers. Philadelphia answered with an 11-0 run over the next 3 minutes to make it 99-83. Young had seven points during the spurt.

"We need to win, we got the talent," Brand said. "We just need to put it all on the court and play together."

Philadelphia took its biggest lead, 74-58, on Iverson's jumper with 5 minutes left in the third quarter. Indiana cut the deficit to nine before falling behind 86-73 entering the final period.

"This is one we could've and should've won," said Pacers guard Brandon Rush, who had 14 points. "We couldn't make shots when we needed."

Game notes
Philadelphia rookie guard Jrue Holiday needed 12 stitches to close a cut above his right eye after banging his head on the court in the first quarter. He returned in the third quarter. ... Pacers C Jeff Foster (sore lower back) and F Tyler Hansbrough (ear infection) did not play. ... The Pacers and 76ers will complete the home-and-home series Monday in Philadelphia. ... Many of the fans at Conseco Fieldhouse wore Indianapolis Colts jerseys and shirts. The Colts face the New York Jets in the AFC championship game Sunday at nearby Lucas Oil Stadium. Some Jets fans in attendance chanted: "J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets!" in the third quarter to a chorus of boos.

Allen Iverson expected the Philadelphia 76ers to own the kind of killer instinct that can finish off teams for good once they build a double-digit lead.

Because they don't consistently have one, sub-500. teams such as Indiana can rally and finish off the Sixers at home.

Danny Granger scored 26 points and Dahntay Jones had 18 points to lead the Pacers to a 109-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.

"At times, when we can put teams away, we go about it in a lackadaisical way," Iverson said. "We're going to continue to struggle as long as we don't have that killer instinct that everybody's been talking about."

The Pacers earned a split of the home-and-home series after Philadelphia won 107-97 on Saturday night. Jones scored seven straight points late in the fourth quarter that helped the Pacers put this one away for a rare road win.

Brandon Rush scored 16 points, and Troy Murphy had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Pacers.

"It's hard to beat a team twice," Granger said.

Andre Iguodala scored 22 points and Iverson had 20 for the Sixers. Philadelphia failed in its bid to win three straight games for the first time this season.

"We do a lot of things positive on the basketball court, we're just not putting together whole games," Iverson said. "That's the frustrating part, because a game like this, we're supposed to win."

Pacers coach Jim O'Brien blamed Saturday's loss on fatigue caused by a schedule that had the Pacers play nine sets of back-to-backs since Dec. 18. The Pacers had won Friday at Detroit.

Maybe a night's rest made a difference down the stretch.

Jones hit a layup, a short jumper and converted a three-point play in about 90 seconds that gave the Pacers a five-point lead. Rush sealed it with a big 3-pointer that stretched the lead to 105-98 and sent fans fleeing toward the exits.

"I thought it was a game we can build on," O'Brien said.

The Sixers can blame this loss on a miserable third quarter. They built a double-digit lead on some of their sharpest shooting of the season, only to watch it collapse because of a five-basket third quarter. The Sixers couldn't make up for a nearly six-minute scoring drought spanning the third and fourth quarters.

Iguodala missed the bulk of the shots -- a dreadful 2-of-9 -- that let the Pacers grab the lead for the first time in the game.

The Sixers shot 62 percent in the first half and only led by three. They also never trailed until Murphy's 3-pointer minutes into the third put the Pacers ahead 63-60.

The Pacers kept making their shots and that was enough to win the battle between two struggling teams that still have a shot at the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoff standings.

"We need to close games at home," 76ers forward Elton Brand said. "We need to really put that team away."

Iverson, an All-Star starter, got the Sixers back in a groove when his first 3 of the game pulled them within two. Lou Williams, who scored 16, sank three straight free throws after he was fouled on a 3-point attempt that made it 91-90.

Murphy and Granger -- who shot a combined 15-for-28 -- scored back-to-back buckets that held off the Sixers' charge.

Iguodala fought inside for a tough basket that made it 95-92 and a fadeaway that kept the deficit at three. The Sixers just couldn't make the stops. Jones tossed in a one-hander down the lane between Brand and Iguodala.

Williams, benched twice recently for the entire fourth quarter, cut it to 99-97 on a 3 in front of Indiana's bench. It was just too late and the Sixers lost their 10th game after holding a double-digit lead.

"We went back to our old ways and let it slip away from us," Iverson said. "Games like this, we've got to have."