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Allen Iverson emphatically answered Dirk
Nowitzki.

But the German star still has a lot of questions after the U.S.
Olympic team needed Iverson's midcourt buzzer-beater to edge
Germany 80-77 in an exhibition game Wednesday -- a day after the
Americans' stunning 95-78 loss to Italy.

"If they sent Kevin Garnett and Kobe and everyone else no one
in the world would have a chance. But I don't know like this,"
Nowitzki said. "I'll be very curious to see how they'll do in
Athens."

Nowitzki scored 32 points, capped by a 3-pointer over two
defenders that tied it at 77 with 3.2 seconds left. But Iverson
countered with his second 3-pointer in the final 1{ minutes,
prompting Tim Duncan to raise a finger to the sky as if to say,
"We're No. 1!" while other team members piled atop Iverson.

"That was great. It felt good because it was the first time in
my life I hit a buzzer-beater like that," Iverson said. "That's
what basketball is all about."

U.S. coach Larry Brown tried to put a positive spin on another
embarrassing game.

"We made a lot of improvements over the game last night, but we
have a long ways to go," Brown said, adding of his recipe for gold
in Athens: "We're going to have pound the ball into Tim Duncan and
knock down some outside shots."

But the shaky first two games of the European trip has people
wondering if this team is going to be the first to lose in the
Olympics since NBA players became eligible for the 1992 Barcelona
Games.

Duncan led the Americans with 19 points, Carmelo Anthony added
16 and Iverson finished with 15.

Nowitzki pulled Germany -- a team that failed to qualify for the
Athens Games -- to 75-74 with two free throws with 35 seconds left.
Anthony's two free throws made it 77-74, setting up the final
long-distance drama in front of 18,000 spectators roaring for the
Germans and especially the popular Nowitzki.

"You can write the negative or you can write the positive,"
Iverson said. "But it was good to win a game like this. The crowd
was really into it. We have to get used to it in Athens. Everybody
will be rooting against us."

The U.S. team plays its first game in Athens against Puerto Rico
on Aug. 15 as it tries to win its fifth straight gold medal since
NBA players were allowed to compete at the Olympics. The Americans'
next exhibition game is against Serbia-Montenegro.

USA co-captain Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers) had never hit a game winning shot in his illustrious playing career until Wednesday night when, with time about out, he dribbled across mid-court and launched a game-wining 40-foot 3-pointer to lift the USA Senior Team (2-1) to an 80-77 victory over Germany (1-1) in front of a sold-out Kolnarena crowd numbering 18,000.

"It felt good when it left my hand, I knew it had a chance," said Iverson of his game winner. "I tried to side step him (his defender) just to get a little bit of space and I got a good look at the basket and fortunately it went in.

"That was my first buzzer-beater ever," added a smiling Iverson who was mobbed by his USA teammates after making the shot.

The Iverson answer was a fitting end to a game that was tight the entire way and one in which NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki almost single-handedly kept his country within striking distance. Nowitzki finished the night with a game best 32 points on 13-for-23 shooting overall, while adding 12 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots.

In a game in which neither team was able to post more than a a six point advantage, the fourth quarter saw the two teams stay within three points of each other the final 10 minutes.

The U.S. entered the fourth quarter trailing 61-60 and was behind 65-63 with 8:40 to play when Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets) scored five consecutive points to spark the Americans to a 68-65 lead with 8:00 to play.

Germany forward and former UNC player Ademola Okulaja made a three to tie the game at 68, and with 5:40 to go, Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers) scored off a pass from Anthony to put the US up 70-68. Germany scored the game's next four points to move ahead 72-70 with 3:30 showing on the clock, but the USA evened the game after Stephon Marbury (New York Knicks) came up with a critical steal at mid-court, then found Anthony on the break for a layup with 1:57 left.

Iverson, in a preview of what was to come, swished a 3-pointer a blink before the shot clock expired to give the US a 75-72 lead with 1:18 remaining. The suspense continued and with 35 ticks left in the game, Nowitzki was fouled on a 3-point attempt and the Dallas Mavericks star made two of the three free throws to close the gap to a single point, 75-74.

Having committed just two fouls in the final quarter, Germany was forced to foul to get into the bonus and made three quick fouls before finally sending Anthony to the line to shoot two with 12.4 showing on the clock. Despite the roar of the frenzied, partisan crowd, Anthony calmly made both free throws to increase the USA lead to 77-74.

But Nowitzki had one more shot in him and pulling up at the top of the key, he watched his 3-pointer fall cleanly through with 3.8 seconds left to tie the contest 77-77.

Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) then inbounded the ball to Iverson around the foul line and Iverson dribbled right, took a dribble across halfcourt and launched his first game winner.

The US offensive effort was headed by Duncan who finished with another impressive all-around effort, scoring a US high 19 points and grabbing a team best nine rebounds. Anthony added 16 points, and Iverson finished with 15. All12 U.S. players scored in the contest.

"It was a great basketball game. Germany played very well and any time you have a Dirk Nowitzki on an opposing team you have a very tough opponent," stated U.S. mentor Larry Brown.

"I think our players really got a lot out of these two games (against Italy on Aug. 3 and Germany Aug. 4). We made a lot of improvement from the game last night, but we have a long, long way to go. I think playing the last two nights is hopefully going to help us as this trip goes along."

The United States will return to the court Friday night in a game against 2002 World Champion Serbia and Montenegro in Belgrade. Friday night's game will be televised by ESPN at 7 p.m. (EDT).

The USA senior men opened their training on July 26 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla., and are pending the 20 days leading up to the start of the 2004 Athens Olympic basketball competition training in Jacksonville; Cologne; Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro; and Istanbul, Turkey, and will play a total of six exhibition games.

Following the game in Belgrade, the USA Senior National Team will conclude its tour in Istanbul, Turkey. Facing Turkey on Sunday, Aug. 8 in an ABC live nationally televised game (2 p.m. EDT), ESPN will show the Aug. 10 (1 p.m. EDT), USA-Turkey game live.