Celestine: June 2006

Allen Iverson
Philadelphia 76ers
Position:Point Guard
Born: Jun 7, 1975
Height: 6-0 / 1,83
Weight: 165 lbs. / 74,8 kg.
College : Georgetown
2005-06:Tenth NBA season (Philadelphia) … In 72 games/starts averaged 33.0 points, 7.4 assists, 3.2 assists and 1.94 steals in 43.1 minutes per game … Shot 44.7 percent (815-1822 FG) from the field and 81.4 percent (675-829 FT) from the free-throw line … Set career-highs in field goals, field goal percentage, free-throws made and attempted, points and scoring average ... Now holds the franchise’s all-time career scoring average with 28.0 per game... Scored 2,377 points this season to rank 2nd on the Sixers all-time list for most points in an individual season... Led the NBA in minutes per game, ranked second in points per game, seventh in steals per game and eighth in assists per game … Had 18 double-doubles (points-assists) … Scored a season-high 53 points at Atlanta (12/23), his 10th-career 50-point game … Overall, has 74 career games with 40 or more points and had 15 in 2005-06 … Had five 40-point, 10-assist games (4-1) to lead the league and land in the company of Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Nate Archibald and Michael Jordan as the only players in league history to have five in a season … Scored 30-plus points 49 times (24-25) … Scored 30 or more points in a season-high seven-straight games (1/18 – 2/6) … Ranked second in the NBA in free-throws made and third in field goals made… Recorded his 17,000th career point at Toronto (11/16)… Recorded his 18,000th career point versus New Jersey (1/18)… Recorded his 19,000th career point versus Washington (4/10) becoming the sixth-fastest player to do so in his 679th career game ... Passed Julius Erving to rank third on the Sixers all-time franchise scoring list at Milwaukee (2/24)… Moved into second place on the all-time franchise list for most free-throws made, with a season-high 20 FTM versus Houston (2/6) … Led team in scoring and assists through the team’s first 14 games this season to break an NBA record set by Oscar Robertson (13 games) in 1962-63 … Scored at least 25 points through his first 11 games this season, the second-longest streak to begin a season since Michael Jordan’s streak of 16 games during the 1988-89 season … Missed 10 games (3-7), eight due to injury (2-6) : four due to a left ankle sprain (1/28 - 2/3) and four due to a right foot sprain and contusion (3/14 - 3/19) and had two DND - Coach’s Decisions (4/18 - 4/19) … Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week three times: 1/17/06, 12/12/05 and 3/6/06. Pro Career: Ten NBA seasons … Named 2001 NBA MVP... Played 682 games (678 starts) boasting career averages of 28.0 points (3rd all-time in NBA history), 6.1 assists, 4.0 rebounds and 2.34 steals per game in 41.7 minutes… Has scored 19,115 career points and ranks 39th among the all-time NBA scoring leaders… Led the NBA in scoring four times (30.9 ppg in 2004-05, 31.4 ppg in 2001-02, 31.3 ppg in 2000-01 and 26.8 ppg in 1998-99)… Led the NBA in steals for an NBA record three-straight seasons (2.74 in 2002-03, 2.80 in 2001-02 and 2.51 in 2000-01)... Had an NBA high 225 steals in 2002-03, setting a single-season franchise record... Scoring breakdown: 255 games with 20-29 points (134-121), 200 with 30-39 points (129-91), 73 with 40 or more (51-22) and 10 with 50 or more (6-4)... Has 100 career double-doubles... Recorded first career triple-double vs. LA Clippers (1/7/02) with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists… Has missed 106 regular season games (41-65) – 101 due to injury, three due to NBA suspension and two DND - Coach’s Decisions… Also missed one playoff game (2001, 0-1) due to injury… Played in the 500th game of his NBA career at New York (11/22/03); played 600th game of his career vs. Dallas (4/1/05)… Became the 10th fastest player to score 14,000 points (518 games) vs. Orlando (1/24/04)… Scored 10,000th career point vs. Seattle (1/21/02); 12,000th career point vs. Boston (1/20/03); 13,000th career point vs. Detroit (4/8/03); 16,000th career point vs. Cleveland (3/4), 17,000th point at Toronto (11/16) … Scored his 18,000th point vs. New Jersey (1/18) … Started seven-straight All-Star Games (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)… Two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)… Three-time first team All-NBA selection (1999, 2001, 2005)… Three-time second-team All-NBA selection (2000, 2002, 2003)... Three-time NBA Player of the Month (Feb. 1999, Jan. 2001 and Jan. 2002)... 19-time NBA Player of the Week (3/6/06, 1/17/06, 12/12/05, 3/27/05, 3/6/05, 2/13/05, 12/26/04, 11/16/04, 3/17/03, 12/2/02, 11/25/02, 3/3/02, 1/28/02, 1/21/02, 11/20/01, 1/8/01, 2/20/01, 1/18/98, 4/13/97)… First player in franchise history to be named the NBA Rookie of the Year (1996-97)... 1997 All-Rookie first team… Three-time NBA Rookie of the Month (1/97, 4/97 and 11/96)... MVP of the Schick Rookie Game held during All-Star Weekend in 1997… Became the only rookie in NBA history to record five-straight games of 40 or more points (4/7/97 to 4/14/97)… USA BASKETBALL... Named to the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball (4/29/03)… At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, served as a co-captain for Team USA... Led the team in scoring average (13.8 ppg), minutes per game (27.1) and three-point field goals (15) as Team USA posted a 5-3 record en route to the bronze medal… In an exhibition game on Aug. 4, 2004, hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Team USA an 80-77 win over Germany... Selected to the 2003 USA Men’s Senior National Team that competed in Puerto Rico during the summer of 2003... Averaged 14.3 points and 3.8 assists per game, helping Team USA (10-0) capture the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament... Member of the gold medal winning 1995 USA Basketball World University games team that finished 7-0 in Fukoka, Japan... In the 1995 tournament, led the team in scoring (16.7 ppg), assists (6.1 apg) and steals (2.9 spg)... PLAYOFFS…In 57 playoff games, averaging 30.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds… In the playoffs, has scored 40 or more points 10 times (9-1)… Recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points vs. New Orleans (4/20/03)... Set an NBA playoff record with 10 steals vs Orlando (5/13/99)… Missed one game playoff game due to injury, at Milwaukee (5/26/01) due to a left sacroiliac joint contusion… Scored in double figures in all 57 playoff games… Grabbed a playoff career-high 12 rebounds in Game 3 of the NBA Finals vs. L.A. Lakers (6/10/01)… Passed for a playoff career-high 16 assists vs. Toronto (5/20/01)… Set five NBA Finals records for a five-game series in 2001, including most points (178), most field goals (66) and most three-point field goals attempted (39)… Became second player (Michael Jordan) to score 50 or more points twice in a playoff series when he scored 52 points (5/16/01) and 54 points (5/9/01) vs. Toronto… Set a Sixers single-game playoff record with eight three pointers against the Raptors (5/9/01), one shy of the NBA record. 2004-05:Ninth NBA Season (Philadelphia)… Captured his fourth NBA scoring title (30.7 ppg)… Finished with the second highest point total (2,302) in franchise history, behind only Wilt Chamberlain (1965-66, 2,649 pts)… Became the first player in NBA history to rank in the top-5 in scoring average (30.7), steals (2.40) and assists (7.9)… Scored 40 or more points nine times (8- 1)… Dished out double-figure assists in 22 games (14-8)… Scored 20 or more points in 57-straight regular season games (12/10-4/18)… Set a career-high for assists (16) twice (4/18 vs. CLE & 4/12 vs. BOS)… Set a career-high scoring 60 points (2/12) vs. Orlando and became the second player in franchise history (Wilt Chamberlain, 3 times) to score 60 or more points in a game… Became the seventh player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in consecutive games, joining Rick Barry, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Antawn Jamison, Michael Jordan and Bernard King… Had 24 double-doubles (23 pts-asst; 1 pts-rebs)… Combined to score 145 points (54 pts, 12/18 at MIL; 51 pts, 12/20 vs UTA; 40 pts, 12/22 vs. IND), a career-best for a threegame span… Had the first of three game-winning field goals of his career: vs TOR (3/23) with 2.4 seconds left; vs. WAS (11/26) after making a steal with 3.3 seconds remaining, made a gamewinning lay-up with 0.2 seconds remaining; and his first-ever career game-winning field goal as time expired vs. Indiana (11/12)… Hit a jump shot with 0:07.2 remaining vs. New Jersey (11/10) to force overtime… Missed seven games due to injury (2- 5)… Had a season-high seven steals twice: vs. Utah (12/20) and at Memphis (12/3)… Scored his 15,000th career point at Milwaukee (12/18), becoming the 93rd player in NBA history to eclipse the 15,000-point mark… Became 73rd player in NBA history to surpass the 16,000-point mark (vs. CLE, 3/4)… Voted MVP of the 2005 NBA All-Star Game after finishing with 15 points, nine assists and four steals… Voted Eastern Conference starter for the All-Star game for the sixth-straight season… Fourtime recipient of Eastern Conference Player of the Week award... PLAYOFFS: Averaged an NBA Playoff-high 31.2 points and 10.0 assists per game… Shot 47.6 percent overall (59-126 FG) and 41.4 percent from three-point range (12-29 3FG)… Had three doubledoubles… Scored 30 or more points in four of the five games… Finished Game 3 with 37 points and 15 assists, becoming the fourth player in NBA Playoff history with 35 or more points and 15 or more assists in a game joining John Bagley (Boston), Walt Frazier (New York) and Jerry West (L.A. Lakers)…Had threestraight games with 10 or more assists, becoming the first Sixers player with 10-plus assists in three-straight playoff games since Maurice Cheeks (1989 First Round vs. New York). PRO CAREER: Nine NBA seasons… Named 2001 NBA MVP... Played 610 games (606 starts) boasting career averages of 27.4 points (third all-time in NBA history), 6.0 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.38 steals per game in 41.5 minutes… Has scored 16,738 career points and ranks 66th among the all-time NBA scoring leaders… Led the NBA in scoring four times (30.9 ppg in 2004- 05, 31.4 ppg in 2001-02, 31.3 ppg in 2000-01 and 26.8 ppg in 1998-99)… Led the NBA in steals for an NBA record threestraight seasons (2.74 in 2002-03, 2.80 in 2001-02 and 2.51 in 2000-01)... Had an NBA high 225 steals in 2002-03, setting a single- season franchise record... Scoring breakdown: 239 games with 20-29 points (126-113), 187 with 30-39 points (116-71), 59 with 40 or more (41-18) and nine with 50 or more (6-3)... Has 82 career double-doubles... Recorded first career triple-double vs. LA Clippers (1/7/02) with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists… Has missed 96 regular season games (38-58) – 93 due to injury and three due to NBA suspension… Also missed one playoff game (2001, 0-1) due to injury… Played in the 500th game of his NBA career at New York (11/22/03); played 600th game of his career vs. Dallas (4/1/05)… Became the 10th fastest player to score 14,000 points (518 games) vs. Orlando (1/24/04)… Scored 10,000th career point vs. Seattle (1/21/02); 12,000th career point vs. Boston (1/20/03); 13,000th career point vs. Detroit (4/8/03); 16,000th career point vs. Cleveland (3/4/05)… Started six-straight All-Star Games (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)… Two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (2001, 2005)… Three-time first team All-NBA selection (1999, 2001, 2005)… Three-time second-team All-NBA selection (2000, 2002, 2003)... Three-time NBA Player of the Month (Feb. 1999, Jan. 2001 and Jan. 2002)... 16-time NBA Player of the Week (3/27/05, 3/6/05, 2/13/05, 12/26/04, 11/16/04, 3/17/03, 12/2/02, 11/25/02, 3/3/02, 1/28/02, 1/21/02, 11/20/01, 1/8/01, 2/20/01, 1/18/98, 4/13/97)… First player in franchise history to be named the NBA Rookie of the Year (1996- 97)... 1997 All-Rookie first team… Three-time NBA Rookie of the Month (1/97, 4/97 and 11/96)... MVP of the Schick Rookie Game held during All-Star Weekend in 1997… Became the only rookie in NBA history to record five-straight games of 40 or more points (4/7/97 to 4/14/97)… USA BASKETBALL... Named to the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team as announced by USA Basketball (4/29/03)… At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, served as a co-captain for Team USA... Led the team in scoring average (13.8 ppg), minutes per game (27.1) and three-point field goals (15) as Team USA posted a 5-3 record en route to the bronze medal… In an exhibition game on Aug. 4, 2004, hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give Team USA an 80-77 win over Germany... Selected to the 2003 USA Men’s Senior National Team that competed in Puerto Rico during the summer of 2003... Averaged 14.3 points and 3.8 assists per game, helping Team USA (10-0) capture the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament... Member of the gold medal winning 1995 USA Basketball World University games team that finished 7-0 in Fukoka, Japan... In the 1995 tournament, led the team in scoring (16.7 ppg), assists (6.1 apg) and steals (2.9 spg)... PLAYOFFS…In 57 playoff games, averaging 30.6 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds… In the playoffs, has scored 40 or more points 10 times (9-1)… Recorded a playoff career-high and a franchise playoff record 55 points vs. New Orleans (4/20/03)... Set an NBA playoff record with 10 steals vs Orlando (5/13/99)… Missed one game playoff game due to injury, at Milwaukee (5/26/01) due to a left sacroiliac joint contusion… Scored in double figures in all 57 playoff games… Grabbed a playoff career-high 12 rebounds in Game 3 of the NBA Finals vs. L.A. Lakers (6/10/01)… Passed for a playoff career-high 16 assists vs. Toronto (5/20/01)… Set five NBA Finals records for a five-game series in 2001, including most points (178), most field goals (66) and most three-point field goals attempted (39)… Became second player (Michael Jordan) to score 50 or more points twice in a playoff series when he scored 52 points (5/16/01) and 54 points (5/9/01) vs. Toronto… Set a Sixers single-game playoff record with eight three pointers against the Raptors (5/9/01), one shy of the NBA record.

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