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Iverson, 76ers win finale of NBA European tournament

Oct 11, 2006 - 10:15 PM COLOGNE, Germany (Ticker) -- The Philadelphia 76ers began their trip to Europe with a historic loss. They ended it with a historic win.

Allen Iverson scored 15 of his 28 points in the decisive first half as the 76ers won the inaugural NBA Europe Live tournament with a 85-71 victory over Euroleague champions CSKA Moscow.

One of four teams holding training camp in Europe, the 76ers began their journey with a loss to Winterthur Barcelona. Philadelphia became the first NBA team to lose a road game to a European team.

However, the 76ers found more success here, rallying from a 22-point second-half deficit Tuesday to defeat the Phoenix Suns and getting off to a much better start against the Russian squad, which defeated Israeli power Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

The 76ers uncharacteristically did it with defense as center Samuel Dalembert blocked a pair of shots and Iverson and Willie Green overplayed the passing lanes. A steal and layup by Iverson capped a 19-2 run that gave Philadelphia a 42-26 lead late in the second quarter.

The lead was 47-30 at halftime and grew to 51-32 early in the third quarter as Iverson threw a running lob to Andre Iguodala, who hammered home an alley-oop dunk.

Philadelphia maintained a double-digit lead for most of the remainder of the second half.

Iverson made 7-of-15 shots, including 2-of-3 from the arc. He added nine assists and made 12-of-17 foul shots.

Dalembert had five blocked shots while collecting 15 points and 18 rebounds for the 76ers, who shot 38 percent (27-of-71).

Former NBA player Trajan Langdon made four 3-pointers and led CSKA with 16 points. The Russian squad shot just 36 percent (27-of-76).