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Saturday, Dec. 9 10:00pm ET
Iverson scores final eight points

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Allen Iverson was adamant about playing hurt Saturday night. It worked out well for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson was playing with an injured hip, but it didn't prevent him from scoring 18 to lead the 76ers on Saturday.

Iverson scored 18 points, including the 76ers' last eight, as Philadelphia beat the Vancouver Grizzlies 83-79 Saturday night for their 16th victory in 20 games.

Iverson hurt his right hip Friday in a victory at Portland.

"I feel good because of the win, but coach (Larry Brown) didn't want to put me in the fourth quarter because my hip was bothering me," Iverson said.

"As the game went down, I asked him if I could get back in and he said he didn't want me to get hurt any worse. I told him it's not hurting any more than it did before he took me out. So he let me play. Fortunately I was able to come in and just help my teammates."

Vancouver tied a season low with nine points in the fourth quarter after leading by 14 late in the third. The Grizzlies were 3-for-23 in the final 17½ minutes of the game.

Vancouver's Michael Dickerson had a chance to tie the game in the waning seconds, but his shot was off the mark.

"It came off my hand wrong," said Dickerson, who led the Grizzlies with 20 points. "When I shot it, I knew it wasn't going because it came off my pinkie finger and it's supposed to come off my index finger."

Vancouver (7-13) has won three of its last 15 games.

The 76ers finished up a road trip with a 3-2 record.

"It's nice when you win the last two games of a road trip," said 76ers reserve Toni Kukoc, who scored 12 points.

"If somebody told me before the season that we're going to be 16-4, I would be surprised considering we've had more games on the road than at home."

Philadelphia is 7-0 at home.

Aaron McKie scored 16 points for Philadelphia, and Canadian Todd MacCulloch had 11 points and six rebounds.

Vancouver's Mike Bibby had 17 points and nine assists, while Shareef Abdur-Rahim was held to 12 points on 4-of-11 shooting.

"We were phenomenal in the fourth quarter," Brown said. "We did a great job on everybody. We got every rebound, we held them to one shot. We won with defense. We got a well-deserved win against a really good young team."

Game notes
Philadelphia placed guard Eric Snow on the injured list with a broken right ankle, and activated guard Pepe Sanchez. Sanchez went scoreless in seven minutes against Vancouver. ... Tyrone Hill (right quad tendinitis) and Matt Geiger (right ankle sprain) did not suit up for the Sixers. ... Vancouver hasn't beaten the 76ers since its inaugural season of 1995-96. Philadelphia is 9-1 overall against the Grizzlies.
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