{"id":90185,"date":"2026-06-06T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/when-allen-iverson-dropped-48-in-his-nba-finals-debut-vs-lakers-%f0%9f%91%91-25-years-later-june-6-2001\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T14:43:41","slug":"when-allen-iverson-dropped-48-in-his-nba-finals-debut-vs-lakers-%f0%9f%91%91-25-years-later-june-6-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/when-allen-iverson-dropped-48-in-his-nba-finals-debut-vs-lakers-%f0%9f%91%91-25-years-later-june-6-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"When Allen Iverson Dropped 48 In His NBA Finals Debut vs Lakers! \ud83d\udc51 (25 Years Later) | June 6, 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years later, Allen Iverson&#8217;s legendary Game 1 performance in the 2001 NBA Finals remains one of the greatest playoff <!--more--> performances in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Facing a Lakers team led by Shaquille O&#8217;Neal and Kobe Bryant that entered the Finals undefeated in the postseason, Iverson erupted for 48 points and led the Philadelphia 76ers to a stunning 107-101 overtime victory.<\/p>\n<p>AI&#8217;s unforgettable night featured clutch shot after clutch shot, an iconic overtime takeover, and one of the most memorable moments in Finals history.<\/p>\n<p>Relive the full highlights from the game that ended the Lakers&#8217; 19-game winning streak and cemented Allen Iverson&#8217;s place among the NBA&#8217;s all-time greats. \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfc0<\/p>\n<p>Final Line:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd25 48 PTS | 6 AST | 5 STL<br \/>\n\ud83c\udfc6 2001 NBA Finals Game 1<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc5 June 6, 2001 \u2014 25 Years Ago Today<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a moment with the latest news, trending stories and highlights to bring you closer to your favorite players and teams.<br \/>\nDownload now \u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/nba.smart.link\/NBAApp-YTDes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/on.nba.com\/2JX5gSN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-five years later, Allen Iverson&#8217;s legendary Game 1 performance in the 2001 NBA Finals remains one of the greatest playoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}