Rookie Allen Iverson SICK Full Highlights vs Cavaliers 1997.04.12 - 50 Points! HD 

Dropped 50 his rookie year. What a legend.

and 4 40 point games in a row before this as a rookie, thats crazy

The man is 6’0 and drives to the basket like a 6’6. Absolutely Fearless

If iverson played today he would be the best player ever So much freedom in today’s game

What cats don't realize is that the Cavs were one of the best defensive teams at this time and AI still lit them up like it was nothing... smh otherworldly confidence

Ai is now overlooked he was one of the most dominant players ever in his prime

Officials robbed Allen a couple points! On God.

Just legendary ! We don’t see players like this today... Real OG Loc 😅

MJ was the greatest Kobe was the best basketball professional ie workaholic but Iverson was my idol! Did the impossible!! words can not express how he impacted me and my game growing up! Absolute legend!

Those would have been and-1s nowadays

Crossover so viscous they had to call carry woooo🔥🔥🔥

AI got no love from the officials his whole career still killed everybody

Coronavirus got us watchin all these classic games. Cant wait til we are all pass this. Prayers up

AI was an icon from day one- i know kobe would go on to have the better career- but from day one- AI was an icon- the most influential player I've seen second only to mj. everyone on the playground was rocking his shoes, a bandana- playing like him from his first day man.

It's crazy how small he was because he was able to score so viciously on everybody. You'd think he get all of his shots blocked being a normal sized human. But in addition to his quick crossover, he was underrated explosive at the rim, so the defender never had time to time him let alone jump to really contest his shots smh CRAZY

I remember watching this live. I was 17 and already had a man crush for this dude. He was a pleasure to watch him. Go sixers!

One of the greatest scorers the game has ever seen

GREAT ROOKIE PERFORMANCE!!! 👍👍👍

He was so strong

THE ANSWER! A.I WAS THE MAN IN PHILLY. I LOVED WATCHING HIM, JORDAN AND KOBE ( RIP MAMBA) PLAY IN THEIR PRIME.

Most exciting basketball player ever. I'd take him over anybody.

2:56; Ivo, in today’s era of basketball, wouldve never been called for a carry/travel!!!!!

I swear this is me, when I play at my local LA fitness

Crazy to be that dominant and effective on offense at only 5’10 is crazy enough, but especially in one of the hardest and most physically defensive eras ever…. That man was freak!

Easily one of the greatest players to play the sport

For all small guys A.I. is the true GOAT! Almighty Allen ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡

He was so fast on the break. They couldn't catch him. Sura was my dude back then.

He should be on the Mount Rushmore of basketball. To do it at 6 feet tall, to take the Sixers to the Finals by himself?!

This is during the best era basketball

He was definitely that dude.🏀

Iverson was stronger and more muscular his first couple years in the league. He made a lot of contact plays in this game.

They called palming on him cause the move broke the league he’s actually not palming the ball. It’s just a basic case of referees not use to seeing a move so they call a violation. Players were composing I remember Reggie kept saying he’s carrying but nope not at all. It’s almost what James harden is going through with the step back. I’ll end with this there’s a ton of things they don’t call in the league now a days trust me overdone would kill.

I love allen iverson 🥰😍

1st step was crazy fast

Man , rookie Ai , and he crossed MJ too .. he had some nice handles tho

Iverson revolutionized the entire game, he was definitely the best small player to ever play the game.

Antonio Lang's reaction at 1:53. "😮" He was impressed.

Four straight 40+ games at 6.0. Gosh!

Era un espectáculo 🔥🔥🔥

Will forever be my # 1 favorite player of all time 🐐

happy 48th birthday allen ezail iverson !!!

That crossover was so clean and knew the way he made your boy get lost the referee didn’t know what to do it was so much of an innovation to the game but it was the cross the crap out of him

still my fav NBA star！

this is a Classic!!

Damn 🐐... I Miss my guy a lot!

This Version of iverson was the best With that haircut better

I'm a Kobe fan but at one point I think Iverson was better then Kobe.Iverson took the bum ass Sixer's to a finals.with all role players. Just imagine if you swapped him and Kobe.with shaq Iverson probably would of have more championships

Allen🙌🏾

Man, it sucks that we get old. What a fuckin player he was.

The answer

This is when Terrell Brandon knew it was time to call it quits lol

El Nacimiento de una futura estrella de la Liga Waooo.. The Andswer

Man, if I was a top-tier perimeter defender at SG, there are only 2 people I would *never* want to guard. This man, and the other one would have been a young Derrick Rose. Those guys were just too fast...

Marke Fultz went number 1. Iverson would have ate him

Savage!!!!

Bouncing around like a spring unstoppable

50 his rookie year I think he did it more than once this season too Allen Iverson was a straight up scorer out the ass!

us in Philly were lucky to see him every game from day 1

AI was a sick athlete. Y'all seen his high school football highlights? Smh

4 str8 40 point games broke Wilts record as a rookie! But some respect on that mans name. "Momma! There goes that man" 😂🔥🔥🔥

Crazy

Stackhouse was like "I gotta get the fuck outta Philly".

Idc who you are, you always gotta answer to the question 💪🏾💯🐐

That palming whistle was hilarious

those jerseys were fire af

He always went to his right

My favorite player of all time.

He really did take a beating every game

pound for pound

Looks very promising

LOVED AI!!!

dude is literally unstoppable, the only ones that somewhat managed to contain AI were MJ and Tyronn Lue and they both were crossed pretty bad.

Man if A.I. played in this weak ass Era with no hand checking & everything being a foul dude would EASILY average 40 a game every season

Historic!

Man, this is the first time I saw this. Nice to AI this fast.

1:49 i had the same reaction at #21. Tough ass move while in mid air

A 5-11 165lbs rookie from Georgetown scoring 5 straight 50pts in a league when teams averaged around 85-93 per game. Just insane ROY campaign for AI 27 years ago

man aint no joke 50 points rookie and a 6ft

Allen iverson was one of the most nba ready rookies ever.. Lebron. jordan. luka.

🐐

The little guy dominated anybody in that era. He was so good.

Damn he’s better then Kyrie Kyrie just has better handles

All his continuations would be and ones in todays NBA ...

Those Cavs jerseys and that court are sick.

He dropped this the day I was born literally

Never. Be. Another. Allen. Iverson.

If this sixers team could have gotten along they would have been awesome and tough to beateat

First A.I the G.O.A.T

Refs where hating on iverson lol

I watched this game on TV and was so mad at the refs. This was around the time the league tried to put the clamps on AI for his crossover. I think they called him for palming the ball at least 3 times. You can see in the highlights he was also not getting the continuation calls either (which might have been a league rule at the time for everyone). The reason why I'm commenting is because I was at one of the four games he scored 40 against the Hawks. It was crazy to get to see Iverson in his early prime go for 40 in the old Omni arena. It seemed like his first few years he had these similar 40 plus streaks in games in April. So lucky I got to be there and experience it live. It was like he was playing the game in fast forward and had at least two extra gears than everyone else on the floor. Dude was special for real.

39 in the second half?? As a rookie 4 straight 40 plus games..he definitely would be in my starting five all time playing point even though he was a shooting guard idc

I got A.I. in my top 10 all time..

If time can go back I would love to see all my favorite top 5 players that i think most exciting players Jordan, Kobe, Iverson, Jason William aka chocolate the crazy passer. And the last last of all I wish time go back Derrick Rose can be healthy. Man o man Derrick and Iverson both are small but super explosive

A.I was masterful with that jump stop

Equivalent to 55 ppg during a 4 game stretch in today’s NBA.

watching young Iverson makes me laugh like a child😂

Kobe vs Iverson those time when ASG is still worth watching.

AI>Kyrie

Not a single flop and i don't think he cried even once

First crossover goat