AP – Graphic shows first-round matchup between Hawks and Bucks in the NBA playoffsMaybe Kobe Bryant is too beaten up to last through three playoff rounds against the rest of the West.
Perhaps the aging Boston Celtics do have one more run in them, or the Atlanta Hawks are ready to take the next step.
Sure, it's easy to think this year's NBA champion will be LeBron James and Cleveland, Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, or theOrlando Magic.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP)—The Philadelphia 76ers have said goodbye to A.I.
Allen Iverson’s(notes) second stint with the team he once led to the NBA finals ended with a whimper Tuesday when the Sixers announced he would not return for the rest of the season.
Iverson has mostly been absent from the team for a month, returning to Atlanta to be with his family as they deal with an undisclosed illness of his 4-year-old daughter, Messiah.
Iverson, who returned to the 76ers as a free-agent in December, has not
