Allen Iverson wasn't happy...
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\"Shocked? What's the word for beyond shocked? I'm mad,\" Iverson said after a panel of five former Houston Rockets players - including former Sixer Moses Malone, in a critical role - awarded the NBA All-Star dunk championship to 5-9 New York Knicks guard Nate Robinson instead of Iverson's 76ers teammate, Andre Iguodala, Saturday night at the Toyota Center.
\"Y'all saw what happened,\" Iverson continued. \"That ain't right.\"
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In the dunkoff, a tiring Robinson needed 14 tries before he successfully threw the ball down for a score of 47.
Iguodala, who had to sit for nearly 10 minutes as Robinson kept attempting and misfiring on a fancy pass to himself off the backboard, then missed twice before soaring underneath the basket for a rim-rattling reverse stuff.
When the scorecards were raised, Malone - who originally had signaled an 8 - looked at the other judges' cards and changed his to a 10, giving Robinson a 47-46 victory.
From SI.com: \"Y'all saw what happened,\" Iverson continued. \"That ain't right.\"
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In the dunkoff, a tiring Robinson needed 14 tries before he successfully threw the ball down for a score of 47.
Iguodala, who had to sit for nearly 10 minutes as Robinson kept attempting and misfiring on a fancy pass to himself off the backboard, then missed twice before soaring underneath the basket for a rim-rattling reverse stuff.
When the scorecards were raised, Malone - who originally had signaled an 8 - looked at the other judges' cards and changed his to a 10, giving Robinson a 47-46 victory.
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The most egregious moment came after Iguodala and Robinson had completed their final dunks, when the judges -- Kenny Smith, Moses Malone, Rudy Tomjanovich, Clyde Drexler and Elvin Hayes -- conferred amongst themselves and awarded Iguodala a score that just happened to tie the event and send it into a dunk-off. The scores from the judges went up, came down, were shuffled around and then reposted, announcing a tie. I don't know about you, but the last thing I wanted to see on Saturday night was those five guys at a table trying to solve a complicated math problem and ensuring a tie score.