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Elias Says ...

By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: NBA  Iverson • Allen Iverson scored 30 points in his first game against his former team, but the 76ers defeated the Nuggets 108-97 at Denver. Of the 16 other players who eventually faced a team for which they had won an NBA scoring title, only three scored 30 or more points in their first meeting: Dominique Wilkins, 36 vs. Hawks (Mar. 25, 1994); George Yardley, 33 vs. Pistons (Feb. 22, 1959); and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 30 ...

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