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Byline: Kevin Tatum
PHILADELPHIA _ About 5:30 Sunday afternoon, the stretch of Broad Street that runs through the Temple University campus was gridlocked for blocks.
The Allen Iverson Celebrity Summer Classic had just ended, and an estimated 5,000 fans of all ages were leaving the 10,000-seat Liacouras Center after a lively session of summer basketball.
The only thing the crowd missed was seeing the star of the show playing. Iverson, the 76ers' star guard and the NBA's most valuable player last season, limited himself to coaching his team, the Allen Iverson All-Stars, because of a nagging hip injury.
Iverson spent the game _ in which his squad used a late rally to defeat the Crusaders, 120-115 _ walking the sideline and exhorting his players. He also …