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Iverson beaten up, but not down.

Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)

| June 14, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Detroit Free Press. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Perry A. Farrell

PHILADELPHIA _ This is 76ers guard Allen Iverson's first trip to pro basketball's largest stage, the NBA Finals.

The league's smallest-ever MVP recently was asked what he wanted people on the outside to know about him now that he is among the league's elite.

His answer was simple.

"That I'm human just like everybody else," said Iverson, a Hampton, Va., native. "I make mistakes just like everybody else. Laugh like everybody else. Cry like everybody else. Have feelings just like everybody else. I'm just a little stronger than a lot of other people, mentally."

And probably tougher physically. This season, he …

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