The night of June 6, 2001, Sixers fans of a certain vintage were left with an image for the ages. Allen Iverson. Tyronn Lue. The Stepover. The Philadelphia victory, in Game 1 of the Finals. Always and forever, that will endure. That will have to sustain everyone, until something better comes along.
The night lives on in Raja Bell’s brainpan as well, though for different reasons. The rookie guard was the Sixers’ newest of newbies, having signed with them on April 6 — exactly two months before the Finals opened.