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Larry Brown believes Allen Iverson is playing the best basketball of his career -- a point that was difficult to argue after what Iverson did Friday night.

Iverson scored 40 points in leading the 76ers to a 108-99 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics, giving Philadelphia its 11th win in 12 games since the All-Star break.

"He's had the best year since I've been around him," said Brown, who has been coaching Iverson for the last six seasons.

"He's a Hall of Fame coach," said Iverson. "So I guess he knows what he's talking about as far as my game goes. That makes me feel good to get a compliment like that."

Iverson shot 15-of-27 from the field and the Sixers shot 51.9 percent.

Seattle, which had five players score in double figures, had its six-game home winning streak snapped.

"Tonight (Iverson) was pretty consistent throughout the game knocking down shots," said Sonics coach Nate McMillan. "Every time we tried to make a run it seemed like he came up with a big basket. When he has that going, there is nothing you can do except hope that he misses some shots."

Keith Van Horn scored 26, Derrick Coleman had 14 points and 14 rebounds and Eric Snow also had a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists.

It was Iverson's third game this season with 40 or more points and the fourth time this season that the Sonics allowed an opponent to score 40-plus points.

"You're at his mercy when he's hitting his jumpers," said Kevin Ollie, who came off the bench to score 12 points.

The Sonics were led by Ray Allen's 24 points, but he was double-teamed and hounded by defenders the entire game. Although he led the Sonics in scoring for the seventh straight game, Allen shot only 8-of-23 from the field. Vladimir Radmanovic had 20, Brent Barry added 14, and Rashard Lewis added 12.

"We threw a lot of different guys at Ray Allen tonight," said Aaron McKie. "We chased him around, bumped him and gave him a lot of different looks. He's always been able to score so we wanted to keep after him."

The Sixers dominated on the inside, outscoring the Sonics 50-28 in the paint. Seattle scored many of its points from the outside, going 13-of-23 from 3-point range.

"We couldn't stop their penetration," said McMillan. "All night long they were playing in our paint with either Snow or Iverson. They were breaking down and forcing our bigs to step up and leave the basket open for offensive rebounds."

Philadelphia outrebounded Seattle 37-29 and had 11 offensive rebounds.

Iverson took over in the third quarter when he scored 14 of his points.

Van Horn's fast-break layup with 6:09 left pushed the Sixers' lead to 97-79. Seattle responded with a 14-3 run, capped by Lewis' 3-pointer with 2:18 to play that cut Philadelphia's lead to 100-93. The Sonics would not get any closer.

The Sixers are now 11 games over .500. It's their highest mark since they opened the season15-4.

"We're playing very well right now," said Iverson. "We just have to keep doing the same thing we've been doing since the break."

Game notes
McMillan and C Jerome James were fined $7,500 and $5,000, respectively, by the NBA for criticizing officials following Wednesday's loss to Utah. ... Sonics C Elden Campbell missed his second straight game with the flu. ... Barry has made at least two 3-pointers in each of the past five games. ... Snow, who has been in double-figure scoring in each of the last 27 games, has posted more than 10 points and 10 assists in four of the last five games.... Van Horn suffered a cut chin during a scramble for a loose ball in the second quarter. It required six stitches. ... Kenny Thomas missed his second straight game with a sprained ligament in his right ankle.

The first half was Reggie Miller's. The game belonged to Allen Iverson.

Iverson scored a career playoff-high 45 points, including 19 in the third quarter, as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame Miller's 41 points, beating the Indiana Pacers 116-98 Tuesday night to even their first-round series at 1-1.

Game 3 of the best-of-five Eastern Conference quarterfinals is Saturday in Indiana.

"I'm going to remember this game for a long time," said Iverson, who also had nine assists. "I've been playing a lot off my God-given ability. This game took a lot of thinking. I'm pleased with my mental aspect coming into the game... When guys doubled me, I found my teammates and they hit the shots. I don't think I forced too many things."

Aaron McKie had 19 points and George Lynch added 16 for Philadelphia, which finished as the top team in the East for the first time since 1983-84.

Jalen Rose had 18 and Jermaine O'Neal added 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers, who were down just 61-59 at halftime after getting 33 from Miller.

"I wish it was reversed," Miller said. "The game is four quarters. I hate doing things early. I like doing it late."

Iverson scored 14 of Philadelphia's final 17 points in the third, including the last 10. He drilled a 17-footer, another long jumper and hit a 3-pointer to give the Sixers their biggest lead to that point, 88-76, with 1:11 left.

After Rose hit a jumper, Iverson nailed another 19-footer as the sellout crowd of 20,739 at the First Union Center chanted "MVP, MVP" for the league's scoring champion.

Iverson pumped his fist, raised his arms and cupped his ear, imploring the fans to make more noise before he finished the quarter at the foul line, giving the Sixers a 91-78 lead on a free throw.

Indiana didn't get closer than 10 in the fourth.

"It was a phenomenal performance and it took that," Sixers coach Larry Brown said of Iverson's play.

Miller, whose three-pointer with 2.9 seconds left in Game 1 lifted the Pacers to a 79-78 comeback victory, opened the game with a 3-pointer and proceeded to hit shots from all over the court.

He scored seven straight points three different times -- at the start of the game, midway through the first and to begin the second.

Four Sixers -- Eric Snow, Kevin Ollie, Iverson and McKie -- tried to guard Miller in the first half and none could stop him.

Even Pacers coach Isiah Thomas was excited after Miller's running jumper gave Indiana a 39-37 lead midway through the second. The normally reserved Thomas clapped his hands and low-fived Miller as he ran down the court.

But Miller missed all three of his shots in the third and scored only two points on free throws as Iverson took over, helping the Sixers break open a tight game.

Miller finished 14-of-22, including 3-for-5 from 3-point range. Iverson was 15-of-27, including 3-for-7 from beyond the arc.

"They did a good job of recognizing where Reggie was (in the second half)," Thomas said. "They were double-teaming him and we didn't do a good job of finding the open guys inside."

Philadelphia stressed the importance of getting the ball inside to its big men -- Dikembe Mutombo and Tyrone Hill -- after the guards took 57 of 78 shots in the opener. But Mutombo and Hill combined for three shots in the first half and neither scored.

Mutombo finally scored on a layup with 6:23 left in the third, and finished with three points and 11 rebounds, one of his worst games since joining the Sixers in a deal at the trade deadline.

"We were making so many shots it's tough to get the big guys involved," Brown said.

Miller had 16 points in the first quarter, nearly matching his total of 17 in Game 1. He was just 5-of-21 in the opener, but made his fifth shot with 4:04 left in the first.

Thomas was very critical of the referees, even though Indiana had three fewer fouls. Thomas was most upset that Philadelphia had 17 foul shots in the third.

"I hope they allow our players to move around and run, and not be physically abused," Thomas said.

Notes: Miller fell six points shy of Sleepy Floyd's playoff record for points in a half. Floyd had 39 for Golden State in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on May 10, 1987. ... Iverson's previous playoff high was 40 points against Charlotte last year. ... Indiana has never lost a playoff series in which it won the first game, going 11-0 since 1993-94. ... The Pacers are 5-2 in playoff games at the First Union Center. ... Thomas got a technical for arguing a foul call early in the third. ... Austin Croshere scored 10 points in a reserve role and fouled out with 5:01 left. ... Philadelphia made seven 3-pointers, a team playoff record.