Allen Iverson has stated that referee Marc Davis said that he'd "whup my ass."

"It just... I never heard it before,'' Iverson said. "I mean, we were getting at each other. It just got out of hand. It was a tough night, obviously, for both of us.

A league official conducted an interview with Iverson on Monday.

"I don't think I'll ever get to that point,'' Iverson said. "I mean, I look at the paper in Philadelphia and read how many people are dying and how much wild stuff is going on in Philadelphia; I'm not getting to any boiling point. This is basketball; this is all fun. I mean, outside of these lines is real life.

"I'm not going to get to a point where I act up like that every game out. I got upset and I reacted, and so be it. It's something I'll live with; it's something I can correct. I was just upset. I'm into the game; I'm a competitor, just like the referee is a competitor. I just spoke up for what I believed. If I made a mistake, then hopefully I'll never make it again.''