Allen Iverson's hamstrings never have been a serious problem, so when he suffered a hamstring strain during Monday's practice and the pain persisted, he was more than a tad concerned.

"It was new to me," Iverson said. "I didn't know what to expect from it, how much I hurt it or anything like that. So, it was kind of scary just for the fact that I've never had the injury."

But Tuesday he declared himself fine.

"I ran on it today, and I felt good," Iverson said.

Iverson admitted to having had recent hamstring issues, but said none have ever been anything that wore on.

"It's been bothering me for the last two or three games," he said. "But usually when I get in the game and started to run on it, it loosened up. It doesn't bother me anymore. (Monday), I think I was guarding J.R. (Smith), and he made a strong move, and I tried to beat him to the spot and I just got a sting. It bothered me, so I sat it out instead of trying to tough it out and hurt it some more."