Denver ? Allen Iverson likes playing alongside his new teammates, can’t believe how much snow there is in Denver after a recent blizzard and thinks he looks pretty good in a Nuggets uniform.

More than anything he’s glad his first game with the Nuggets is over, even if it ended in a 101-96 loss to Sacramento on Friday night.

“I just want to come, try to help and try to contribute,” said Iverson, who finished with 22 points and 10 assists in more than 39 minutes of play. “I’m a basketball player. I just get on the court and play basketball.”

Iverson, acquired from Philadelphia on Tuesday, sat next to assistant coach Mike Dunlap, waiting for Denver coach George Karl to put him in, which he finally did with 3:25 left in the first quarter.

After that, Iverson never came out.

“He said he’s going to play me 20 to 25 minutes,” said Iverson, who shared a seat at the podium with his 9-year-old son, Deuce, after the game. “Coach knows what type of competitor I am. He just let me play.”

He was asked if it felt weird being in a different uniform, and he grinned.

“I liked the uniform even when I was playing with the Sixers,” he said. “I always said these were the best uniforms in the league. I feel like a kid in the candy store when I got to put it on. I may sound crazy, but I’m used to it already.”

Even though he had jet lag and car sickness – it took him 1 hour, 45 minutes to drive roughly 20 miles from the airport due to traffic – Iverson said he was energized by the crowd.

“That’s all I wanted – to be welcomed,” Iverson said. “And just try to fit in the best way I can and just give the Denver Nuggets all I can give them, giving them everything I’ve been giving the Sixers for 10 years.”

His first basket with the Nuggets was a 13-foot fadeaway with 1:24 left in the first quarter. His first glitzy pass came in the second when he threw a lob to DerMarr Johnson for a slam.