The Rockets were 1-3 against the Spurs in the regular season, winning only the first game of '02. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info03 lost three games in a row in the regular season, and with the addition of these two, the Rockets have lost five in a row.

Instead of scolding Smith and Far Fly, Alexander encouraged them: "We beat the defending champions without a manager, and it's good to get to the second round. It doesn't matter if we lose to Spurs, our players are young anyway and they will definitely be stronger next season. For the rest of the game, just do your best. ”

This made Smith breathe a sigh of relief, and Yuanfei was still frowning.

Instead, Smith's mind was energized, and he changed his tactical plan and decided to try defending with defense.

The Rockets players who returned to their home court really put down their burdens and fought with all their might. Wallace, who played as a starting small forward, prevented Bowen from scoring 1 point on 0-of-6 shooting in the first three quarters, and Maddy, who was fully defensive, also prevented Ginobili from shooting 1-of-7 and only scored 6 points on free throws.

But Maddy's energy is focused on defense, which is more expensive, and his offensive end is not so smart. The Rockets also had no one to curb Duncan's play, and Smith had to let Maddy go down to rest in the fourth quarter, and Duncan had already scored 28 points. And the Rockets' offense was very bad after the ball in the majority of the half, and the point difference gradually widened.

In the final half of the game, the 82:69 Rockets still trailed by 13 points, and the goddess of victory seemed to have beckoned to the Spurs again.

Wallace broke through to Olajuwon, who scored on a basket, 82-71.

Spurs substitute Steve. Smith missed a jumper, and Big Dream grabbed the rebound. Wallace broke through and assisted Olajuwon for another dunk, 82-73.

Marrick. Rose assists Duncan for a dunk and also colored. Billups hit a jumper, but Wallace squeezed Rose away to grab the rebound and assisted Reed on a three-pointer to give the game 3:40 left in 84:76! With Wallace's wonderful play, the Rockets saw a glimmer of hope for a comeback.

But the calm stone Buddha is as hard to shake as a mountain, and Duncan immediately assisted Kerr with a three-pointer, 87-76, and the difference is back to double digits.

Billups broke through Claxton's defense and hit a pullup jump shot, and he was still 9 points away! Popovich called a timeout, and Ginobili and Robinson came on. And the Rockets replaced Yao Ming and Maddie.

Ginobili missed a three-point shot, Kerr grabbed a rebound in the front court but Smith still missed, Robinson missed the rebound, and Yao Ming protected the rebound. Wallace scored two points on a fast-break layup to make it 87-80.

Duncan made a layup and was blocked by Wallace, Billups attacked it, and then passed Wallace, and the jumper scored 87:82, and in the last minute of the game, there was only 5 points left! Wallace again! His key play at a super level helped the Rockets quickly chase the score.

Popovich called a timeout again, and Jackson and Bowen came on for Smith and Kerr. This lineup is about to be played until the end of the game.

Ginobili dribbled widely, and suddenly the serpentine direction broke through Billups, and then he feigned a pass to Duncan, but the ball was diverted to the other side. The young Wallace was playing too excitedly and a little distracted, and he missed Bowen in the bottom corner.

Bowen makes a three-point shot! Bowen, who shot 0 of 6 from the previous shot, hit this priceless three-pointer! At 90:82, with only 44 seconds left in the game, the Rockets were basically sentenced to death early.

Some fans at the Compaq Center have started to leave the court, and an experienced team like the Spurs will hardly make a mistake in the final minute to give the Rockets a chance. Most of the remaining fans began to pray for God to grant them a miracle. And will God really hear?

The Rockets served, Billups advanced quickly, but it still took six seconds to pass through the half court due to Ginobili's interference, and he immediately passed to Maddie. Wallace stepped forward to cover Bowen, Maddy took a step and did not hesitate at all, and he directly pulled out a jumper in the face of Jackson, who switched over.

The ball scored, 90:85, there were only 35 seconds left in the game, and 5 points were not irreversible!

Yuan Fei's eyes suddenly widened on the sidelines, and he seemed to think of a miracle he had witnessed.

The Rockets immediately fouled the Spurs players (note: since there are only 35 seconds left in the game, and the NBA can consume 24 seconds per offense, the Rockets can only use foul tactics to prevent the Spurs from wasting time, and wait for the Spurs players to get the ball after the free throws before attacking). Stephen, who is shooting 76% of his free throw line this season. Jackson made two free throws (Note: The all-time free-thrower was Devin. Brown, but '03 Devon. Brown still couldn't play as a fringe player, so the text changed to Jackson), 92:85, and the Rockets still trailed by 7 points.

The Rockets attacked, Yao Ming stepped forward to cover and wanted to block Bowen, and Duncan immediately pounced to make up for the defense. Maddie made a shooting action, Duncan pounced on the block with all his might, but he didn't expect Maddie to only make a feint, Duncan used too much force to make contact with Maddie, and at this time, Maddie used his waist and abdominal strength to fold in the air to complete the shot. The referee's whistle blows, foul. This three-point shot also hit steadily, 3+1!

Madiga hit a free throw, 92-89, just 3 points away!

There was a boil in the Toyota Center. Yuanfei was dumbfounded, this familiar scene, could this be ......

The Rockets fouled again, this time on Duncan. Duncan, who is shooting 71 percent from the free-throw line this season, made two free throws to the disappointment of the Rockets. As usual, Duncan and Jackson made 3 of 4 free throws, but they played at a super level and actually made 4 of 4 free throws.

The Rockets called a timeout and served from the halfway point.

Bowen clinged to Maddie to make it difficult for the Rockets to serve, and Wallace nearly violated the serve with five seconds. Maddie went around the halfway line and took advantage of his height to receive Wallace's high toss, and he quickly dribbled forward, with Bowen clinging to him. Maddie dribbled to the three-point line and made another pull-up jumper, and the ball went in! At 94:92, there are 11.2 seconds left in the game, and there are only 2 points left!

The Spurs served at halftime, the ball went to Jackson in the bottom corner, Maddie and Wallace suddenly formed a trap on it, Jackson was caught off guard and fell to the ground, and the Spurs have run out of timeouts (teams without timeouts will be given a technical foul if they call a timeout)!

Wallace successfully broke the ball, Maddie dribbled to the three-point line after getting the ball, and jumped high to make a jumper, the ball went in, 94:95 The Rockets overtook the score, and there were only 1.7 seconds left in the game!

At this moment, Maddie is like God in the jersey of a rocket, invincible!

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Without a timeout, the Spurs are obviously unable to complete an effective attack in 1.7 seconds (note: after a timeout, the midline serve can form an offense immediately, and the baseline serve without a timeout). The game ended with Ginobili missing a three-pointer from a distance.

At 94:95, relying on Maddy's 13 points in the last 35 seconds, the Rockets completed a shocking comeback in the final moments.

Maddy, who did not play well in the first three quarters, contributed 28+7+3 on 11-of-25 shooting, Yao Ming contributed 11+8, and Wallace became another hero of the Rockets, who contributed 15+7+5. Duncan slashed 32+10+4 and still failed to lead the team to victory away from home.

(Note: The all-time miracle of 35.13 seconds occurred on December 9, 2004 during the regular season game between the Rockets and the Spurs.) Because of the different times, there are a few discrepancies with the text)