It's hard to be an NBA player, and it's even harder to be a perfect NBA player.

Howard, a cornerstone interior monster, is infinitely closer to his predecessor Shaquille O'Neal, not because of offensive and defensive talent, but because of the huge hole in the free throw shot.

At critical moments, Howard walked to the free throw line, which was a huge challenge for him.

The audience held their breath, and in the Amway Center, the voice suddenly became quieter, and everyone stared at Howard, and they didn't dare to yell for fear of disturbing Howard.

50.3 seconds.

Howard stands at the free-throw line and receives a pass from the referee.

Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, and try to calm yourself down.

Eyes converge on the basket and stare at each other, as if to shrink the space between each other as much as possible.

Howard would rather jump to the free-throw line for a layup if conditions allow.

Artest sneered, ran to Howard, and said, "It's useless for you to hit both free throws, because you're still one ball behind us." ”

Howard heard Artest's trash talk and glared at him fiercely.

But.......

He makes sense.

Thinking about it this way, Howard inevitably managed to create a momentum of seeing death as home, so he fell down a lot, and the basketball in his hand felt like a hot potato.

"Vote."

Lewis gave him a reassuring look.

Howard plucked up his courage, raised his arms, and flicked the ball lightly.

The basketball flew out of his fingertips, and the air was like a stone, and the look of the track was extremely stiff.

With a "clang", the basketball was decisively deflected, smashed on the front of the basket, bounced up, fell to the side, and missed the first penalty!

The fans in the stadium sighed.

Howard's face became even more ugly, and he high-fived his teammates and became weak.

At this time, whether the following goal can be scored is even more important, and if it can be scored, the Magic can also use a wealth of competitive means to carry out the final attack, and if it can't score, it means that the Magic must make a quick offensive two-point shot, or end the offense with a three-point offense.

Howard was under a lot of pressure.

In this game, he made good free throws before, and even built an excellent lead for the Magic at the end of the second quarter because of good free throws.

Howard takes the ball.

After dribbling twice and lifting it, I suddenly felt that there was no sense of the ball in both hands, and the hands were disconnected from the basketball.

"Bell!"

Still missed, two penalties missed!

At the critical moment, Howard missed two free throws!

Historically, how many top stars, in the last moments, will also be out of order due to pressure, Howard's performance of missing two free throws did not surprise the fans of the Amway Center, the only pity is that the team is now alive and dead, and the situation on the court is becoming more and more unfavorable.

Chandler protected the rebound with 50 seconds remaining.

Kidd unhurriedly transported to the front court and then pressed the tempo.

After 40 seconds, he figured that there was almost enough time left to attack and defend until the end, and then began to call for players to come out and play a block with Chandler in the high post.

Howard didn't make a mark on the offensive end, but did a very good job on the defensive end, moving laterally to block Kidd's breakout lane, and then quickly retreated to guard against Chandler's air cut.

Kidd could only move the ball, to the weak side, to Chris Bosh.

Bosh singled Lewis with his back, dribbled twice, and suddenly turned around to walk the bottom line, Lewis defended desperately, and the defensive action was a bit big, and there was a suspicion of fouling.

The referee didn't blow it, and Bosh missed the jumper.

Howard leaped high to beat Chandler and grabbed the rebound with both hands.

At this point, with the remaining 34 seconds or so left on the field, Stan Van Gundy did not call a timeout and went to the sidelines to remind the players to attack quickly.

At this time, if you play a quick two-point game, you can still prevent a wave of Kings when you come back, and you will avoid the embarrassment of entering foul tactics.

So Nelson took the ball and immediately went on a wild run.

Switching offense and defense, Nelson wants to play the Kings with an unstable foothold.

In the frontcourt, several Kings players were waiting for him, among which DeRozan had been following Nelson, and he keenly felt that Nelson should choose to impact the basket at this time.

It's a gamble-style judgment, or the ability to read the game at a critical moment.

The first hints of DeRozan represent the qualities of becoming a top star in the league in the future.

Nelson accelerated in a straight line, shook off Kidd, who was not as good as him, and then went straight to the Kings' basket without fear, where only Artest was defending.

Nelson's head shrank and he took three strong steps, but in the air he found that he was still overestimating himself.

Fortunately, out of the corner of his eye, Nelson happened to see the Magic player who cut in at this time.

It's just a glimpse, he is also a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and he is transmitted in seconds in the air.

It also happened to be this stroke of genius that dodged DeRozan's block, which was originally chasing the defense.

At this point, Carter received the ball and almost made an empty basket in the air.

According to Carter's state with the Raptors and Nets, this ball should at least be a tomahawk split, but at this time in the Magic, his physical condition is not the best, and he has steadily chosen a master to pick up the basket.

Hit!

The Magic trailed by one point 89-90.

It can be said that the effect of a quick attack has been achieved.

Wang immediately called a timeout tomorrow to arrange the final attack.

"The significance of a super coach is that there is a natural acumen in tactical planning, and of course, you must also master the ability to set up a perfect tactic at a critical moment."

Wang Ming gathered around the players, drew the route map on the tactical board with a marker, and then spoke quickly: "We are like this, this and this ........."

The 100-second pause ends.

Kings serve from the bottom line.

On the baseline serve, Wang Tomorrow also took care of everything, arranged a real cover, and let Kidd get the basketball without hindrance.

Then Kidd ran to the front court, first possession of the ball, and dragged it for four or five seconds.

The audience chanted the slogan "Defend", and Kidd commanded with a rocking arm.

In fact, there is no command, the coach has already arranged all the timeouts before, and this wave of offense can be done according to the tactics drawn by the coach.

So he handed the ball to Chandler at the top of the arc, and then turned around on a reverse run, walked the baseline, and looked like he was going to cut into the air.

It seems to be no different from the king's original tactics.

Chandler walked to the right with the ball, passed the ball to the screen, Artest hung the screen, and dribbled to Chris Bosh, who was in the weak pocket at this time.

Bosh holds the ball, all pulled away at this time, Bosh faced Lewis on the side, turned and walked head-on, Lewis felt that someone had made a block for Bosh.

Who?

Kyd!

At the critical moment, Kidd ran out and gave Bosh a very high-quality pick-and-roll.

This is something that no one could have imagined, the guard actually blocked the big forward!

In the current NBA era, there are only a few big forwards who attack with the ball, and there are even fewer guards who block and dismantle inside.

Kidd has a wide body and good consciousness, and he retreats outside after blocking it.

Lewis didn't dare to let go of Kidd and watched Chris Bosh hit Nelson with the ball.

Where could Nelson stop Bosh, who was nearly 30 centimeters taller than him and weighed 30 pounds at this time, and was immediately misplaced and snatched, Bosh was held high, and Howard guarded Chandler and didn't have time to make up for it.

Watch as Bosh throws a half-throw from close range.

At this time, the hosts of the broadcast finals held their breath and watched Bosh hit the ball.

Everyone actually has a feeling in their hearts that this goal should have been scored, after all, Nelson is so bad to Bosh that the two are not at the same level.

And Wang Mingming's tactics were also successful, no one expected that a shift at a critical moment could have such an effect.

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow into the net!

“Get it！” The hosts couldn't help but shout out with a hint of excitement.

After the scene exclaimed, they fell into a sigh and dead silence.

"Toot ~"

Magic called a timeout again.

With 19.1 seconds left on the clock, Bosh's goal was a crucial goal that sealed the Kings' unbeaten streak in at least regular time.

A DeRozan, a Bosh, and two players who did their best to bring in the players that Wang Tomorrow did their best to bring in last offseason, finally played hand in hand, in order to repay Wang Tomorrow's attention and appreciation.

In the playoffs, Bosh's points per game average is not high, but in the finals, Wang Ming intends to let Bosh attack on his own.

The Magic's defense relies too much on Howard, in fact, players like Lewis or Buss are very average defensively, Chris Bosh can be inside and out, full of impact and confrontation, is the most impactful No. 4 position in the league, ordinary players, it is difficult to defend him.

Magic is in a desperate situation.

And Stan Van Gundy called all the timeouts, which means that the probability that the Magic would choose a quick two-point run is very low.

If the quick two-point score is scored and the team has a timeout, then the Magic player chooses a foul tactic and sends the Kings player to the free throw line, and the Kings player finishes the free throw, and the Magic can continue to serve in the front court, but if there is no timeout, the Magic can only serve from the baseline in the backcourt.

In terms of time, it will become extremely tight.

Wang Mingming thought about it, but he still didn't dare to be careless, and made some arrangements for the outside three points and the Magic quick two points.

"Toot ~"

The whistle blew, and the main players of the two teams returned to the field.

At this time, the Magic is Howard on the inside, and Nelson, Redick, Carter, and Lewis on the outside.

Redick shot 3 of 5 from three-point range in this game, and from the point of view, it was better than Garcia, so Stan Van Gundy thought twice and chose Redick.

And with a lot of guards, the Magic moves faster on the outside as a whole, which is also convenient for his tactics.

Magic serves on the sideline, Carter holds the ball on the line.

Sure enough, the Magic chose a more secure double-block pick-and-roll cover, Redick ran and ambushed the bottom corner, and the Magic looked like a shooter who was going to play three-pointers, which actually created space for Carter's double cover, allowing Carter, who played well in the fourth quarter, to continue to take on the role of carrying the team forward at critical moments.

Carter gets around the defender and spends up speeding up to the basket.

Chandler jumped up to make up for it, and Carter battled Chandler in the air, then twisted his waist for a layup and hit the board into the basket.

"Hit!"

It took less than three seconds for the Magic to complete the offense, at which point the Magic trailed the Kings by one point 91-92.

The king sent the sideline ball, which was interfered with by various jumps by the Magic players, chasing the defense, Chandler did not send it for a while, and the king saw this tomorrow and asked for a timeout before the five seconds came.

Specifically for the serve, Wang Mingming arranged a tactic, and replaced Chandler, who had only a 70% shooting rate from free throws, and replaced it with a player who was more accurate in free throws.

At this point, both teams consume all the timeouts.

Eventually, the Kings sent the ball out and handed it to Kidd, who was shooting free throws.

In fact, Kidd is not the king's most accurate, Wang Mingming just believes in the psychological state of the veteran more and thinks that Kidd should be able to resist pressure more.

The crowd booed.

There are 9.2 seconds left in the game.

Stan Van Gundy summoned Carter and took advantage of Kidd's free throws to give some guidance on the sidelines, which was the equivalent of a last-ditch tactic.

Kidd's free throw percentage popped up in the box, shooting 78.5 percent from the field in his career, 80.8 percent from the field this season and 91.7 percent from the free throw line in the playoffs.

Based on Kidd's playoff free-throw status, it takes 1 free throw out of 10 to concede.

Kidd withstood the boos from the audience, took a few deep breaths, and threw the ball unhurriedly.

"Huh!"

A free throw hits.

This first free throw hit, the momentum of the whole court was a quarter smaller.

Kidd's own psychological pressure is not so great.

Second penalty.

In front of the audience all over the world, with his dream of winning the championship, he once again hit the penalty steadily!

Hit both penalties!

94 to 91!

The Magic team could only serve from the baseline, and before Kidd's second free throw, Wang Tomorrow changed to his most powerful defensive lineup, among them, Chandler was replaced by Wang Tomorrow, and Afflalo made a grand appearance.

This adjustment is something he learned from the tactical atlas.

He yelled on the sidelines: "Don't deliberately protect the rebound, guard the three!" ”

"Dead three!"

The Magic will no longer choose the two-point ball, because even if the two-point ball is scored and then fouled, then the Magic will still serve from the backcourt, and it is difficult to advance the backcourt serve, let alone launch an attack, and when there is little time left, the success rate of the backcourt serve directly to score is too low.

The players saw that Chandler was all substituted, and they didn't know what Wang Mingming meant, and the small lineup frantically defended the outside projection of the Magic team, and did not give the Magic team any space to shoot three points.

The Magic were under unprecedented pressure from the outside, and several shooters had few chances.

In the end, Carter made a strong three-point shot at the top of the arc, and the angle of the leaning back was very large.

The basketball is still accurate, but the strength is great, the back frame is missed, the rebound is grabbed by Howard, Howard scores again, and then there is a mistake, which is directly cut off by the fast-eyed Kidd.

Kidd threw the ball into the air as soon as he got it, and didn't even give the Magic a chance to foul.

"Toot ~" The red light turned on and the game was over.

The fans and Magic players hugged their heads with a look of disappointment and disbelief.

Carter half-crouched down, looking depressed.

The Kings players were in a state of ecstasy, with all the players hugging each other and celebrating wildly on the court, at this time, everyone knew what it meant to be 2-0 in the finals.