202 Decisive Moment
As the old saying goes: good times depend on Duncan, bad times depend on Parker, and desperate times depend on Ginobili.
Sure enough, in the last half minute of the fourth quarter between the Rockets and the Spurs, when the Spurs were still four points behind, Ginobili was two steps away from the three-point line, and suddenly shot and hit an ultra-long-distance three-pointer, which shocked the entire Toyota Center.
"The demon knife is out of the sheath, and it is really extraordinary." Ke Fan shouted.
"Ginobili is a double-edged sword, you don't have to be lucky or bad when you let him play, and today, he played his side." Yang Yi commented.
On the Rockets' side, McHale saw Ginobili hit a three-pointer and hurriedly asked for a timeout. He's going to have to lay out how to hit the last ball.
In fact, McHale has nothing to arrange, and the last ball is handed over to Harden to play. On the baseline serve, Harden dribbles across the frontcourt, then consumes the time for more than twenty seconds, and finally the others cover for Harden, and Harden executes the last shot. Even if you can't shoot, you can't leave the Spurs with too much time.
On the Spurs' side, Vicky glanced at McHale. The glance made McHale chuckle in his heart. To be honest, in the face of a head coach like Vic, McHale really has no bottom in his heart. Not to mention that the Rockets are only one point ahead now, even if they are two points, three or four points ahead, he still has no bottom.
Seeing what ** Vic was there to lay out for the players, McHale had already begun to pray secretly in his heart.
Moments later, the two sides continued to play, with the Rockets serving in the backcourt. The Monster holds the ball on the baseline, and Harden waits in the backcourt to receive the ball. But just as the monster had just sent the ball and Harden hadn't received it, the fastest players of the Spurs suddenly rushed back from the frontcourt and directly formed a three-man trap in the backcourt against Harden.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this. McHale was even more shocked, and even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't imagine that the Spurs would use the trick of backcourt wrapping at this time. You know, this trick is very risky. If the packet player is slower and Harden passes the ball faster, it will form a situation of more play and less in the frontcourt, and it will be even more difficult for the Spurs. Usually the backcourt package is suddenly used in the middle of the game to disrupt the opponent's rhythm, and no coach dares to use this trick at the last critical moment, which is too risky.
But the fact is that Zhuge knew that McHale was a cautious coach, and with McHale's thinking, he would never make this move, so he attacked him unprepared and used this move. And he already knew that the Rockets did not have a timeout, so he used this trick. In this case, the chances of his success are extremely high.
Sure enough, Harden was caught in the front court by the Spurs' three-man team, and he could barely move his feet, let alone pass the ball. If this continues, there is a good chance that you will not be able to pass half the game in eight seconds. Then the Rockets would lose possession for nothing.
McHale on the sidelines was already holding his head in his hands, annoyed.
However, Harden is Harden after all, and the Rockets' top card is not blown. With the ball unable to pass in the bag, he suddenly turned around and threw the ball out in the face of the Rockets' rebound.
The Spurs' trio only guarded Harden's pass to the frontcourt, and they didn't expect him to suddenly throw the ball to his own rebound, and he couldn't come back to his senses a little.
Harden took advantage of this opportunity to squeeze out of the three, catch the rebounding ball under the basket, and run to the front court. This time to crack the Spurs' defense is nothing short of spectacular. McHale's heart on the sidelines was about to jump out.
However, the three of the Spurs are not vegetarians, they saw that Harden cracked the defense, returned to the defense as soon as possible, and did not let Harden play a fast attack.
When Harden came to the frontcourt, he calmed his pace and watched the clock. When there were only five seconds left in the attack time, he suddenly activated, and through the cover of the demonic beast, he wanted to kill the inside. But Vicky had obviously already laid out how to defend Harden, and he knew that the chance of Harden's last pass was very small, so after the Rockets blocked and dismantled, he used two defenders to chase Harden at the same time, ignoring the Monster.
Harden has already made up his mind to come by himself, so it is naturally impossible to pass it back to Warcraft. Seeing that there were two defenders in front of him, he shook his shoulders slightly, deceived Green into shifting his center of gravity a little, and immediately killed the inside. Green hurriedly returned to the defensive position, and by this time he was already shoulder-to-shoulder with Harden.
But that's how Harden leaned on Green and shot at the same time.
"Tick-" The referee's whistle blew, and Harden's signature free throw worked.
In the live broadcast room, Ke Fan said: "In the last few minutes of today, Harden seemed to be playing extremely focused, which is rare in previous games. ”
"Maybe, it has something to do with Wen Hao." Yang Yi said with some hesitation.
"Huh? What do you mean? ”
"Didn't you notice that in the last few games, whenever Wen Hao performed well, there was something wrong with Harden's eyes?"
"I don't think so." Ke Fan was a little confused.
"Hopefully I'm feeling wrong." Yang Yi sighed and said.
As the two spoke, Harden had already hit both free throws, his 28th point of the day. With only five seconds left, the Rockets are already three points ahead, and the situation is very favorable for the Rockets.
After Harden hit the second free throw, he raised his arm to the crowd. Once again, he became the key man for Team Rocket.
At this point, Vicky used up his last timeout. After arranging, he sat down in his chair. He has done his best, whether he can win or not, can only be left to the fate of heaven.
The Spurs served the ball in the frontcourt, and after a series of pick-and-rolls, they actually sent the ball directly to Duncan on the inside. This caught the Rockets off guard. So everyone knew that the Spurs were going to shoot threes, and no one expected them to serve to the inside. Caught off guard, the defender instinctively pounced inside to block Duncan, but at that moment, Duncan suddenly threw his hand back, and the ball came to Ginobili outside the three-point line.
Unguarded, Ginobili made a three-point shot.
"Huh."
Crisp and neat, one arrow through the heart, equaliser.
At this moment, there was silence in the center of Toyota.
"It's him again, it's him again, the desperate situation depends on Ginobili, it's really true." Ke Fan screamed in shock.
"Do you want to play overtime?" Yang Yi also said excitedly.
At this time, the two sides were tied, the last three seconds of time were left, and the Rockets had no timeout, and McHale on the sidelines could only do something in a hurry. While playing overtime is more advantageous for the Rockets, it would be best if it could be resolved in regular time. But now that there is no timeout, he can't arrange a tactic if he wants to, he can only watch the player's on-the-spot performance.
Thinking of this, he focused his eyes on Harden. Now, it's up to Harden.
But what he didn't notice was that Wen Hao was already talking to Warcraft Da Yao and Jones at this time.
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