Speaking of the NBA's scoring miracle, the first thing that Chinese people thought of was that it might be Tracy McGrady's 35 seconds and 13 minutes, but this miracle is strong, but it is through Yao Ming's filter blessing in the Rockets that it can be very famous among the Chinese people, and it overshadows other NBA miracles. In fact, in the NBA, there are many last-minute scoring miracles that are no less famous than Maddy's 35.13 seconds, such as Vince Carter's 25.10 seconds, Paul Millsap's 28.11 seconds, and Reggie Miller's 8.9 seconds and 8 minutes, especially Reggie Miller's 8.9 seconds and 8 minutes, which are more well-known than Maddie's moments in the United States. Today, let's discuss which of these two miraculous moments famous in different countries is more difficult to replicate.
Tracy McGrady's 35.13 seconds
First of all, let's look at the most classic Maddie 35.13 seconds, which was a regular season game against the Spurs on December 9, 2004 when the Rockets trailed the Spurs by 10 points in the last minute 74-64, and Maddy, who scored 20 points in the game, missed a layup, but Yao Ming made a dunk to help the team blow the horn of counterattack. Because of Yao Ming's encouragement, the Rockets did not give up hope of winning, and Scott Padgett was even more clever to cut off the Spurs' serve and dunk again to help the Rockets chase a 6-point difference. With only this point difference, the two teams are not without a fight, so Maddie has also begun to wake up.
With 34.2 seconds left in the game, after the Spurs' Devin Brown hit two free throws, Maddy directly received the ball and dribbled to the front court to hit a 3-pointer to help the team narrow the score gap to 5 points. With the foul play, the Spurs hit again, and Maddy once again replicated the three-pointer just now. I saw that he and Yao Ming made a simple cover and relied on Tim Duncan, who was following the defense, to hit a three-pointer and win a free throw, 3+1 to help the team close the score to only 3 points. Unfortunately, the Spurs' players made solid free throws, and after another foul play, the difference came to 5 points. As a last resort, Maddie had to hit another three-pointer. Then he did, struggling to catch the baseline with 16 seconds left and hit a three-pointer against Bruce Bowen.
At this point, the difference between the two teams was only 2 points, and the Spurs could no longer be calm, and Brown, who received the serve, fell directly after rushing into the Rockets' interior, causing the ball to be picked up by Maddie, and then Maddy quickly came to the front court and hit another three-pointer to help the team beat the Spurs in 1.7 seconds. Although the remaining 1.7 seconds, the Spurs still have a chance to counter-kill, but after such ups and downs, it is difficult for players with big hearts to shoot normally, so Tony Parker deserves to miss the counter-lore, creating Maddy's miracle of 35.13 seconds.
Regarding the completion of this miracle, there are Maddie's own super talents, as well as the blessing of luck, which is not so irreproducible. As for why, because in 2016, Jamal Murray of the Nuggets replicated a similar score - scoring 12 points in 32 seconds, but it didn't ultimately help the team win. The biggest reason for the loss is that Murray has the same super talent as Maddy, and hit many three-pointers like Maddie, but unfortunately Murray has no talent, and he didn't have the same luck as Maddie at the time, his opponent was not affected by his scoring succession, and the offense did not stop like the Spurs at that time except for free throws, and at the same time as Murray scored, Damion Lillard of the Trail Blazers was also crazy about scoring, so Murray's Nuggets team eventually lost the game.
In addition, it was also a stroke of luck that Maddie didn't get on the back foot of Bowen when he shot, or was pulled down by the rest of the Spurs and injured by a forceful pull. You know, the Spurs and Bruce Bowen are notorious in the league, especially Bowen's "Broken Feet", his nickname is the three-pad Maddy's cousin Vince Carter. Maddie was shooting at him, and he had to be thankful that Bowen didn't want to use small movements, otherwise he would definitely get injured in the middle of the game. Therefore, Maddie's miracle of 35.13 seconds is very easy to replicate, but it is not so easy to reproduce, at least there is no right time and place, even if it can be replicated and successfully scored, it cannot be replicated to lead the team to victory.
Reggie Miller's 9.08 seconds
Unlike Maddy's 35.13 seconds, Reggie Miller's 9.8 seconds was done in the playoffs, which is one of the reasons why it's so well-known in the United States. It was May 7, 1995, when the Pacers challenged the Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, with 18.7 seconds left, the Pacers trailed the Knicks by 6 points, Miller received the ball and shot a quick three-pointer from outside the three-point line like Maddy in later generations, and then broke the ball from the Knicks in the front court and continued to ignore the defender to hit a second three-pointer, bringing the score of the two teams to 105-105. At this point, less than a few seconds had passed. Then, the Pacers fouled, the Knicks missed two free throws, and Miller grabbed another rebound, forcing the Knicks to foul and hit both free throws.
Miller scored eight straight points in just 8.9 seconds to help the team reverse the then playoff powerhouse Knicks in the playoff semifinals. One thing to say, this scoring miracle seems simple, but in fact it is not so easy to reproduce, one is that it was produced in the decisive moment of the playoffs semifinals, that kind of defensive ball and blowing penalty scale is not at all comparable to the regular season, players must have a strong body and a large enough heart to have the basic conditions to complete this miracle, after nearly 30 years no one can reproduce it is a proof that it is extremely difficult to complete. The second is that it must also be completed at the right time and place, especially to pray that the opponent's heart is not so big, otherwise it will be difficult to miss two free throws after the foul.
Therefore, Maddie's 35.13 seconds have already been almost completed by Murray, and Miller's moment, which has not been achieved for 30 years, should be the more difficult one.