The third time, the Rockets stopped being the first to foul, and they tried to force the Spurs to make a mistake. The basketball was handed over to three people in a thrilling situation, and eventually fell into the hands of Duncan.
The Rockets opted for fouls, trying to rely on Duncan's less than 70 percent free throw percentage that season to get their chances, but they miscalculated — or 2 of 2, the Spurs are a terrible team.
Thankfully, the Rockets have Maddy. The Rockets called a timeout to lay out the offense, the ball was sent from outside the front court, Maddy was naturally the focus of the defense, Bowen and Tony Parker's joint blocking, has almost cut off the supply of teammates to Maddy.
But in the final moments when the Rockets' serve was about to violate the 5-second violation, Maddy withdrew to the vicinity of the midfield and took advantage of his height to receive the ball from the air. This time, Yao Ming did not come back to cover, and all the Rockets players were responsible for pulling the space, leaving Maddy with a one-on-one chance to single out Bowen.
Maddie accelerated and came to an emergency stop. Bowen deserves to be a long-established defensive tip, and whether Maddy is moving or static, he shows no sign of being thrown off.
But Maddy still shot, relying on his height, waist strength and magical feel, he folded himself into a human slingshot, and shot the ball into the basket above Bowen's head!
Maddy shot Bowen furiously
At 78;80, the Spurs weren't behind, but they looked depressed, as if they had lost the game. Popovich called out the Spurs' last timeout to try to calm down, with only 11.2 seconds left in the game, and the Spurs only need to steady and make two more free throws to make all the Rockets' previous efforts useless.
After the final tactical arrangement was completed, Popovich selected Brown, who had just made a steady free throw, to receive the ball, but the accident happened.
You can understand Brown's behavior, he tried to use the dribble to avoid the defense, waste time, but under the pressure of Maddy's wave after wave of attacks, his technical movements, his psychological condition are out of shape.
Brown slipped to the ground, the ball rolled out of his control, and the person who picked up the ball and started galloping was Maddy, of course.
If it is left on weekdays, when Maddy receives the ball with 8 seconds left in the game, he can speed up through the whole field and take 2 points with a killing inside layup, thus sending the game into overtime;
But on this night, the night that the sky was destined to belong to Maddy, how could Maddy choose a draw? He's going to win!
He's going to defeat this terrible enemy with his own hands with the last blow! He dribbled the ball to 45 degrees to the left from outside the three-point line, then jumped high and fired the last bullet in the chamber at an altitude that all defenders simply could not interfere with.
"I want to take my chances for myself. In that instant, I felt like anything I threw could hit the target, and the basket was as wide as the ocean in my eyes. "
Maddy explained his choice. As for what to do if he doesn't score a goal, Maddy said he never considered that possibility.
At 81:80, the Rockets finally rebounded after being crushed by the Spurs all night, because they had already used up the last timeout, so in the remaining less than 2 seconds, the Spurs could no longer lay out the offensive.
When the time was running out, players such as Yao Ming, Pajit and Bob Sula rushed up and pressed Maddy into the crowd of people celebrating.
Teammates celebrate with Maddy
Looking at the happy teammates, Maddy also showed a rare true temperament. 'For me, the most wonderful moment was when the team-mates rushed up to hug me and jumped on me, it was a great feeling.'
Spurs guard Devon Brown, who made the fatal mistake, was relieved that he blamed himself so much. "In an ordinary team, you have the potential to make mistakes like this a lot, but in San Antonio, we don't have any reason to let that happen," Brown said. "
Brown didn't have to blame himself so much, because even Popovich admitted that the writing of this miracle relied more on maddie's own magic.
"It's incredible. At the end of the day, some players feel too hot. Popovich sighed.
Duncan and Bowen, both struggling on the defensive end but both unable to do anything, shook their heads.
Duncan said: "They played a great 50 seconds, exactly, Tracy played a great 50 seconds. They found such a way to win, so that they gave us the bitter fruit of the defeat. "
Bowen's statement was more direct: "I've never seen anyone do anything like this, he hits one shot after another, his performance is fantastic."
To be precise, Maddy shot these 4 three-pointers in 35 seconds, and the shots, hand shapes and body posture of the 4 shots were completely different, but they could hit separately.
Maddy has multiple killer ball poses
Maddy tried to reassure Bowen, "I swear, I've never done anything like this in my life before."
Maddy where amazing happens!
Maddy slashed 13 points in 35 seconds of the night, and was recognized by public opinion as the only magical performance that could be compared with Reggie Miller's 8.9 seconds to score 8 points, which was a godsend that could not be sought.
Interestingly, when Reggie Miller scored eight consecutive points in 8.9 seconds at Madison Garden in 1995, Coach Van Gundy experienced it as a victim.
More than 9 years have passed, he has been promoted from assistant coach to head coach, and the victims have now become beneficiaries, but Van Gundy is still frightened by such a mysterious and mysterious scene.
"All I can say about that is, sometimes, as long as you play with your life, miracles will happen." As the night was about to be said goodbye, Maddy joked with the fans who had left early: "I'm sorry to all the fans who left early, you all missed such a wonderful game."
Maddy Classic 35 seconds 13 minutes
Maddy was talking, with such a bright smile and such a good mood, that he was sure that his killer instinct had been found and that the rockets' good days should begin.
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