There is an old saying: In good times, rely on Duncan, in bad times, rely on Parker, and in desperate times, rely on Ginobili.
Sure enough, when the Rockets and Spurs fought fiercely in the last half minute of the fourth quarter, with the Spurs still trailing by four points, Ginobili suddenly took a shot two steps away from the three-point line and hit the ball.
A super long three-pointer shocked the entire Toyota Center.
"The demon sword is out of its sheath, it's really extraordinary." Ke Fan shouted.
"Ginobili is a double-edged sword. It is not necessarily good or bad if you let him play, but today, he showed his good side." Yang Yi commented.
On the Rockets' side, McHale saw Ginobili hit a three-pointer and quickly requested a timeout. He wanted to plan how to play the last ball.
In fact, McHale has nothing to arrange. The last ball is handed over to Harden. The baseline ball is served by Harden through the frontcourt, and then the time takes more than 20 seconds. Finally, others cover for Harden.
Harden takes the last shot. Even if he fails to make the shot, he cannot leave the Spurs too much time.
On the Spurs side, **Vitch glanced at McHale. This look made McHale's heart skip a beat. To be honest, facing a head coach like **Vitch, McHale felt really unsure. Let alone now.
The Rockets are only leading by one point. Even if they are leading by two points, three points, and four points, he still has no bottom.
Seeing what **Vitch arranged for the players there, McHale began to pray secretly in his heart.
After a while, the two sides continued to play, and the Rockets served from the backcourt. Warcraft held the ball on the baseline, and Harden was waiting to receive the ball in the backcourt. But just when Warcraft had just sent the ball and Harden had not yet received it, the Spurs were the fastest.
Those players suddenly rushed back from the frontcourt and directly formed a three-person double-team on Harden in the backcourt.
Everyone was horrified when they saw this. McHale was even more shocked. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't imagine that the Spurs would use the trick of double-teaming in the backcourt at this time. You know, this trick is very dangerous.
Risky. If the double team player is slower, Harden passes the ball faster.
point, then there will be a situation of overplaying and underplaying in the frontcourt, and it will be even more difficult for the Spurs. Generally, double-teaming in the backcourt is suddenly used in the middle of the game to disrupt the opponent's rhythm. No coach dares to use it in the final critical moment.
It's too risky to use this trick all the time.
But the fact is that Zhugeweiji knew that McHale was a cautious coach. With McHale's thinking, he would never make this move, so he caught him off guard and used this move. And he already knew that the Rockets did not take a timeout.
, that’s why he used this move. In this case, his chance of success with this move is extremely high.
Sure enough, Harden was double-teamed by the Spurs in the frontcourt. He could hardly move his feet, and it was even more impossible to pass the ball. If this continues, it is very likely that he will not be able to pass halftime within eight seconds. Then the Rockets will be in vain.
Lost the ball once.
McHale on the sidelines was already holding his head in his hands, feeling extremely upset.
However, Harden is Harden after all, and the Rockets' number one card is not just a boast. When he was double-teamed and unable to pass the ball, he suddenly turned around, faced the Rockets' rebound and threw the ball.
The three members of the Spurs only guarded Harden from passing the ball forward. They didn't expect that he would suddenly throw the ball towards their own backboard, and they were slightly unable to recover.
Harden took advantage of this opportunity, squeezed out from among the three, caught the bounced ball under the basket, and rushed forward. This time he broke through the Spurs' defense and it was wonderful. McHale on the sidelines was very excited.
Jumped out.
However, the three members of the Spurs were not vegetarians. When they saw Harden breaking the defense, they immediately returned to defense and did not let Harden make a fast break.
After Harden came to the frontcourt, he stabilized his rhythm and watched the time. When there were only the last five seconds left in the attack time, he suddenly started, passing through the screen of Warcraft, trying to kill inside. But **Vicci obviously
He had already planned how to defend Harden. He knew that the chance of Harden passing the last ball was very small, so after the Rockets picked and rolled, he used two defenders to chase Harden at the same time, ignoring Warcraft.
Harden had already made up his mind to take the ball by himself, so it was naturally impossible to pass it back to Warcraft. Seeing two people defending in front of him, he shook his shoulders slightly, deceiving Green to shift his center of gravity a little, and immediately rushed inside. Green was busy.
Returning to the defensive position, he was now shoulder to shoulder with Harden.
But just like that, Harden leaned against Green and shot at the same time.
"Beep——" the referee's whistle sounded, and Harden's signature free throw worked.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan said: "In the last few minutes today, Harden seems to be playing with extra concentration, which is rare in previous games."
"Maybe this has something to do with Wen Hao." Yang Yi said hesitantly.
"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.
"I hope my feeling is wrong." Yang Yi sighed.
While the two were talking, Harden had already made two free throws, which was his 28th point today. There were only five seconds left, and the Rockets were already leading by three points. The situation was very unfavorable to the Rockets.
favorable.
After Harden made the second free throw, he raised his arms to the audience. He once again became the key player for the Rockets.
At this time, **Vicci used up his last timeout. After setting up, he sat firmly on the chair. He had done his best, and whether he could win or not, it was up to fate.
The Spurs served in the frontcourt. After a series of pick-and-rolls, they actually sent the ball directly to Duncan in the paint. This caught the Rockets off guard. So everyone knew that the Spurs were going to shoot a three-pointer, but no one expected that they would serve.
Inside. Being caught off guard, the defensive player instinctively rushed inside to block Duncan, but at this moment, Duncan suddenly raised his hand back and the ball came to Ginobili outside the three-point line.
With no one guarding him, Ginobili made a three-pointer.
"Uh-huh."
A clean shot, an arrow through the heart, equalizing the score.
At this moment, Toyota Center was completely silent.
"It's him again, it's him again, I rely on Ginobili in desperate situations, this is true." Ke Fan screamed.
"Is there going to be overtime?" Yang Yi also said excitedly.
At this time, the two sides were tied, with the last three seconds remaining, and the Rockets had no timeouts. McHale on the sidelines could only worry. Although overtime is more beneficial to the Rockets, if it can be solved in regular time
, that's the best. But now there is no timeout, he can't even plan a tactic, he can only watch the players' on-the-spot performance.
Thinking of this, he focused his attention on Harden. Now, it's up to Harden.
But what he didn't notice was that Wen Hao was already talking to Warcraft Dayao and Jones.
