In 4 seconds, the Heat were still two points behind, and the Knicks had two free throws.
As long as Cousins makes two free throws, the game will be over for the Heat.
All the fans in the audience were looking at Cousins nervously and expectantly.
To be honest, this is the first time in Cousins' NBA career that he has experienced such a special moment.
He swallowed nervously, hoping to relieve the pressure.
On the first free throw, the basketball hit the rim and rolled out of the rim after bouncing.
This made everyone on the Heat breathe a sigh of relief, and looked forward to Cousins making another mistake in the second free throw.
The fans at the scene were so nervous that they didn't dare to breathe for fear that it would affect Cousins' performance.
Although I was a little disappointed that Cousins missed the first free throw.
But they still hope that after Cousins adjusts his condition, he can make the second free throw.
"Relax, take a deep breath, and dribble the ball two more times. It's just a free throw. Just treat it as training. Don't be stressed. I'll take care of everything!"
Lian Dao stepped forward to high-five Cousins and provide encouragement and psychological counseling.
Lian Dao's last words made Cousins feel less stressed and smiled gratefully at Lian Dao.
Cousins's free throw just now was too stiff, and it can be seen from his free throw posture that he was too nervous.
For the second free throw, Cousins kept hitting the ball, adjusting his rhythm, and taking deep breaths before making the free throw.
After adjusting the rhythm, raise your hand, pick the ball, and take the shot.
The second penalty was a free throw into the net!
Seeing Cousins make his second free throw, Coach Spoelstra was a little disappointed, but he immediately called a timeout.
The Heat were three points behind and with four seconds left, he wanted to arrange the team's final attack.
Four seconds is just a blink of an eye.
The Heat had no other choice. They could only choose to shoot a three-pointer and drag the game into overtime.
Otherwise, they can only accept failure.
Therefore, Coach Spoelstra actually has nothing to worry about. He has only one tactic, and that is the three-point tactic.
As for who will execute the final attack, Coach Spoelstra still prefers James.
The first is that he was in the best shape in this game.
The second is that he is the core of the Heat's offense. At the most critical time, he should shoulder this responsibility, and Coach Spoelstra can only believe in him.
Of course, he will also develop other alternatives.
After all, the situation on the field is changing rapidly, and he has to formulate the closest to perfect tactics.
Heat coach Spoelstra is drawing tactical moves over and over again, and his hands are shaking now.
He was too stressed and too nervous.
Although he was not going to play the last attack later, Spoelstra still felt very uneasy.
This also shows how much pressure James was under when executing the final attack.
James was also very nervous. He kept taking deep breaths to adjust his condition, hoping to relieve some of the pressure.
Indeed, this is not the first time this season that the Heat have faced such a decisive moment.
This is not the first time James has executed such a key ball.
But the Heat's opponent in this game is the Knicks, which is really special.
It's not just James who wants to beat the Knicks, everyone on the Heat wants to beat the Knicks.
In the hearts of everyone in the Knicks, the Heat are the Knicks' biggest enemy in the East.
In the hearts of the Heat, the Knicks are also their biggest enemy.
No one is willing to keep losing to the most important opponent in the playoffs!
The Knicks are like this, and so are the Heat.
Moreover, almost every Heat player knows that if they lose this game.
That means that throughout the regular season, the Heat completely fell to the Knicks.
Even if they meet in the playoffs, they will be a head lower than the Knicks in terms of momentum.
Compared with the extreme tension on the Heat's side, the Knicks' side was much more relaxed.
D'Antoni's tactics are much simpler. He uses all the players with the strongest defense and then defends the opponent's outside three-pointer.
If the opponent wants to score two points, D'Antoni doesn't mind, but don't even think about three points.
As soon as the tactics of both sides were laid out, the timeout also ended.
In the last four seconds, Lian Dao and James both returned to the court.
"LeBron, stop struggling, you can't escape my grasp!"
Lian Dao saw James' solemn face and continued to add fuel to the flames by spewing trash talk.
James had neither time nor the mood to fight back at Lian Dao at this time.
As the core of the offense, the pressure on him is no longer enough to distract him from thinking about how to respond to Lian Dao's trash talk.
James stands near the free throw line.
However, Lian Dao and the Knicks players always deployed defense outside the three-point line.
The Knicks don't want James to run out to catch the ball, so the Heat players have to cover James.
Players from both sides finally huddled together.
Seeing that the Heat was about to commit a service violation, Hasleb was about to implement the coach's second set of tactics.
James had a chance to run counterattack, and then Haslem handed the ball to James at the last second when he violated the rules immediately.
As soon as James caught the ball, Lian Dao immediately followed him.
Everyone in the Heat immediately separated to help James open up space.
"LeBron, if you can't make the shot, you will still be blocked by me!"
Lian Dao not only put pressure on James physically, but also put pressure on him psychologically.
But James' face was unmoved, but he was a little nervous in his heart.
However, looking around, his teammates had no chance at all.
The arrow was on the string, he had to shoot!
After bumping Lian Dao, he had to forcefully shoot the ball.
Over there, Tony Allen gave up on Wade and immediately double-teamed him.
And Wade also ran into a wide open space outside the three-point line.
James was delighted when he saw this and immediately passed the ball to Wade with a "bullet pass".
"Snapped!"
Lian Dao rushed forward, got ahead of James, and once again took advantage of his long wingspan to hit the ball.
At the same time, he quickly stepped forward, controlled the basketball, and threw the ball into the air before James committed a foul.
The basketball fell, the buzzer sounded, and the backboard indicator light turned red!
"LeBron made a mistake. He didn't choose to take a shot at the last moment. He actually chose to pass the ball to Wade who had an opportunity!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But his intention seemed to have been seen through by Sickle a long time ago. The moment LeBron passed the ball, Sickle rushed out!"
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"In other words, sickle predicted LeBron's choice in advance!"
"This is really incredible and really amazing!"
"The Heat's last attack was ruined by sickle. Time ran out and the great Knicks won this game."
"The two superstars had a whole offensive duel, but I didn't expect that it would end in defense!"
"Looking back on D'Antoni's past coaching career, it's hard to imagine that his team would win with defense."
"I don't know if Sickle and the Knicks changed D'Antoni, or if D'Antoni himself achieved a breakthrough!"
"But what I know is that the Knicks, who combine offense and defense, are becoming stronger!"
"Maybe this is the main reason why the Knicks were able to win the championship last season!"
In an instant, the entire stadium became shaken.
The commentator's yelling, the Knicks players' craziness, and the Heat players' sighs and disbelief were mixed together.
Created an excellent atmosphere for Lian Dao's great defense.
James suddenly looked at his hands, his face full of regret.
He hated his last hesitation, and he hated his last choice to pass the ball.
James turned his head to look at Lian Dao, only to find that Lian Dao was gesturing goodbye to him.
In fact, James did fall into the trap set by Lian Dao.
After James was blocked by Lian Dao the last time he made a move, he already had a psychological shadow in his heart.
This kind of psychological shadow will subtly affect people's judgment when making two-way choices.
However, he didn't feel it himself.
But Lian Dao, who knew James' character, was aware of it.
In fact, the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.
James's character of hesitation at critical moments has always existed.
Especially at critical moments, he will always give the ball to the player with a more reasonable shot.
Only when no one has a better chance will he take action forcefully.
There's nothing wrong with that, that's exactly how team basketball should be.
But he is a superstar and the core of the offense. At the last moment, he should be more "independent"!
Even if he misses the shot, even if his teammates have a chance, he should control his life and death by himself!
But James just lacks this "independent" temperament.