Chapter 95
Horry's three-pointer directly narrowed the score gap to only one point, and the game was still one minute and thirty-two seconds left. The Hawks coach Woodson couldn't sit still and just called for the last temporary statement. This was a long timeout. After using it, the Hawks never had a chance to adjust.
At this time, the coach called a timeout, and there were only two requirements. One was to strengthen the defense and the other was to ensure the success rate of the offense. The Hawks were already his main lineup, and there was no need to change it. The Spurs did not substitute and were still the original team. [bsp; After returning to the court again, Joe Johnson's expression was particularly serious, ignoring that Stephen had reached his hand in front of him, forcibly shot outside the three-point line and shot, increasing the score to four points again. After turning around, Robert Horry attracted the attention of the opponent's two major insiders and passed the ball to Mohammed. Who knew that Mohammed did not make a shot and wasted a chance.
The Hawks delayed the time to the last two seconds of twenty-four seconds before taking a quick move. Naturally, the ball did not make any progress. After Stephen jumped into the air and caught the basketball, he gave Yudic a direct hand to Yudic. He then set off quickly. He ran through the halftime faster than Yudic, and then raised his hand to ask for the ball while taking the ball. The two Hawks players had to watch Stephen receive the ball thrown by Yudic and dunked into the basket.
Two points, there are thirty-seven seconds left. The Hawks' attack cannot be used all the time. **Vic sat there without making any adjustments. Although he still had a chance to stop two times with one long and one short, **Vic no longer wanted to use it anymore. If the Hawks' attack on the Spurs can defend this time, then the Spurs will still have a chance. If they can't defend, no matter whether it is two points or three points, it means that the Spurs have no chance. Foul tactics? There is no need to be such trouble. It's not that it can't afford to lose in an ordinary regular season game.
**Vic allowed the players to adjust themselves on the court, and at this time the commander of the Spurs was Stephen, the youngest and youngest, and Mohamed, who was used to being supporting roles, Brent Barry and Robert Horry were willing to listen. Even if Yudic, who entered the league a year earlier than Stephen, was unwilling, what would he do?
Stephen accidentally acted as the team's temporary boss. While pestering Joe Johnson, he kept shouting on the court to strengthen the defense. Under his urging, the Eagles' pressure increased greatly. Although they were just planning to delay time, they also needed to score a goal. In that case, the victory was guaranteed, otherwise it would depend on how the Spurs' offense was playing.
Seeing that he would take action in a hurry like last time, Joe Johnson had five seconds left in the offensive time and suddenly accelerated and then stopped again. He got rid of Stephen's close-fitting defense and then took a jump shot. At this time, there were only sixteen seconds left in the game.
Joe Johnson's move was very decisive, with an indomitable momentum. He had already escaped Stephen's defense, but after seeing him take action, Stephen immediately jumped up, stretched his arms as much as possible, and reached towards the ball flying in the sky. Stephen felt in a trance that his fingertips seemed to touch a basketball, and hurriedly shouted to the back in the air: "Get the rebound."
Mohamed, who was as if he had disappeared, made great contributions at this time. When he was not as tall as the opponent's two major inside players, he played in the last half of the game and only got one rebound, and suddenly grabbed this extremely valuable rebound from the crowd.
If Joe Johnson's shooting hits the basket, even if he doesn't make it, as long as the rebound is grabbed by the Hawks, it means that the 24-second time starts again. The Spurs have no chance except for fouls. Now the rebound is grabbed by Mohamed, and the ball rights come to the Spurs. It is not an exaggeration to praise Mohamed's rebound for a huge amount of money. Moreover, at this time, since the fouls of both sides are full, the Eagles dare not even fouls.
After Mohamed caught the rebound, he threw the ball directly to Stephen. Since Stephen had already walked to the near midfield, he was lazy to pass Yudic's hand. Stephen controlled the ball and crossed the midfield line and ran towards his own half.
The Hawks naturally would not neglect at this time. After working hard for several hours, wasn’t it just to win and defeat the Spurs, the team with the highest record in the league? Seeing that the victory was right in front of them, the victory would definitely not slip away from their hands due to a moment of relaxation, so they had already set up their defensive formations. Joe Johnson also came over early to defend Stephen, and he wanted to force Stephen to pass the ball.
Faced with his defense, Stephen was still not impatient or slow to control the ball movement locally. At this time, several Spurs players were running outside the three-point line except Mohammed, and the Eagles' defense also expanded to a great extent. At this time, it was just a three-pointer. As long as the Spurs didn't shoot a three-pointer, at most they could play overtime. If they were shot into a three-pointer, it would mean that the Eagles would not have a chance to return.
There were only ten seconds left in the game, but neither Robert Horry nor Brent Barry had a chance to run. Except for Mohammed, who followed the inside, there was no chance for the other guys to connect the ball.
Brent Barry ran to Stephen and received the ball, but was quickly pushed back by the opponent's attack. The Hawks knew that Stephen did not have any ability to shoot from a long time. He almost never saw him making a three-pointer in the whole game, but even so, Joe Johnson was still defending his side tightly and did not relax at all opportunities.
Stephen was very calm. Anyway, the coach originally planned to give up in this game. Even now, for them, losing is also a win or a loss. Of course, when they can win, they will never give up, but they do not have the psychological pressure of gains and losses on the victory. So Stephen dribbled the ball very naturally, observing the whole game.
Time passed by seconds. By the fifth second, the Hawks saw that the defense was very effective and strengthened the intensity of the defense. At this time, Stephen had already made a decision in his heart that the ball would be shot by himself. No matter what the result was, this was his responsibility as the boss and a verification of his confidence in shooting.
Stephen moved one step to the left, and then another step to the right. Although Joe Johnson was close to Stephen, he was unable to help Stephen's strength. At the same time, he did not dare to stretch his hands randomly outside the three-point line and gave Stephen a chance to free throws. So although he tried his best, Stephen still adjusted his steps and dribbling rhythm.
It was this time. When Stephen counted to three in his heart, Stephen suddenly pulled up high, and his body leaned back with all his strength, and his hand raised high. Although Joe Johnson knew that Stephen had to force his attack even if he didn't have the ability to make a three-pointer at this time, when Stephen jumped, he could only watch Stephen get higher and higher, and at the same time, he was getting farther and farther away from himself.
Stephen's body was still leaning back. Stephen's expression seemed to be frozen at this time. It was not that he was nervous. Just as he started to shoot, he suddenly felt his mind suddenly become a state of noisyness. The noise of the venue was deaf, booing, screaming, and music were automatically abandoned beyond his feelings. Even Joe Johnson, who was close to him, seemed to not exist. There was only the basket in front of him and the basketball in his hand.
After receiving the distance data transmitted from the eyes, Stephen's brain kept calculating, and at the same time, directing the muscles of the whole body through the nerve line to continuously adjust. After everything reached perfection, Stephen's fingers and wrists exerted force together to throw the ball towards the basket. Just the moment the ball took the shot, the surroundings of the basket had turned red, which meant the end of the game.
With a "swish", the basketball passed through the frame. Except for the rope net, it kept jumping, just like a snow-white flag cheering and encouraging it. Apart from that, there was no sound, and the highly sensitive sound pick-up head did not capture the sound of the basketball contacting the basket.
The noisy Philips Sports Center suddenly became extremely quiet. The fans all over the court fell into unwillingness and pain. Nothing was more popular than this. Facing the team with the highest record in the league, fans could understand that their team was behind at the beginning. After all, there was a considerable gap in strength between the two teams.
But the team has been leading, and even the game has entered garbage time. The Spurs have already replaced all the substitutes, but in the end, their own team was defeated. How can such a thing be accepted?
The victory that had been pocketed was stolen, and there was nothing more annoying than this, and it was the way to be killed. After a long time of silence, the fans of the Eagles began to make messy sounds, some booed, some screamed, and some left the stadium without a sound, preparing to find a bar to relieve depression with alcohol. No one paid attention to the figure who was still standing in the center of the venue and was constantly replaying on the big screen.
"He is so handsome." There was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old fan watching the figure on the big screen intoxicatedly, muttering to himself.
"Okay, William, when you grow up, you will definitely be more handsome than him." A woman sitting on both sides of him said to him. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be an oriental, but the man on the other side had a white face.
"Yes, my son will definitely be better than others, but you need to train well. Just cleverness is not enough, my little William Wallace." His father pulled him up from the seat, and then the three of them began to leave the court.
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