Legendary basketball manager

At this time, there were 53 seconds before the end of the game, and the two sides tied at 121.

Just a few seconds ago, when McGrady appeared in the player tunnel and staged the return of the king, James just broke through with a tank and equalized the score for the Heat.

After Mark Jackson asked about McGrady's situation, he decisively called a timeout.

This is the penultimate timeout for the Rockets.

In other words, in the next time, they only have one timeout left.

And such an important timeout opportunity, Mark Jackson did not hesitate to use it just to let McGrady get a chance to play!

During the timeout, all the Rockets were concerned about t-mac's injury.

But McGrady just smiled and said that he was fine, so that everyone could focus on the game.

Most Rockets players nodded happily after hearing this.

Only Yao Ming and Lowry, the two Rockets veterans, had subtle expressions.

They are the people on the team who know McGrady best.

Especially Yao Ming.

He witnessed McGrady's back injury attack after shooting and was directly reimbursed.

And the process of McGrady getting injured just now is exactly the same as back then, which makes Yao Ming wonder if McGrady is really all right...

[This guy, won’t be closed again, right? ]

Yao Ming wondered in his heart.

But now that time is in a hurry, he doesn't have time to confirm the situation with McGrady, so he can only believe the latter's statement tentatively.

On the other end of the court, inside the Heat's bench, the expressions of the players are more abundant.

Based on responses, they can be roughly divided into three categories:

One is the calm faction headed by James and Wade.

When McGrady returned to the court, although Jane and Way were a little surprised, they quickly regained their composure.

Their goals are clear, they are completely focused on the game, and they are not affected by the drama of the opponent's return of the king!

The second category is the worry faction, mainly Howard, Chalmers and some substitute players.

Their concern is understandable.

After so many matchups, McGrady's strength is very clear to the Heat players.

His return is undoubtedly a huge enhancement to the Rockets.

Moreover, this strengthening is not only in terms of strength.

The morale of the Rockets players has also been greatly improved!

This can be seen from the excited expressions on their faces.

The third type of players became more excited because of McGrady's re-appearance.

For example, Ray Allen!

This experienced veteran, last year, experienced the most intense physical confrontation in the history of the NBA Finals.

His sense of competition has also been sublimated last year.

In this finals, although the Heat have always been at a disadvantage, Ray Allen enjoyed confronting the mighty Rockets very much.

It can be said that the stronger the rocket, the more it can stimulate his desire to compete!

Therefore, when McGrady withdrew from the game due to injury, Ray Allen was actually depressed deep in his heart.

This is like... In the "Yellow-Green War" last year, if Kobe Bryant retired due to injury, even if the Celtics won, the gold content of the championship would be much lower.

And now, McGrady returns to the game, and both teams can send the best players, which undoubtedly makes Ray Allen's fighting spirit blaze!

At this moment, he just wants to end the Rockets with his own hands—this seemingly invincible opponent!

............

Soon, the timeout ends and the game continues.

When the players from both sides appeared one after another, Shen Fei happened to return to the VIP box.

"Where have you been, fly?"

Ajiali was concerned.

Just now Shen Fei left the box in a hurry, he didn't explain why he was going, he just said that he would be back soon.

"I went to see the situation of Maddie."

Shen Fei said with a smile.

"How, is he playing with an injury now?"

Ajiali asked curiously.

Shen Fei smiled slightly.

McGrady is definitely the healthiest player on the two teams now.

No, it should be said that he is the healthiest person in the world!

"I think he's healthy."

............

While the two were talking, George took the basketball from the referee on the sideline and began to observe the running positions of his teammates.

The other Rockets players scattered in all directions, McGrady suddenly started, with the help of Yao Ming's solid cover, he went out and successfully received the ball from the outside.

But the next moment, James bullied himself and continued his defensive strategy like a dog's plaster.

"Are you all right, Tracy?"

While defending seriously, James asked casually.

"Ah."

McGrady's response was more lukewarm.

After all, t-mac is now playing with the awareness that his career is over.

He doesn't have time to exchange feelings with his opponents.

He just wants to win!

McGrady did not rush to attack, but put on a three-threat posture, constantly testing James' defense.

Five seconds later, t-mac was still dealing with James.

There was almost no sound at the scene, and the fans watched the direct dialogue between the two super giants with bated breath!

Finally, McGrady moved!

His tentative step after a fake shot successfully shook James away.

The next moment, McGrady took a step to the left, then took a step back to further widen the distance between the two sides, and then shot a three-pointer!

This series of actions is smooth and fast, and it doesn't look like a player who left the field due to injury not long ago can do it!

After James was shaken, he adjusted his steps immediately and rushed towards McGrady with all his strength.

But he didn't even have time to take off to block the shot, and t-mac had already completed the shot.

James can only watch the basketball fly to the basket from the sidelines, and at the same time pray in his heart-don't go in...

But things backfired. The basketball McGrady threw crossed a wonderful arc in the air and went into the net hollow!

124:121, the Rockets regained the lead!

After the ball was scored, McGrady silently shook his fist.

This action is not only celebrating the key three-pointer, but also cheering yourself up!

Before going on the court, McGrady set himself a small goal-to pursue simplicity and efficiency in any action to be taken next, and to avoid the deterioration of the injury as much as possible.

But in this attack, he didn't make any extra moves, he just didn't make a move, and he was "killed with a single blow" once he made a move!

Maddie is very happy with this!

At this time, with 40 seconds left before the end of the game, the Heat served from the bottom line.

James advanced quickly with the ball, and soon came near the three-point line.

George opened his hands and assumed a standard defensive posture, with a high degree of concentration.

At the critical moment, James still chose the safest way of attack-breakthrough!

With the help of Howard's cover, he successfully got rid of George's defense, and rushed to the inside of the Rockets carrying the explosive package.

Yao Ming sits in the penalty area and looks at the menacing James. He no longer cares about fouls and takes off with all his strength to block the shot!

James can jump very high, but Yao Ming's static talent is too outrageous.

In the air, in order to complete the shot, James had to temporarily change his action and use a difficult pull-up layup to complete the shot...

"Beep!"

At the same time as the whistle sounded, the basketball bounced out of the basket.

James and Yao Ming turned their heads to look at the referee at the same time.

"Houston Rockets No. 11, Yao Ming, defensive foul. Heat No. 6 LeBron James, two free throws!"

The referee made gestures and announced.

Yao Ming didn't bother to get angry when he heard the words, he just shook his head with a wry smile.

It was his fifth foul of the game.

This means that every next round, Yao Ming may be sent off.

Fortunately, there is not much time left in the game, and he doesn't need to deliberately avoid fouls.

James goes to the free throw line.

An interesting scene happened.

The heat area in the arena was silent, and the home team fans were afraid that the noise would affect James' free throws.

On the other side, the Rockets fans booed unscrupulously, and the sound was deafening!

In this strange atmosphere, James held his breath and forced himself to focus before taking the shot.

first penalty...

hit!

The scene fell silent instantly.

But when the referee passed the ball to James again, the Rockets fans booed even louder than before!

James took a deep breath and shot again...

"duang!" The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Yao Ming caught Howard who was eager to try behind him, and Yi Jianlian jumped high and received the rebound.

Subsequently, the UAE quickly passed the ball to Curry beside him.

Mengshen dribbles quickly through half court.

At this time, with only 31 seconds left before the end of the game, the Rockets led by two points.

In this case, Curry actually only needs to press time and use up 24 seconds, and the Rockets have a great chance of winning!

But when he dribbled to the top of the 45-corner arc on the right, he suddenly discovered that the Heat's defense hadn't kept up.

At such a critical moment, Wade lost his defensive position!

And Curry is also a bold person with high skills. Seeing that he was shorted at the three-point line, he immediately shot decisively!

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at high speed, drawing a rainbow-like arc in the air...

"Shu~"

With the desperate expressions of the Heat fans in the stands, the basketball went into the net!

127: 122!

With 28.2 seconds left, the Rockets extended their lead to 5 points!

Heat coach Spoelstra immediately called a timeout.

Curry threw a punch into the air excitedly, and the other Rockets swarmed up and ravaged his flat head.

Amidst the laughter, McGrady reminded: "Go back to the bench first, the coach is still waiting for us, we will celebrate after the game is over."

Everyone nodded after hearing the words, and walked back to the bench amidst the cheers of the Rockets fans.

At the same time, the on-site staff received instructions and took out the ribbons prepared in advance.

Some Heat fans at the scene started to get up and left early during the timeout.

In the vip box in the stands, Ajiali shook her head as she watched the Heat fans leaving the field one by one.

Such a move by the fans will definitely affect the emotions of the Heat players.

But objectively speaking, trailing by 30 points in less than 5 seconds, the coach also used up the last timeout...

It is almost impossible to turn around in such a situation.

Shen Fei's cell phone also started beeping non-stop.

He didn't need to look to know that it must be a message to congratulate the Rockets on winning the championship.

Shen Fei didn't turn on the phone, but turned it to silent mode.

The reason is simple, the game is not over yet, the Heat have more than one player who can perform miracles.

The Rockets are one step away from winning the championship.

But this last step, still can't be impatient!

Similar to Shen Fei's attitude, there is also the Rockets Marshal - Mark Jackson.

After the players returned to the bench, his first words were: "calmdown, guys (calm down, guys)."

The Rockets also quickly calmed down from the excitement of Curry's three-pointer.

"With about half a minute left, the Heat will definitely attack."

"We just step on the three-point line to defend, avoid fouls, and drive the ball handler to the inside, understand?"

Mark Jackson simply arranged.

The players nodded.

At this moment, although they tried their best to restrain their excitement, the slightly raised corners of their mouths still revealed excitement.

............

Some are happy, some are worried.

On the other side of the court, the Heat's bench now seems to be shrouded in a dark cloud.

A low pressure was entrenched on the bench, the players kept their heads down and listened to the coach's arrangement without saying a word.

James seemed to be wandering away, not paying attention to Spoelstra's speech.

Si Bo saw it, but didn't say a word to remind him.

He can understand James' mood at the moment.

In these two games, James was the most outstanding player in the Heat.

It can be said that the Heat's ability to fight the Rockets to the present level is due to James' super personal ability.

His offense, his defense, his strong will to play almost all the time...all support the Heat to the present.

But just as the game was about to be decided, James missed a crucial free throw.

Originally, if the two free throws were made, the Heat could reduce the point difference to 1 point, and they would have a chance to overtake the score later.

But James missed the shot...

The Rockets also fought back by missing the free throw and scored a three-pointer that was enough to kill the game!

The 4-point gap here and there directly put the Heat in a desperate situation.

At this time, James' mood is three points of self-blame, three points of remorse, and four points of... dissatisfaction!

When the technical desk rang to indicate that the timeout was up, James raised his head abruptly and said firmly:

"We haven't lost yet!"

The Heat generals were taken aback when they heard the words, and then nodded one after another.

............

At the last moment, Howard was replaced by Mike Miller and Haslem was replaced by James Jones.

The Heat put up a desperate lineup of Janeway + 3 big shooters!

It is worth mentioning that the number of Rockets fans in the arena at this time has far exceeded that of the Heat.

The fire honeys all stood up and began to cheer for the team with their voices.

"defense!!!"

"defense!!!"

"defense!!!"

......

Amidst the sound waves all over the sky, Wade served from the sideline.

After a series of running positions, James circled to the top of the arc at a 45-degree angle on the left and successfully received the ball.

The Rockets chose a single-defense tactic, allowing George to defend James one-on-one.

Others perform their duties and do not give the Heat's shooters a chance to shoot!

Facing George's defense, James took a dribble and made a direct three-pointer!

George struggled to take off to interfere, but failed to complete the block.

Basketball flies over his fingertips...

At this moment, all eyes of the audience followed the basketball and flew to the basket.

Everyone knows that as long as the goal is not scored, the game is over!

On the Rockets' bench, Lowry and Tony Allen have stood up, raised their hands, ready to celebrate.

After all, James is not good at three-pointers.

In the absence of absolute space (he shot against George), James' three-pointer is not very sure.

......

......

"Shu~"

Yes, the ball went in!

Hollow into the net, brushing the net upside down!

The American Airlines Center, which was extremely noisy just a moment ago, fell silent in an instant.

After another second, warm cheers rang out in the Heat zone.

However, the volume of cheers at this time can no longer be compared with before...

But this is not important.

The important thing is that once the goal is scored, the score becomes 127:125!

The point difference is back to two points, and there are 23 seconds left in the clock!

On the sidelines, Mark Jackson frowned and decisively resorted to the last timeout strategy.

............

"Don't panic, the lead is still on our side. Next, they will definitely use foul tactics."

With that said, Mark Jackson looked around at the five players who were going to play next, and ordered:

"You are all players with excellent free throw ability, so calm down, no matter who walks to the free throw line, they can make two free throws!"

"As long as we make two free throws, we can lead by 4 points. If there is no foul, they will need at least two rounds to catch up. We will win this game!"

After hearing Mark Jackson's analysis, the expressions of the generals of the Rockets obviously calmed down a lot.

Then, Mark Jackson simply arranged the tactics and, in the last few seconds, gave the players on the field some psychological massage.

When the players stepped onto the court, Mark Jackson thought to himself, "Don't make any more mistakes, the championship is just one step away..."