Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After high-fiving his teammates, Qi Tian walked to the free throw line. He adjusted his breathing rhythm and steadily shot the basketball in his hand.

"Whoosh!"

Accurate basketball shooting.

"104-106."

With 40 seconds left in the game, the Pacers chased the point difference to 2 points.

The Spurs immediately called a timeout. Even if their offense lasted 24 seconds, the opponent still had a chance to attack, so the next offense would be very critical.

Scoring a goal can kill the game;

If you don't advance, you have to set up defense.

To be cautious, Popovich did not risk letting the players on the court choose their own offensive tactics.

"David!"

"Paul!"

"seven!"

"seven!"

"seven!"

The minority of Pacers fans immediately burst into loud cheers to cheer for the players on the court.

Among them, Qi Tian, ​​who has already scored 11 points, is undoubtedly the hero of the team's pursuit of points. A 3+1, a 2+1 and two jump shots, every point is crucial.

On the other side, the Spurs fans who watched the Spurs players walking to the bench had a much more complicated mood.

Duncan had his signature rebound shot and missed, but he also scored 4 points in a row to stabilize the situation;

Parker sorted out the offense and also scored key points against the defense;

Then only Ginobili, who missed a layup on a breakaway and was sent flying by his opponent on defense, was left.

Fans with good memories have already recalled the second-round tiebreaker with the Mavericks in 2006:

Driver scored 46 free throws in three games, leading the team to a 3-1 lead over the Spurs. The Spurs relied on GDP to equalize strongly. In the final tiebreaker, the Spurs almost erased a 20-point deficit. Ginobili's last-minute

The three-pointer helped the Spurs take a 3-point lead, but in the next round, he lost 2+1 on the defensive end and was hit by a driver and sent to overtime.

The Spurs failed to continue their magic in overtime and lost to their old enemy, failing to add new spots to the comeback from a 1-3 deficit.

God is also him, ghost is also him, this is Ginobili.

"Not today, it's just the backdrop again, right?"

Spurs fans are almost suffering from traumatic stress disorder.

Maybe it's because they have been at the top of the league for too long, maybe because they won four championships so smoothly. According to the law of conservation of character, the Spurs often become the background for players to explode.

Tracy McGrady's moment of 35 seconds and 13 minutes, Lao Yu's 0.4-second buzzer beater, Howard's 0.8 second alley-oop buzzer beater...

Of course, it may be that no one remembers the winning performance given by GDP and only remembers the scene where they were killed.

The players on the field paid no attention to the fans' random thoughts and listened carefully to the coach's instructions.

"...The attack must be played for the full time, and the key points must consume time."

After Popovich arranged the offensive tactics, he said to everyone,

"Even if you miss, you can still win by defending your opponent's attack."

He said to Parker:

"If we don't score, then the opponent will definitely relax when attacking with the ball. You just go up and fight for it. Just waste time when you get the ball."

40 seconds is obviously not enough for two attacks, and the Spurs plan to use the drag-and-drop strategy.

"clear!"

Parker nodded, it was just a waste of time, he was confident in his speed.

The focus of the Pacers' arrangement is still defense.

When the timeout ended, the fans still didn't see Granger on the stage, and they were a little disappointed.

It's not a good thing for the team boss to be put on the bench and watch other people play the game.

Granger's normally smiling face had become quite stiff.

"Defend!"

Seeing Duncan serve from outside, everyone in the Pacers immediately became cautious.

As expected, the Spurs were ready to waste time. Parker stood at the top of the arc and waited until there was little time left to attack before suddenly launching his attack.

Parker used the pick-and-roll to break through, and George Hill was chasing after him. Just when he thought Parker was about to take a shot, Parker decisively chose to pass the ball.

Ginobili feinted a shot from the outside and turned around and handed it to Stephen Jackson.

George, who is in charge of defense, is two steps away from his opponent because he is focused on the basket!

"Oops!"

George jumped out, but could only watch the basketball go over his head and fly towards the basket.

"clang!"

The Pacers fans never expected that the sound of hitting the iron would make them so happy. Smiles immediately appeared on their faces and they watched George turn around and collect the rebound.

"There are 16 seconds left on the clock. If we hit the buzzer, we can tie the game. We'll talk about it in overtime..."

"Whenever you add something, you can hit a three-pointer to win!"

All kinds of thoughts are echoing in the minds of Pacers fans.

George turned his head to look at the time and prepared to pass the ball to his teammates to organize the attack.

But at this moment, Parker, who had been aiming for a long time, grabbed the basketball from the other side and took advantage of George's distraction to steal the basketball from his hand!

"What?"

"Oops!"

The ball changed hands and the Pacers fans were immediately awakened from their dreams.

The leading Spurs can ensure victory as long as they waste time.

George had the same idea. He quickly stepped forward to press, but Parker quickly dribbled the ball away without giving his opponent a chance.

Qi Tian grabbed it from the other side and completed the encirclement with George. Parker just wanted to pass it to his teammate, but Qi Tian completed the counter-steal!

"Foul!"

"This ball is definitely a foul!"

After watching Qi Tian steal the ball and hold the ball past half-court, Popovich immediately jumped to his feet and shouted to the referee.

But the linesman was indifferent and just watched the Pacers attack.

"Isn't he a thug?"

The assistant coach Budenholzer next to him saw the head coach getting more and more excited as he talked. He was about to scold the referee and eject him, so he quickly came up to stop the excited head coach.

"Did you see Budden? He was clearly a thug just now!"

"I saw it, I saw it, but for now it's better to be on guard and avoid any surprises."

Budenholzer quickly tried to persuade him,

"At best, it will be overtime. If there is no coach in overtime, then we will be passive."

"Okay."

After being persuaded in this way, Popovich's anger melted away a lot, and he turned to look at the court.

It didn't matter after such a turn, but he saw a scene that made him furious.

Qi Tian stretched out his hand to let his teammates run the tactics, and he opened up the singles against Ginobili.

"Boy, are you looking down on me too much?"

Ginobili admitted that defensively, he is not as outstanding as his teammates. Even on the back line, Parker has extraordinary speed and is not a player who can be easily beaten in isolation.

But when his opponent dared to attack him alone, he immediately became angry.

"Looks like I can't do it without showing you my special skills!"

He stood firm, kept his whole body tense, and just waited for his opponent to break through before giving the young rookie his special skills:

Flip!

"Come here, come here, come here, I'll knock you down and give you an offensive foul."

Qi Tian dribbled the ball slowly, waiting for time to pass.

Just when Ginobili was impatient to wait, Qi Tian suddenly accelerated, straightened his body, took a step outside the three-point line, and directly shot a long three-pointer in front of Ginobili!

"Whoosh!"

The basketball refused the Nets' attempt to stay and fell out.

"107-106."

There is only 0.8 seconds left!