Speaking of the NBA scoring miracle, Chinese people first thought that it might be Tracy McGrady's 35. 13 minutes. However, this miracle is strong, but it is very famous among Chinese people by Yao Ming's filter in the Rockets, and makes other NBA miracles pale. In fact, in the NBA, there are many last minute scoring miracles that are not less famous than McGrady's 35. 13 minutes, such as Vince Carter's 25. 10 minutes, Paul Millsap's 28. 11 minutes, and Reggie Miller's 8.9. 8 minutes, especially Reggie Miller's 8.9. 8 minutes, which is more famous than McGrady's Moment in the United States. Today, let's discuss which of these two miracle moments famous in different countries is more difficult to remember.
Tracy McGrady's 35 seconds and 13 minutes
First of all, let's look at the most classic McGrady 35. 13. It was a regular season game between the Rockets and the Spurs on December 9, 2004. At that time, the Rockets were 10 points behind the Spurs by 74-64 at the last minute. McGrady, who had 20 points in the game, missed the layup, but Yao Ming's makeup helped the team sound the call for counterattack. Inspired by Yao Ming's makeup, the Rockets did not give up their hope of winning. Scott Padgett was more astute in breaking the Spurs' serve and dunking again to help the Rockets reach the 6 point gap. There was only a little difference between the two teams, so McGrady began to wake up.
With 34.2 seconds left in the game, after the Spurs' Devon Brown 2 made a free throw, McGrady directly caught the ball and dribbled the ball to the front court and hit 3 points, helping the team narrow the score gap to 5 points. With the foul tactics, the Spurs hit again, and McGrady repeated the three-point shot. He made a simple cover with Yao Ming, then he hit the three-point ball by following Tim Duncan who was defending, and won an additional penalty. 3+1 helped the team close the score to only three points. Unfortunately, the Spurs players' free throws were really steady. After another foul tactic, the difference came to 5 points. As a last resort, McGrady had to hit a three-point ball again. Then he did it, and with 16 seconds left, he managed to catch the baseline ball and hit a three-point shot against Bruce Bowen.
So far, the difference between the two teams is only 2 points, and the Spurs can no longer be calm. Brown, who catches the serve, leads the team directly when he rushes into the Rockets' inner line, causing the ball to be picked up by McGrady. Then McGrady quickly came to the front court and hit another three points, helping the team beat the Spurs in 1.7 seconds. Although the Spurs still have the chance to fight the last one with 1.7 seconds left, after such ups and downs, the players with the greatest heart are all normal. Therefore, Tony Parker should have missed the last one, creating McGrady's miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes.
With regard to the completion of this miracle, McGrady's own super talent, as well as the blessing of luck, is not so unforgettable. As for why, in 2016, Jamal Murray of the Nuggets scored a similar score - 12 points in 32 seconds, but it didn't help the team win. The biggest reason for the defeat was that Murray had the same super talent as McGrady and hit many three points like McGrady. Unfortunately, Murray had the talent. At that time, he did not have the same luck as McGrady. His opponents were not affected by his successive scores. The attack did not stop except for free throws, as the Spurs did at that time, Damien Lillard of the Blazers is also crazy about scoring, so Murray's Denver Nuggets finally lost the game.
In addition, it was also luck that McGrady was not promoted by Bowen when shooting, or was pulled down by other people of the Spurs to cause injury. You know, the Spurs and Bruce Bowen are notorious in the league, especially Bowen's "Tian Can Jiao", whose nickname is Three Pads McGrady's cousin Vince Carter. McGrady was shooting against him. We must be glad that Bowen didn't want to use small moves, or he would definitely be injured in the middle. Therefore, McGrady's miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes is very good, but it is not so good. At least, there is no right time, right place and right people. Even if he can score successfully, he cannot lead the team to victory.
Reggie Miller's 9 seconds and 8 minutes
Different from McGrady's 35:13, Reggie Miller's 9.8 minutes were completed in the playoffs, which is one of the reasons why it is so famous in the United States. It was the Eastern semi-final of the Pacers' away challenge to the Knicks on May 7, 1995. With 18.7 seconds left, the Pacers were six points behind the Knicks. Miller, like McGrady in later generations, suddenly shot a quick three-point shot outside the three-point line when he received the ball, and then cut the ball from the Knicks' hands in the front court to continue to ignore the defenders to hit the second three-point shot, Pull the score of the two teams to 105-105. At this time, the game time was less than a few seconds away. Then, the Pacers fouled, and the Knicks players missed two free throws. Miller grabbed the rebound again, forcing the Knicks to commit a foul and hit both free throws.
Miller scored 8 points in a short time of 8.9 seconds, helping the team reverse the then strong playoff team, the Knicks, in the semi-finals of the playoffs. One thing to say is that this scoring miracle seems simple, but it is not so good. One is that it came into being at the decisive moment of the semi-final of the playoffs. Such defensive ball degree and blow off scale are not comparable to the regular season. Players must have both a strong body and a large heart to complete this miracle, The fact that no one can reproduce it after nearly 30 years is the proof that it is extremely difficult to complete. The second is that the completion of it should also be advantageous at the right time, in the right place and in the right people. In particular, we must pray that the opponent's heart is not so big, otherwise it is difficult to miss two penalties after a foul.
As a result, Murray almost finished the recovery at 35 seconds and 13 minutes for McGrady. The Miller moment that no one has reached after 30 years should be the more difficult one.
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