Tim Duncan may be experiencing the most thrilling, most critical and darkest nine minutes of his career.

Because in these critical 9 minutes from the beginning of the fourth quarter to now, he did not score a single goal in a sports game.

At this time, the Spurs and the Pacers, the two most sophisticated meat grinders, were in the final competition, both hoping to tear each other into pieces.

The Spurs were only 3 points away from tying the score, and Duncan stepped to the free throw line.

It can be said that Duncan has never been so nervous when facing free throws, never before.

Because before this, Duncan only made 4 free throws in 9 attempts.

The fierce confrontation destroyed Duncan's soft touch.

And now, what's even more terrible is...Duncan has no strength anymore.

He tried to regulate his breathing, but failed.

"Come on Tim, you will definitely make it, Kang Mang! My number one power forward!"

At this time, Wayne, who was at the designated position under the basket, clapped his hands and gave Duncan "encouragement."

This made Duncan, who was already exhausted, completely lose his shooting rhythm.

So the first penalty was missed!

"No, 4 out of 10 free throws. Tim Duncan's free throw shooting percentage today is too bad!"

Miller looked at Wayne and smiled.

The most humble person is invincible!

You may be the first person in the league who can use trash talk to interfere with Duncan's missed free throws.

On the second penalty, Duncan was still trying to adjust his breathing.

This time, under the referee's warning, Wayne said nothing.

but......

"Bang!"

"I missed two free throws. Tim Duncan actually missed both free throws! What happened? Who can tell me what happened!"

Mike Brin's eyes widened, while Shi Buddha put his hands in front of his mouth, his eyes looking very frightened.

Yes, fear.

This is definitely the darkest moment of his career!

24 points, 11 rebounds, and a shooting percentage of 44%. This is the data Duncan has handed over so far.

Well, it seems pretty good. Compared to the previous games, it’s much better.

But his performance in the past nine minutes made the data he got at this time worthless.

Many people, including Mike Breen, want to know one thing - what happened to Duncan?

Why did he almost collapse in the fourth quarter?

Injured?

Too impatient?

In fact, the answer is not as complicated as people think.

Duncan was simply drained.

Wayne's endless isolations against Duncan in the second and third quarters allowed him to steal Duncan's last 9 minutes.

With double teams and singles attrition, the Pacers really have to deal with one person as a team.

After grabbing the rebound, the Pacers quickly attacked.

At this time, it was just over two minutes and less than three minutes before the end of the game.

As long as you persist for a few more rounds, Tianwang Mountain will be over.

The end of Tianwang Mountain...means that the championship is basically guaranteed!

At this time, Wayne continued to hold the ball outside the three-point line.

But this time, as soon as he got the ball, Bowen came up to him roughly and double-teamed with Mohammed.

Wayne raised the basketball high, and he really wanted to give Bowen an elbow while raising his hand.

But the last time he did this, Bowen exaggeratedly covered his nose and fell to the ground with an innocent look on his face, which won the referee's sympathy and allowed Wayne to take the foul.

The game is now reaching a critical moment, and Wayne doesn't want to lose the ball because of something like this.

So he suppressed the fighting spirit in his body and passed the ball to Artest.

Yasuko, who has already awarded himself the FMVP trophy, catches the ball and shoots, as confident as Jordan.

All Pacers fans raised their arms in advance, however, this crucial mid-range shot ended in failure.

"So defensive!" Popovich waved his arm, but the next second, his smile froze.

Because Wayne jumped high and hit the ball into the frame before Duncan could no longer jump.

"Beautiful tip-in, Wayne scored again! After this goal, the Spurs fell behind by 5 points! The situation is not good, and the San Antonio people have been pushed to the edge of the cliff!

Wei's performance was outstanding. He won many head-to-head duels with Duncan today!

Believe me, this will definitely be the masterpiece of Wei's career!"

After Wayne scored, he didn't look at Duncan, but raised his finger at a Spurs No. 5 who looked like Will Smith.

Robert Horry, lucky to have him.

When Tim Duncan was experiencing the darkest moment of his career, Horry, who only scored 3 points in the first three quarters, seemed to turn himself into the omnipotent Duncan in the fourth quarter.

He scored 10 points with sudden shots from inside and outside, and hit consecutive shots at the critical moment when the Spurs fell behind.

Otherwise, the Spurs would not be only 5 points behind now.

Robert Horry, a veritable killer at critical moments!

He has never been a superstar, and his career-high scoring season was only 12 points.

But he has one of the best talents - a big heart!

He has a 100% winning rate in the finals and won two rings in the first three seasons of his career.

Whether he is with Mosaic or the Lakers, as long as he is sent out at critical moments, he will never let you down.

In Wayne's previous life, people even joked that Horry and Cole dominated the 1990s and early 21st century.

Because they won 12 of the 14 championships from 1994 to 2007!

Scarier than Bird and Moji during the Black and White Hegemony Period!

This is the real black and white struggle for hegemony!

Some people think Horry is just lucky.

But in the fourth game of the 2001-02 Western Conference Finals, when Horry successfully defeated the Kings, faced Divac's question, Horry responded this way.

"Luck refers to those who are unprepared. Look at this shot. I made it in one go. This shot is definitely not luck, because I have done it many times in my career."

Well, Horry is always confident about key goals.

Because he has no pressure on it. Anyway, if he wins, it belongs to him, and if he loses, it belongs to the superstar of the team.

He is just a little role player, a role player who can always kill the game!

This mentality allowed Horry to make contributions at critical moments many times.

It's the same today. If it weren't for Horry, the Pacers could already think about how to play Game 6.

In this offense, Horry once again received the basketball from outside the three-point line, but Wayne never left him.

Horry tried to shake Wayne's center of gravity with a fake shot, but failed.

Because on the last ball, Wayne was deceived by Horry's fake shot, causing Miller, who was covering up, to be dunked by Horry.

This time, Wayne won't be fooled again.

Horry had no choice but to lob the ball to Duncan, so Wayne stepped towards Duncan tirelessly.

Duncan watched Wayne running towards him, feeling helpless to death.

Can you please stop touching me!

Stop falling in love with me!

But no matter how reluctant Duncan is, Wayne still has to do it.

So before Wayne came up from the double attack, he gave the ball to Horry again...

"Oh, this is just a joke between two people." Director Zhang said angrily, can you be as confident as Xiao Wei?

Horry caught the ball and shot this time, but Wayne's defense was faster than he thought!

Wayne almost missed Horry with this shot. He just missed it.
To be continued...