Spoelstra walked to the sideline, shouted at James, and then gestured for him to slow down the pace.

With a 13-point lead, the Heat weren't in a hurry.

The Heat played a set offense in the frontcourt, with James driving the ball.

The Spurs tightened their defense, and Leonard was practically hanging all over James.

James passed the ball out to Chalmers.

Chalmers took a three-pointer, but Tang Tian rotated over in time to interfere directly.

"Clang!"

Chalmers' three-pointer missed, and Duncan secured the defensive rebound.

The Spurs had shown absolute defensive intensity since the second half.

Parker didn't rush the fast break after getting the ball, but slowed the pace and played a set offense in the frontcourt.

The Heat's defensive intensity remained high, but it was clear that the Spurs weren't as anxious as they were in the first half.

Tang Tian's movement drew most of the Heat's defensive attention, and Leonard suddenly cut to the basket from the corner.

Parker passed the ball, and Leonard caught it and went up for a layup against Bosh, drawing a shooting foul in the process!

2+1!

The crowd erupted in cheers.

Because of Tang Tian's dazzling performance, Leonard's contributions had been completely overshadowed.

But in reality, this No. 15 pick who entered the league with Tang Tian had also grown into something!

Not only was his defense outstanding, but his offensive shooting stability was also improving.

And the key was that calm demeanor, which was somewhat similar to Tang Tian's.

Tang Tian went over and bumped chests with Leonard, then gave him a forceful high-five and roared.

He was using this method to motivate his teammates.

Leonard made the free throw, and the Spurs went on a 5-0 run to start the second half, immediately shrinking the deficit to 10 points.

The Heat continued to play a set offense in the frontcourt, and this time James scored, helping the Heat to continue scoring.

But in the next possession, the Spurs' set offense was successful again, this time with Duncan, who received the ball under the basket and made a turnaround bank shot.

Spoelstra's weakness was now exposed.

When the situation was stalemated, he could match wits with Popovich on tactics, but after taking the lead, he made the wrong choices.

Because the Heat were leading, he abandoned the Heat's favored fast break for stability, and instead went head-to-head with the Spurs in a set offense.

The efficiency of the two sides was obviously different.

Moreover, Tang Tian was encouraging the team with his body language on both offense and defense, and the entire Spurs team was excited, playing patiently and efficiently in the set offense.

The Spurs were gradually eroding the Heat's lead, and Spoelstra's continuous substitutions of Ray Allen and Haslem couldn't stop it.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied at 65!

The Spurs outscored the Heat 30-15 in the quarter, erasing the 15-point deficit!

Starting with defense and focusing on efficiency, the Spurs had succeeded!

Although Popovich didn't know what had happened in the locker room, he could feel what Tang Tian was doing from the sideline.

He didn't know when it started, but Tang Tian had become the Spurs' spiritual leader on the court.

Oh right, maybe it was at that time last year, on that Father's Day night, the night when Tang Tian delivered that mini-quintuple-double of 5 high-fives and 5 shouts.

"Shaq, the game isn't over yet!"

When the Spurs tied the game, Barkley was completely revived and started taunting O'Neal again.

O'Neal also laughed, although he didn't want to lose the bet, but as a spectator, it wouldn't be bad if the Finals went to Game 7.

Of course, there was also the point that Barkley made, the game wasn't over yet.

There was one more quarter, and the outcome was still unknown.

The two sides entered the final quarter of the contest.

After a timeout, Spoelstra finally realized what was happening and began to speed up the pace of the game again.

But the Spurs were already in their rhythm, and the Heat's several attempts failed to widen the score.

Gritting their teeth, the Spurs managed to tie the Heat with 30 seconds left in the game!

The fans at the scene felt their hearts were about to jump out, this was truly a game decided in the final seconds!

The Heat had the ball in the frontcourt, James signaled everyone to spread out, and then directly drove past Leonard.

Leonard defended very well.

James' layup after breaking through to the basket missed!

But he jumped up again to grab the offensive rebound and was fouled by Leonard on the putback!

Two free throw opportunities!

Peak James!

The fans at the scene were in an uproar.

The Heat fans on the hotline went into collective ecstasy again.

"Who's still criticizing my Emperor's choice for the final attack?"

"Free throw to kill the game, win the first championship of his career! The script is already written!"

"Aren't you afraid of missing both free throws?"

"Are you kidding me, this season my Emperor's free throw percentage broke 80% for the first time! Just watch, he'll definitely make both!"

"Come on, I can't wait!"

……

James walked to the free throw line and adjusted his breathing.

Playing on the road, he was no longer greeted by the uniform MVP chants, but by a chorus of boos.

He took the first shot.

The arc was perfect, and you could feel that his free throw touch was noticeably better than last season.

"Clang!"

But the angle was slightly off.

The first free throw missed!

"……" Heatline fans.

The second free throw.

Adjusting his breathing, he took the shot again.

"Clang!"

It still missed!

At the crucial moment, he still reliably missed both free throws!

In the battle for the rebound under the basket, Bosh's long arms managed to tip the ball up into the air, and then he jumped up again to knock the ball out!

Seeing that the ball was about to go out of bounds, James sprinted from the baseline and grabbed the ball back!

Wade jumped up in the air to catch the ball, and with 5 seconds left in the game, he faced Duncan's help defense and made a difficult fadeaway jumper.

The ball... went in!

The Heat took a critical 2-point lead!

Popovich signaled for a timeout.

However, he didn't immediately grab his tactics board as usual, but rushed to the referee and shouted, pointing his hand repeatedly at the baseline.

It turned out that in the previous play, Popovich believed that James was already out of bounds when he saved the ball!

In the last two minutes, the head coach has the right to request a video replay.

The game entered a technical timeout.

The referee went to the scorer's table to watch the video replay.

The replay was projected onto the LED screen at the scene.

It only took one viewing for the crowd to erupt in an uproar.

It was obvious that James saved the ball from out of bounds, even jogging a few steps out of bounds before saving the ball.

This was a clear mistake!

As the LED screen began to slow down the replay, the arena was filled with boos.

If not for this mistake, the Heat wouldn't be leading now!

The several referees at the scorer's table were communicating.

After communicating, they explained the situation to the head referees of both teams.

After listening to the explanation, Popovich turned around and walked away, looking extremely displeased.

The head referee then signaled for a Spurs timeout.

The mistake had been confirmed, but according to NBA rules, in order to maintain the image of the referees, a ruling cannot be changed once it has taken effect.

So Wade's basket was still valid, the Spurs called a timeout, and they had 5 seconds left.

ps: The fifth update is coming soon! Extra thanks to Xiao Xiao Zhao Zilong v5 for the second 10,000 reward! I owe you 2 updates, brother!