That shot came out of nowhere. If it went in, it would kill the game outright.
The arena suddenly fell silent.
The ball spun toward the basket.
Its trajectory was dead on.
Its strength was just right.
This was a shot that had an eighty or ninety percent chance of going in!
Clang!
But the rim really showed the Pelicans no mercy tonight. The ball struck the front rim and bounced high into the air.
Tang Tian's game-winning three-pointer missed!
This had nothing to do with individual ability. The Pelicans were simply cursed with bad luck tonight!
The crowd erupted in an uproar.
There were around twenty seconds left in the game. Missing that shot meant giving the Rockets a chance to hit a game-winner!
But at the crucial moment, Harrell came through.
Harrell had improved tremendously over his two years with the Pelicans, but because he was undersized for an interior player, Stevens could not put him in the starting lineup.
Yet whenever Harrell was on the court, he always brought surprises.
This time, he forcibly squeezed Capela aside and snatched the ball with all his might!
An offensive rebound worth its weight in gold!
He reacted quickly after grabbing it, turning and immediately slinging the ball back out to Tang Tian on the perimeter.
Tang Tian caught the ball and shot again.
The same motion, the same spot.
Harden desperately rotated over to contest the shot.
But Tang Tian's three-pointer was a pull-up jumper, and his Release speed was too fast. Harden did not affect it.
The ball spun through the air in an arc. Compared with the previous shot, this one's trajectory was truer and its strength was better!
Swish!
With a crisp sound, the basketball dropped cleanly through the net!
Tang Tian's second three-point attempt went