Withdrawal of the main force and gave up the game, the substitute turned defeat into victory! Harden and Paul were stunned

In the NBA, the trend of the game is often unpredictable. When the main players are taken down and the game enters the so-called "trash time", people often think that the winner is decided. However, the charm of basketball lies in its uncertainty. The substitutes stood up at critical moments and created one unforgettable miracle after another. In the 2011-2012 season, the Clippers performed well in the regular season under the leadership of Paul and Griffin, and entered the playoffs with the second record in the West. However, in the first game against the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers encountered a major crisis. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers were already 21 points behind, and at most even 27 points behind. The Clippers' starting small forward broke his left hand during the game, and the team's prospects seemed very bleak.

Under such a dilemma, the Clippers head coach made an unexpected decision. With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, he replaced all the main players and replaced them with the substitute. This move was regarded by many as giving up in advance at the time, but no one expected that this was the turning point of the game. After the substitutes came on the court, they seemed to have injected new vitality. They actively fought on the defensive end, successfully limiting the Grizzlies' offense, causing them to miss all 12 shots over a period of time. On the offensive end, Nick Young became the team's hero. He made three difficult three-pointers in a row at critical moments, helping the team quickly narrow the gap to single digits. In the last moment, Paul returned to the court and hit a key free throw steadily, while the Grizzlies failed to hit the final attack. In the end, the Clippers won 99-98 and completed an almost impossible reversal. The victory of this game is entirely attributed to the substitute players' tenacious struggle and outstanding performance on both offense and defense. Coincidentally, in the sixth game of the Western Conference Semi-finals in 2014-2015, the Rockets also staged a good show of a substitute counterattack. At that time, the Rockets and the Clippers were fighting fiercely. At the end of the third quarter of the game, the Clippers led the Rockets by 13 points and reached 19 points at most. The Rockets star Harden was in poor condition on the offensive end. Head coach Mike Hale had no choice but to replace him and put on a pure substitute lineup in the fourth quarter. This move was regarded by fans on the scene as a loss because it was the 50th playoff game in the history of the Rockets to fall behind the double-digit score difference in the final quarter, and they failed to escape the fate of failure in the first 49 times.

However, miracles often happen when they are most unlikely. In the fourth quarter, the Rockets' substitutes seemed to be awakened by the beasts in their hearts. They broke out completely on the offensive end, scoring amazing data of 40 to 15 in a single quarter, completing an epic reversal. Josh Smith and Cory Brewer became the protagonists of the game.

Smith made three three-pointers in the fourth quarter, scoring 14 points in a single quarter; Brewer also performed well, contributing 15 points in a single quarter. It was these two "bench bandits" who performed well that helped the Rockets complete a seemingly impossible reversal. After this game, the "Hair Band Gang" became famous in one battle and became a topic of talk about by fans.

In today's small ball era, the pace of the game has accelerated and the change of the score difference has become faster. The score difference of more than ten or even twenty points may be smoothed out in a flash. Just like the famous saying of Director Du Feng, "Twenty ten is a P." This reflects that in modern basketball games, the depth and strength of substitutes are crucial to the team's success. These classic battles also make us deeply realize that the NBA are full of infinite possibilities. Whether it is the main player or the substitute, every player may become the hero of the game at a critical moment. And it is this uncertainty that makes basketball games full of charm and makes fans crazy.