Carlisle was extremely excited, while opposite him, Woodson watched Okafor make the extra free throw, bringing the score to 110 to 116, with a six-point difference. Woodson leaned dejectedly against the chair back.
The reactions of the two coaches were reflected in the game, as Zhang Yang and Okafor connected to score a 2+1, directly dispersing the pent-up energy of the Hawks team.
A three-point difference is one ball away from catching up, even a four-point difference can potentially be caught with one ball, 3+1 will do, even if it's very low, but at least there's a chance.
Five points is different, this gap is called a hurdle, at least two balls are needed to catch up, now the difference is six points, so at least two three-pointers are needed!
When it came to the Hawks team's offense, Pierce did not give up, continued to play one-on-one against Hill's defense, stepped back to shoot a three-pointer... missed! Hill's interference was spot on!
