事件簡介
麥迪時刻2004年12月9日，火箭主場大戰馬刺，麥迪時刻35秒3個三分球外加一個三加一，狂砍13分，火箭神奇般的以81-80戰勝馬刺，麥蒂時刻全過程具體如下。
在比賽結束前不到一分鐘時，火箭在落後10分，麥蒂突破後拋投籃不中，但姚明在第一時間直接將球補扣入網，2秒鐘後，馬刺隊的傳球被帕吉特斷球，後者直接扣籃得分，在幾秒中內直追4分，此時時間已經不多了，火箭隊被迫採取犯規戰術，對方的布朗2罰全中，差距又拉到8分。時間還剩44.2秒時，麥迪的表演開始了，先是運球到前場直接出手投中3分，幾乎沒有任何準備動作。然後犯規戰術，對方2罰又是全中。但麥迪又投中了不可思議的一球，他和姚明做了一個掩護後，引誘鄧肯對他犯規，並且在下落過程中投出3分，球進了，再加罰一次，打4分成功。緊跟著又是犯規戰術，對方鄧肯又是2罰全中，時間只剩16秒了，火箭隊險些發不出球來，關鍵時刻，還是麥迪接住了難度極大的傳球，然後在防守專家鮑文面前再次三分命中，這時馬刺隊慌了手腳，他們叫了最後一次暫停，然後準備發前場球，暫停時間到，姚明防守發球的人發球後，球到了傳到布朗手裡，他運球衝進火箭隊的內線，但他摔倒了，麥迪迅速拿起地上的球，直衝前場，在左側三分線附近再次投出三分，並再次命中。此時時間只1.7秒，帕克從後場運球到前場三分出手不中，比賽結束，火箭神奇般的以81-80戰勝馬刺。德文-布朗神情發獃，就是因為他最後的運球失誤，成就了偉大的麥迪時刻！火箭球場全場震撼，互相呼喊慶祝！
專家言論
波波維奇：你眼睜睜的看著他把刀子捅進你心窩，可你根本對此無能為力。
麥迪時刻最後一投麥迪：提前退場的觀眾，你們錯過了一場偉大的比賽。
火箭後衛蘇拉：“我們得以第一手地感受到他之所以是這個世界上最偉大球員之一的原因，他竟然將我們從那樣的絕境中拉了出來，真是神奇，令人難以置信。”
近期得到火箭隊首發位置的鮑恩也表示:“太狂野了，看著麥迪那樣將球送進籃圈真是奇妙的感覺，他投中了一兩個後我們開始想‘我們是否能將比分追近點？’也許當時每個人都是那樣想的：‘至少我們能讓比賽看上去不那么難看。’但麥迪有不同的想法，他想為我們贏得勝利，這真是神奇。”
波波維奇惱羞成怒地回答道：“我怎么知道為什麼會這樣？！麥迪的手太燙了，他是個出色的傢伙，想讓比賽結局變成這樣，他們必須做到很多事才行(他們竟然做到了)。我們最後時刻有許多糟糕的表現，但麥迪的表現也確實偉大。”
麥迪賽後回憶道：“老兄，老實說我以前還真的沒試過這種事，我當時怎么想的？我想的是‘別放棄，我只需要把球投出去，當他們開球的時候爭取把球斷下來。如果斷不下再用犯規戰術讓他們上。“
官網新聞
McGrady scored 13 of his 33 points in the final 35 seconds, including a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining as the Rockets snapped a seven-game slide against the San Antonio Spurs with an 81-80 triumph at the Toyota Center.
"We got a miracle," Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "You need miracles over the course of a season."
"This really hasn't hit me," McGrady added. "I don't know how we won. I don't realize what I did. I can't tell you how many (3-pointers) I hit."
Tim Duncan made the second of two free throws with 1:02 remaining to give San Antonio a 74-64 lead, sending a large number of Rockets fans toward the exits.
"I noticed people leaving," Houston's Andre Barrett said. "We played the game for ourselves."
"Those fans that walked out, and there were thousands of them, they missed a great game," McGrady said.
Yao Ming tipped in a missed shot and Scott Padgett followed with a dunk to cut the lead to 74-68. The Rockets tried fouling, but Devin Brownmade four free throws around a 3-pointer by McGrady to keep San Antonio ahead, 78-71, with 31 seconds to go.
But McGrady answered again, drawing contact from Duncan while hitting another 3-pointer. He made the ensuing free throw to complete a four-point play and reduce Houston's deficit to 78-75 with 24 seconds left.
"I don't know how I got the ball up, Duncan's so tall," the 6-8 McGrady said. "But it fell for me. That shot got me going."
"It was a pump play by Tracy and I got up in the air and fouled him," said Duncan, who was forced to cover McGrady on a switch. "He just made tough shots."
Duncan widened the Spurs' lead to 80-75 with a pair of free throws eight seconds later. But McGrady responded with another shot from the arc with 11 seconds remaining, making it a one-possesion game.
After San Antonio's final timeout, Brown received an inbounds pass in the front court but slipped and turned over the ball while driving on the baseline.
"We didn't want to foul them when Devin Brown caught it," Van Gundy said. "Try to knock the ball free and, somehow, we got it."
麥迪時刻"I was pushed in the lower back, but I can't dwell on that," Brown said.McGrady scooped up the loose ball with seven seconds remaining and raced to the other end before pulling up at the top of the arc and burying the winning 3-pointer with just under two seconds remaining, giving Houston its third straight win and its first against San Antonio since December 3, 2002.
McGrady, who was acquired by Houston in the offseason, never considered playing for the tie.
"We were down two and the only thing I could think of was a 3-pointer," McGrady said. "I felt like anything I threw up was going in."
"I haven't seen anybody do something like that," Brown said. "He was just hitting shot after shot. He was fantastic."
McGrady, who had 17 points in the final quarter, shot 12-of-29 from the floor with eight rebounds and five steals.
"It was a great game and we got sloppy at the end," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "Tracy took advantage of it and was unbelievable. He's a great player."
"He's gifted," Van Gundy said. "He misses makeable ones and makes unmakeable ones."
Yao added 27 points and 10 boards.
"We're going to struggle to score right now," Van Gundy said. "We can't shoot. We're not tricking anybody. There's two around Yao and two around Tracy."
Duncan scored 18 of his 26 points in the second half and collected 18 rebounds for San Antonio. The two-time MVP also had seven of the Spurs' season-high 12 blocks.
Brown scored 20 points off the bench, including eight during a 15-2 run in the fourth quarter that gave the Spurs a 73-62 lead with 2:54 remaining.
賽後採訪
“最後時刻，我只想靠一個三分球拿下比賽，”“提前退場的觀眾，你們錯過了一場偉大的比賽！”
採訪：T-Mac，多么艱難，你逆轉了比賽，你得到了13分（麥蒂笑），在剛剛過去的45秒內（他是這么說的沒錯），當時是怎么回事？
麥蒂：這很難做到，一切皆有可能，我們一直堅信，就是像這樣，我們就是這樣試著去創造奇蹟，在最後我們來回4個回合，（火箭能走過）我不知道我是怎么面對對方防守隊員運球穿插其間，（停頓、聳肩）你知道，我的意志很堅定，就像龍捲風一樣席捲賽場。
採訪：你們在最後1分鐘內做了2次戰術犯規，當你面對鄧肯打了4分時，你是否覺得“嘿，我們可以贏下這場比賽？”
麥蒂：喔，這就是我們的關鍵，當我打了4分時，信心又來了，然後隊友通過一切機會在狹小的空間把球傳給我，我就準備好了向前沖。
採訪：但是你們仍然落後很多，他們拿有球權，他們最後底線發球，你是怎么拿到球的，你怎么想？
麥蒂：嗯，我們利用他們的分心，他們仍拿著球，但他滑到了，球向我滾來，我當時唯一做的就是拿起球，我不想打成平局，所以我仍然持球過來，投出了三分球，球就進了，（陶醉，笑，這裡聽不出來了）
採訪：...(沒聽出是誰)可以去看回放,但這就是你為什麼是NBA的得分王。
麥蒂：我很感激我們做到了。
採訪結束。
注意賽後TMAC還對球迷說“最後時刻，我只想靠一個三分球拿下比賽，”“提前退場的觀眾，你們錯過了一場偉大的比賽！”
本場數據
| 出場時間 | 投籃 | 三分 | 罰球 | 前籃板 | 後籃板 | 助攻 | 搶斷 | 蓋帽 | 得分 |
| 44 | 12-29 | 5-12 | 4-4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 33 |
