After coming on the court in the fourth quarter, Holiday only played two minutes.
Still maintaining a mole-level performance, James and Paul finally started to perform in these two minutes, and the score difference was only 5 points.
At this time, Bucks head coach Budenholzer simply took Holiday off the court.
Holiday's performance today really surprised everyone.
It's completely different from the previous games.
However, both Antetokounmpo and Middleton performed normally and were able to still lead the score.
And even though the two head coaches arranged their formations and mobilized their troops, the 5-point difference was maintained and could neither be widened nor narrowed.
Gradually, time came to the last 4 minutes of the 4th quarter.
At this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Bucks suddenly showed his strength.
He first blocked James' layup, then rushed forward and took off from the free throw line to glide and dunk.
Then when the Kings' offense failed, I went straight back to the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer.
Since then, with only 3 minutes and 11 seconds left on the clock, the point difference has widened to 10 points.
At this time, the Bucks' home court had already exploded.
The 17,500 spectators roared like a tsunami.
This cry will drown all the Kings players and bury them at the bottom of the gloomy and dark abyss.
At this time, NBA President Xiao Hua was still watching the game at home. He glanced at the tablet.
Since there is no Wang Yi today, the number of viewers of the game until now is only over 10 million.
But just now after Antetokounmpo widened the score difference to 10 points, these 10 million viewers also began to lose, and they have dropped to more than 7 million.
Xiao Hua couldn't help but shook his head.
I secretly sighed in my heart: Wang Yi is the cash cow of the NBA and the code of wealth.
As long as Wang Yi plays, the NBA will make a lot of money. If Wang Yi doesn't play, it will be greatly reduced.
From this point of view, the owners of other teams are envious of the Kings owner.
The Kings boss signed Wang Yi for nearly 30 million US dollars per year, but through the Chinese market, Wang Yi can earn far more than 30 million US dollars per year.
The Rockets also made a lot of money when they signed Yao Ming, and now the Kings make a lot of money again when they sign Wang Yi.
Among them, the most envious, or perhaps the most regretful, is Jenny Buss.
Although Jeanie Buss doesn't say it on the surface, every time Wang Yi plays a good game, Jeanie Buss will regret it once.
In the American "Sports Illustrated", there was a column recently that selected the top 10 best and worst operations every year. The Lakers' operations deservedly ranked among the worst operations of all teams three years ago.
Moreover, this column also predicted that in five years, when Wang Yi is likely to become a parallel existence with Jordan, this operation will be one of the worst operations in NBA history.
According to this evaluation, the Lakers earned an average of US$1.3 billion less per year in the three years since they sent Wang Yi away.
And as Wang Yi plays longer and longer, his market value becomes larger and larger, so this number will continue to increase.
Return to the playing field.
At this time, the Kings were already ten points behind.
Who can stand up?
Without Wang Yi, can James stand up?
He looked to have faltered in the second half.
The Bucks' defensive intensity against him today was much greater than in the previous games, and his physical exertion was very high - after all, this is a 40-year-old comrade.
On the basketball court, when most players reach the age of 35, their condition will decline off a cliff.
Kobe, O'Neal, Bird...there are too many stars in the NBA who cannot pass the 35 threshold.
He is now 40 years old, and it is unprecedented for him to be able to play to this level.
You can't ask for more from him.
So who can stand up?
Paul?
It doesn't look like it, his shooting percentage in this game is not very high.
And there were as many as 7 more mistakes.
The point guard god is also old.
Brother Gua?
Gua Ge did feel very good in the 3rd quarter, but after coming on the court in the 4th quarter, he didn't seem to perform so well.
After all, it has been too long since he performed well in a game, let alone in such an important finals.
The vast majority of Kings fans have become pessimistic.
If Wang Yi is here, they will not be so pessimistic, even if they fall behind by 10 points in the last minute, they will not be so pessimistic.
But now there is no Wang Yi, and they are 10 points behind in 3 minutes and 11 seconds, which makes them not pessimistic.
At this time, all commentators are predicting that the Kings are likely to lose next.
Xu Jingyu also scratched her head repeatedly: "It's over. I'm 10 points behind in 3 minutes and 11 seconds. It's over."
However, everyone once again ignored the 40-year-old veteran - Anthony.
His 40-year-old body is wrapped in an unyielding fighting spirit and a fiery soul.
The old man is brave and ambitious, but his ambition is thousands of miles.
The great cause has not yet been accomplished, can An Neng hang up his halberd?
Although his form has declined in recent years, he still has the heart of a champion.
Over the years, he's had enough of people ignoring him.
He and James were once known as the two most powerful players, but now they have been reduced to fringe players on every team.
When he was with the Lakers, he was a foil to the Big Three. Now that he is with the Kings, people still rarely mention him when talking about Kings players.
He has been reduced to a substitute player and has even approached a fringe player.
Flowers, applause and spotlight, these are all unfamiliar.
However, the champion's heart is still so hot.
He also wanted a championship ring, but he couldn't tolerate holding one on his thigh while doing nothing on the court.
Therefore, when he retired due to injury last year, he did not accept the ring.
Since Wang Yi cannot play this year, this will probably be his chance to prove himself.
So after playing again, Gua Ge broke out.
James broke into the paint and missed.
Capela on the inside tapped the ball.
Gua Ge caught the ball, took a step back with the dribble, and came to the three-point line.
He jumped up high to face Middleton, who was coming towards him.
Three point hit!
The score difference is 7 points.
Looking back, the Bucks made a strong hit in the paint from Antetokounmpo.
The Kings simply couldn't limit him today.
The point difference returned to 9 points.
This time, the Kings launched a fast break and all players quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
James took the lead and broke into the paint.
But Antetokounmpo was already chasing him, ready to hit him with a kick.
James knew that he could no longer jump at this time, so he threw the ball directly to the left corner.
Although he didn't see any teammates there, they had practiced fast break tactics many times.
In this case, there should be teammates there to help.
Sure enough, Brother Gua appeared.
When he made a fast break, he ran directly towards the left corner.
After receiving the ball in the bottom corner, he hit another three-pointer in the wide open space with no one to defend him.
Chapter completed!