Once the fourth quarter began, Holiday played for only two minutes.
He continued to play like a plant, while James and Paul finally began to find their rhythm during those two minutes, cutting the deficit to just five.
At that point, Bucks Head Coach Budenholzer simply took Holiday out.
Holiday's performance tonight had been a real shock to everyone.
He looked like a completely different player from the one in the previous games.
But Antetokounmpo and Middleton were both playing at their usual level, which was why the Bucks still held the lead.
And though the two coaches continued adjusting their lineups and making substitutions, the five-point gap remained unchanged. Neither team could widen it or close it.
Gradually, the game reached the final four minutes of the fourth quarter.
That was when Antetokounmpo suddenly shifted into another gear.
First, he blocked James's layup, then raced downcourt, leaped from the free-throw line, and glided in for a thunderous dunk.
Then, after the Kings missed a shot, Antetokounmpo went straight back down the court and knocked down a three.
Just like that, with 3:11 left on the clock, the lead ballooned to ten.
The Bucks' home arena erupted.
The 17,500 fans roared like a tsunami.
Their cheers threatened to drown out every Kings player, burying them at the very bottom of a gloomy, dark abyss.
NBA President Xiao Hua was still watching the game at home. He glanced at his tablet.
With Wang Yi out tonight, only a little over ten million people had tuned in by this point.
And after Antetokounmpo pushed the lead to ten, those ten million viewers began to tune out too. The number had already dropped to just over seven million.
Xiao Hua couldn't help shaking his head.
He thought to himself, *Wang Yi is the