Bucks head coach Budenholzer had indeed made a lot of adjustments and preparations.
But the very first possession had already set the tone for the entire fourth quarter.
The Bucks kept attacking.
They were very disciplined, too. They waited until around the 20-second mark on the shot clock before taking each shot.
The Kings players, meanwhile, stuck to their strategy of playing fast.
They kept moving the ball, and the moment an opportunity appeared, they took the shot.
Of course, playing fast made it easy to turn the ball over with a bad pass, so the Kings' solution was to pass as little as possible.
They put the ball in Wang Yi's hands.
Then the others set screens for him, blocking the Bucks players and letting Wang Yi lead the fast break on his own.
Wang Yi's ability to run the fast break was among the best in the league.
When he pushed the ball up the court, going one-on-two or one-on-three was practically routine.
In the fast breaks during the second half today,
he seemed to score on almost every possession.
Whether it was a logo three, a corner three, or a three-point layup;
a midrange jumper from the free-throw line, or a running dunk from there—he simply couldn't miss.
He could do anything on offense, and he could do anything on defense, too.
Steals, blocks, rebounds—those were all routine for him.
And this quarter, his steals, blocks, and rebounds had been even more impressive than usual.
In this quarter alone, he had blocked all five of the Bucks' starters.
Especially Antetokounmpo.
On one possession, Antetokounmpo tried to dunk, but Wang Yi blocked him;
Antetokounmpo got the ball and tried a floater, only to get blocked again;
Antetokounmpo got lucky and grabbed the rebound once more, but Wang Yi