At the start of the fourth quarter, Wang Yi wasn't on the court.
The Kings went straight to a three-big lineup.
Bond, Towns, and Tures formed the three-man frontcourt, with Westbrook and Little Danny on the floor.
Westbrook's three-point touch had been off today, but his mid-range shot was still fairly reliable.
On top of that, the high-low play between Towns and Bond was reasonably dependable.
So this lineup had two ways to attack: Little Danny could set Westbrook up for mid-range shots, or Towns and Bond could work the high-low game.
The lineup was also very strong on the boards.
And it was worth noting that the Knicks had only their reserves on the floor during this rotation, with Jokic sitting out. That meant the Kings' lineup had a direct advantage in rebounding.
In just three minutes, they had erased the seven-point deficit.
Seeing this, Knicks coach Thibodeau hurriedly pulled his reserves and put the starting lineup back in.
The starters couldn't outrebound the Kings' three-big lineup, but at least they had Seth Curry as an outside scoring threat.
The Kings' three bigs couldn't get out to defend the perimeter.
That gave Seth Curry plenty of room to operate.
Sure enough, over the next three minutes, Seth Curry went three-for-four from beyond the arc.
Stephen Curry, now retired, had come to the sidelines to watch the game. When he saw how spectacular his younger brother was playing, he sprang to his feet in excitement.
He held both hands high, each one showing three fingers.
Curry's father had once been an NBA three-point shooter.
He'd passed those genes down to both his sons.
Especially after Curry retired, Seth Curry's three-point touch seemed to awaken.
When he got hot, he was truly impossible to stop.
With only six minutes left in