When play resumed, King Arthur tried another shot from the perimeter. He missed, but grabbed his own rebound, drove inside, and threw down a dunk.
He scored 14 points in three minutes. That ridiculous scoring explosion had everyone chanting MVP again, and plenty of fans were shouting "King Arthur" too.
The entire Lakers team was caught up in the excitement.
In the middle of the celebration, the players all went to high-five King Arthur.
As a result, they were a little slow getting back on defense.
The Raptors raced up the court. Zhang Jiacheng drove to the basket for a layup and got blocked, but recovered the ball himself and kicked it back to Zhang Yu, who was beyond the three-point line.
After hitting a three just moments earlier, Zhang Yu wasn't holding back now. He rose and fired.
Swish!
Another three!
The lead was down to two.
Zhang Yu had hit two threes in a row, but neither the Lakers players nor the assistant coaches paid him any attention. As far as they were concerned, the Raptors' number 13 was just some nobody.
Even two straight threes were nothing to worry about.
Some of the Raptors players hadn't even noticed that Zhang Yu had made two threes in a row.
But the Raptors' head coach, JJ Redick, a former three-point shooter in the league, had recognized it at once.
He didn't know Zhang Yu very well yet, but he knew that Zhang Yu had been a three-point shooter for China in the Basketball World Cup.
And when a three-point shooter found his rhythm, there was no stopping him.
So when the Lakers missed on their next possession and the Raptors prepared to attack, Redick shouted to his players from the sideline:
"Guard his three! Guard his three! Guard that