Back on offense, the Raptors attacked. Wang Yi drew in the defense with the ball and passed to Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu missed the three, but Wang Yi tipped the rebound out from under the basket to Tiger.
Tiger took a step toward the basket, then passed to Akur, who had moved to the sideline. Akur rose for a three and nailed it.
The shot cut the deficit to two.
The Warriors' coaching staff started to look a little nervous.
The Raptors' three-point shooters were heating up. They'd made four threes right at the start of the fourth quarter, cutting a nine-point deficit to just two in no time.
So the Warriors quickly called a timeout: first, to halt the Raptors' surge from beyond the arc, and second, to stress the importance of defense.
They told their players to close out harder on defense.
Meanwhile, Coach Dako was emphasizing what the Raptors should do on offense.
If the Warriors didn't close out, they should shoot the three without hesitation. If they did, they should attack the basket decisively.
Coach Dako used to be good at motivating his players, but he wasn't the best at making adjustments on the fly.
After several years, though, Wang Yi had helped him improve, and his in-game reactions were pretty good now.
When play resumed, Jordan Poole struck first for the Warriors, sinking a three from the left corner.
Back on offense, the Raptors found the Warriors playing a wider defense. That gave Tiger a chance to break through and charge straight to the basket.
The Warriors hurried to collapse on him, but it was too late. Tiger made the floater.
The deficit was three.
The Warriors turned the ball over in the frontcourt, and the Raptors launched a team-wide fast break.
They finished it