Tang Tian's consecutive dunks had everyone in the arena fired up, but James immediately drove past Butler for a layup.
The James-Durant-Curry Trio were all in great form, and Tang Tian's team did not dare to double-team them at all.
But the result of not double-teaming was just like that previous play: One-on-one defense was also extremely difficult.
Just like Tang Tian's individual isolation scoring, when superstars played together and kept each other from being defended, it was an unsolvable problem.
The gap remained at 10 Points.
But on the way back, Tang Tian continued to showcase Brothers of Hard Work's Chemistry. He ran a Hand-off Pass with Davis, then caught the ball and knocked down another Stop and Pop Pull-up Jumper.
Neither side could stop the other!
The on-site fans could not contain their excitement.
Three superstars against the Number One Player in the League—this was absolutely the most thrilling game of the century.
The fans were thrilled, but the two Head Coaches felt completely differently.
Stevens sat calmly on the bench, while Lue stood anxiously by the sideline the entire time.
The two sides put on a spectacular Scoring Duel, but the gap kept fluctuating between 10 and 13 Points.
For Tang Tian's team, who held the lead, victory would be theirs if they kept playing at this pace.
Conversely, for James's team, if the pace continued like this, defeat was already inevitable.
With five minutes remaining before the end of the game, the score was 126-114, with Tang Tian's team still leading by 12 points.
Lue called a timeout.
After the timeout, he made another Roster Adjustment.
James, George, Durant, Antetokounmpo, Embiid.
This was James's team's strongest defensive lineup.
Lue was going all-in on defense for one final push, while also betting on the shooting touch of