During the third-quarter timeout, Adelman tasked the Kings players with narrowing the margin to 15 points, meaning they had to recover the 15-point deficit in the third quarter. And if they start from trailing by 37 points after two minutes of play in the third quarter, they will have to recover a 22-point deficit in 10 minutes.

It all looked unlikely, but with Li Tian and his teammates hitting consecutive three-point shots, they had narrowed the gap to just 20 points in a short period of time, and they were only five points away from Adelman's mission.

And the difference of 5 points is placed on the king at this time, no matter how you look at it.

As it turned out, the Pelicans finally got serious after the timeout, and they were finally no longer chaotic on both ends of the floor, but that didn't stop the Kings from closing the gap.

At 69:83, after the third quarter, the difference between the two teams narrowed to just 14 points. In this quarter of the game, while the Kings scored 32 points, they only scored 16 points with excellent defense.

And the Kings' 32 points are all in the past 10 points, and the Pelicans only scored 9 points in those 10 minutes.

In between the third and fourth quarters, almost no one left their seats for the Pelicans' home court, and both Pelicans fans and players were feeling real pressure at the moment.

So after the start of the fourth quarter, Monty Williams sent three main players directly on the court.

The Kings players are also nervous at the moment, but they are more excited than the Pelicans players' nervousness. It was with such excitement that in the first round of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans' offense was once again defended by the Kings.

At this time, the Kings also had a bench and main lineup, with Thomas Robinson and Iguodala partnering Middleton, McClymer and Terry, and they were still a big and small lineup.

Since trailing by 37 points, the Kings have been using such a big four lineup, and it has worked so well that Adelman continues to use it even for rotation time.

The score has been chased to 14 points, and for the two teams, it is now at a more critical moment, if they can chase the difference to within 10 points in one go, the Kings will be more active. However, Adelman did not change his team's rotation because of this, Li Tian was already off the court at the end of the third quarter, and Cousins and Evans also stayed off the court after the start of the fourth quarter.

Of course, Adelman is not completely unprepared, with two veterans Iguodala and Terry, and two young players from McLemer and Middleton, a combination of experience and impact, as well as Robinson, who is excellent on the rebound.

Iguodala dribbled past half court and stopped in front of him by Aminu, and under the King's frantic offense, the Pelicans were forced to adopt a large four-small lineup to ensure that they didn't suffer too much on the defensive end.

Taking the ball across the halfcourt, Iguodala did not pass the ball to his teammates, signaling Robinson to lift the pick-and-roll, Iguodala dribbled the ball and took a step to the right, and Robinson, who completed the pick-and-roll, immediately moved towards the basket.

Aminu and Robinson's Anderson were forced to switch defenses and followed Robinson to the left baseline, while Anderson was completely in front of Iguodala.

Misplacement! Iguodala and Robinson's blocking effect has been achieved, dribbling the ball and taking a step back, completely opening up space with Anderson, and after the breakthrough route on this side has been completely cleared by his teammates, Iguodala suddenly started to rush forward!

Left and right! A simple feint that couldn't have been simpler, and after slightly interfering with Anderson's judgment, Iguodala dribbled the ball to the right.

Against Anderson, Iguodala has an absolute advantage in speed and explosiveness, although Anderson has been prepared for a long time, but in the face of Iguodala's impact, he is still forced to lose his position.

Seeing Anderson's defense broken by Iguodala, Aminu, who followed Robinson to the left baseline, immediately stepped forward to make up for it.

The King's outside offense at this stage was so crazy that the Pelicans players didn't dare to shrink the defense too much, and at this time, except for Aminu, the rest of the Pelicans players were honestly staying on the outside defense.

Taking two big strides forward, Iguodala completely shook off Anderson, and at the same time, his left foot had already stepped into the three-second zone, and when he saw Aminu step forward to help the defense, Iguodala did not slow down at all, and the soles of his feet slammed on the floor and rose into the air!

In front of Iguodala, Aminu had just come to the basket at this time, and after finding Iguodala strong to attack, he was busy jumping to defend, however, ......

"Porphyry!" Before he could leave the ground on his toes, the murderous Iguodala had already flown in and slammed into him.

Aminu's physical confrontation obviously can't be compared with Iguodala, under the impact of Iguodala's powerful momentum, Aminu "kicked and kicked" and retreated!

At the same time, Iguodala in the air didn't seem to be affected in any way, his waist and abdomen tightened, and Iguodala grabbed the ball with his raised right hand and pressed it to the basket!

"Bang!" "Tick!"

Buckle and dunk!

"Oh!" "It's so handsome!"

Iguodala had just jumped up, Li Tian and the others had already stood up from their seats, and after Iguodala dunked the ball into the basket, the Kings bench was already jubilant.

"Oh God, it's horrible!" The most exaggerated is Cousins, who covers his face with his hands, and his "fearful" gaze peeks through his fingers, making a frightened expression on his face.

Iguodala didn't roar in the field, he puffed out the muscles of his arms hard, but his face was full of smuggling, and then he was surrounded by his teammates.

"Shh Iguodala's dunk undoubtedly stimulated the Pelicans fans again, and once again hit the Pelicans' morale, and when Iguodala stood on the free throw line, the Pelicans fans began to interfere with boos.

"Bang!" "Coax!" Their interference succeeded, and Iguodala, who didn't shoot well, smashed the ball to the basket, which caused the audience to rejoice.

"Wow!"

However, their cheers dissipated as soon as they sounded.

"Well robbed, Thomas!" Li Tian, who was off the field, couldn't help but shout excitedly at this moment!

Frontcourt rebound, Thomas Robinson!

Robinson, who was arranged by Adelman to rush for the rebound, made a contribution at this time, and he successfully got rid of Anderson's card and took the rebound into his arms.

"Ball!"

Just as Robinson picked up the rebound, on the outside, the veteran Terry had already thrown off the defender and appeared outside the three-point line on the right side to ask for the ball!

Terry was positioned right in front of Robinson, and with little thought as he quickly slotted the ball out.

"Guard against him!"

Seeing this scene, many Pelican fans on the sidelines suddenly stood up and shouted anxiously, Terry was standing outside the three-point line, and the score of the two teams was 71:83 at this time, and the difference was only 12 points.

Defending Terry, Holiday had already reacted at this moment and quickly rushed towards Terry.

As a representative of the big heart of the league, Terry was not disturbed by the outside world at this time, did not pay attention to the opponent's defense from the side, and Terry made a decisive shot outside the three-point line.

"Wow!" The next moment, the home fans of New Orleans were in an uproar again, and in the corner of the court, the Kings' bench was jubilant again, and Terry hit a three-point shot!

"Yay!" "Good shot!" "Cast beautifully! The shit-stinky defense of those guys on the other side couldn't stop us at all! ”

The Kings players had plenty of reasons to rejoice, 74:83, a 9-point difference! After a 5-0 run at the start of the fourth quarter, and if you count the last 10 minutes of the third quarter, the Kings unleashed a 37-9 attack wave in 11 minutes, which allowed them to finally close the margin to single digits!