The two teams continued to miss consecutively, but the Radiant Players held on. Even when their offense wasn't clicking, they didn't slack off on defense, fighting and enduring.
After an out-of-bounds play, the score remained 52:50.
Old Tang called a timeout to give everyone a breather; the game was entering a tough phase.
On the bench, he still encouraged the players, saying it wasn't that they were playing poorly, but that they were entering a difficult period. Everyone had to hold on.
It was time for the veterans to come out. Terry Porter took the stage, replacing Bell, and Gan Guoyang entered, replacing Brad Miller.
Tomjanovich believed that no matter how much they strengthened their defense now, it would remain the same.
Unless Ah Gan was to go head-to-head with O'Neal inside, otherwise, they couldn't hold him off.
Ah Gan's energy needed to be focused on more important areas, so offense remained the priority.
