Mid-court break, both sides have starting adjustments.

Bojan's touch was average tonight. Stevens put Ariza back in the starting lineup.

On the Mavericks side, Carlisle also removed Nowitzki, who was being targeted, from the starting lineup and replaced him with the younger but equally capable scorer Dwight Powell.

The two coaches were evenly matched.

In this quarter, Tang Tian scored another 15 points in a single quarter, bringing his personal score to 35 points, which is higher than his average score per game this season.

However, after this quarter, the Mavericks were still evenly matched with the Pelicans at 89 to 92.

Butler's fighting spirit, Harris' stability, Conley's organization, Embiid's rim protection, and Nowitzki's offensive ability.

This five-star Mavericks team can have its current ranking, really relying entirely on hard power.

Although the starlight is not dazzling, they will be one of the biggest favorites to win the championship in the new season.

The 3-point difference is still negligible, and the two teams are going for the final moments.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the two coaches continued to play games, and both sides were still with two main players leading three substitutes, but this time the lineups have changed.

On the Mavericks side, Carlisle let Butler, who played the entire third quarter, rest and changed to having Harris and Nowitzki lead the team on the court, plus Seth Curry, Devin Harris, and McGee.

On the Pelicans side, the main players remained unchanged, still Holiday and Jokic leading the team, but the substitutes have changed.

In addition to Bojan, who did not start in the second half, and David West, who regularly rotated, the remaining person is no longer Deron, but the rookie Brogdon.

Deron's performance has been average since joining the Pelicans.

Stevens has always respected him and wanted to use his game experience to control the court.

But in this game, Deron played for a few minutes in the first half and did not score, but also had 2 turnovers, which finally made him choose to make a change.

Fortunately, he knew that Deron's state was average and put Brogdon into the active list in advance.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Pelicans attacked first, Davis strongly attacked Nowitzki under the basket, a turnaround layup.

McGee had played for the Pelicans for two years after all, and knew Davis' technical characteristics, so the help defense was very good.

Davis wanted to pass to the basket, but Harris switched defense to the inside and had already blocked in front of West.

The Pelicans' tactics did not work out, and Davis was forced to return the ball to Holiday to continue to organize.

Holiday reorganized the offense, calling West for a high post pick-and-roll, and passing the ball back to West after the breakthrough.

However, as soon as West received the ball, Devin Harris' help defense was in place.

Curry limited Holiday from receiving the ball, and McGee and Harris also blocked the basket.

The Mavericks' help defense rotation in this period can be called a textbook.

Like Stevens, Carlisle used a season to train this Mavericks team into an all-around offensive and defensive team.

With little time left for the offense, West could only choose to force the attack.

At this time, he found that after a burst of help defense rotation, Nowitzki was defending Brogdon from small to big.

This is an opportunity.

And although Brogdon hadn't played much before, he performed very well in the preseason, including in the bench group during regular training games.

West finally chose to hand the ball over to Brogdon, and then pulled Devin Harris away himself.

Carlisle nodded with satisfaction on the sidelines at this time.

Although it was a small-to-big opportunity in the end, the Mavericks forced the ball into the hands of a rookie, and there were only four or five seconds of offensive time left.

This was already a very successful defense.

Brogdon didn't panic, he showed a maturity different from ordinary rookies after playing in the preseason.

This is also his characteristic. You must know that as a rookie, he is actually the same age as Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers!

And Irving has been in the league for five years.

He made a fake shot action after receiving the ball, but he didn't fool the experienced Nowitzki.

He took a step forward, and Nowitzki stepped back.

But in the next second, he took another step back to the three-point line.

Nowitzki judged it, but his footsteps were slow.

Brogdon seized this moment and raised his hand to shoot directly.

The red light on the sidelines came on the moment he shot.

This is a 24-second buzzer beater.

Very difficult.

"Swish!"

However, before the whistle on the sidelines fell, the basketball went into the net!

A buzzer-beating three-pointer, in!

Brogdon's big heart!

After the ball went in, the scene was inexplicably quiet.

The Pelicans' bench cheered excitedly.

This goal was super handsome, and the opponent was the superstar Nowitzki!

Bojan on the court was high, running to Brogdon and shouting, the feeling was better than if he had made a three-pointer himself.

But Brogdon himself seemed very calm, only a hint of killing intent revealed in his eyes.

Carlisle coughed, and the Mavericks' bench players shook their heads unconsciously.

This kind of ball is a great morale boost for the Pelicans, but a fatal blow for the Mavericks.

"This rookie, is a bit like Tang Tian."

Reggie Miller said very vividly in the commentary booth.

His description is also very appropriate. You must know that Tang Tian had a super big heart in his rookie season with the Spurs.

This goal greatly boosted the Pelicans' morale, and Davis defended Nowitzki's fadeaway jumper.

Turning around, Holiday directed from the outside and actually played a No. 2 position tactic!

The atmosphere of the Pelicans is that whoever plays well will be given a chance.

Brogdon was heavily marked and had no chance to shoot, but he successfully contained the defense, and Davis cut into the basket to receive a pass, causing McGee to foul.

After two free throws, the Pelicans launched a 5-0 offensive, and the point difference was widened to 8 points.

Carlisle turned around and signaled Embiid to replace McGee.

Stevens also quickly let Jokic play to replace West.

Nowitzki's pass after a back attack in the frontcourt, Harris' cut layup, but Jokic was blocking in front, and Davis jumped up and blocked him directly from behind!

The Pelicans are about to gain momentum!

Carlisle stood alertly on the sidelines and looked up at the time.

Although the fourth quarter had not started for long, if the Pelicans continued to score, he would have to call a timeout.

Fortunately, the Mavericks retreated quickly and did not allow the Pelicans to directly launch a fast break.

The fast break turned into position, and the Mavericks' defense was good.

Jokic's three-point line organization, Holiday and Brogdon's three-point off-ball movement on both sides.

Holiday was closely followed, and Brogdon had a chance here.

However, after Brogdon made that goal before, the Mavericks would not let it go easily, and Embiid switched defense and came out to pounce very thoroughly.

Brogdon suddenly made a fake shot and broke through, and actually drilled past Embiid!

It was smooth sailing in front, and he went straight to the basket with a floater.

Nowitzki's help defense was a bit late, and his block only arrived after Brogdon shot, and he hit his hand directly!

The referee whistled, Brogdon was fouled, and he still completed the shot by adjusting his hand shape in the air.

The ball barely landed on the basket, like climbing over a wall, barely climbed in!

2+1!

Beautiful 2+1!

The scene was turbulent.

Brogdon didn't play in the first three quarters, but after coming up in the fourth quarter, he had already scored two goals, and each one was more difficult than the other!

Cuban on the sidelines reached out and patted his forehead.

He couldn't help but think of Jokic's performance in his rookie season.

Now there is another Brogdon.

The Pelicans' rookies, is it that they don't care about being new, they only care about showing off!