Carlisle called a timeout.

When they came back from the timeout, he replaced Butler and Conley on the court, and Harris and Nowitzki went off to rest.

Stevens also made substitution adjustments, with Tang Tian and West replacing Holiday and Davis.

Coming back from the timeout, Brogdon made the free throw, and the Pelicans extended the point difference to 11 points.

From 3 points to 11 points, the Pelicans' performance in this quarter's substitute stretch was perfect.

Butler broke through to the basket, and after confronting West, he stubbornly put the ball in, reducing the point difference back to single digits.

"Defense! Defense!"

Dallas fans also roared at the scene.

The Mavericks wouldn't give up so easily.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, the Mavericks once again put up a high-quality defense. The Pelicans' tactics didn't work out, and Brogdon passed the ball to Tang Tian to handle.

Tang Tian used a three-threat fake shot to trick Butler, but the Mavericks' help defense came quickly. Conley on the weak side and Embiid under the basket had already double-teamed him.

In the double-team, Tang Tian sent out an all-time top-ten pass. His right hand passed the ball behind his back to his left hand, and then his left hand passed the ball to the right side.

The continuous movements resembled "White Chocolate" Williams' elbow pass, tricking his opponents and his teammates.

Bojan at the corner had a completely wide-open opportunity after receiving the ball.

Bojan adjusted slightly before shooting.

"Swish!"

He hit his first three-pointer of the game.

Although it came a little late, it finally came!

The point difference was widened to 12 points!

In the Mavericks' offense, Curry's catch-and-shoot three-pointer missed, and Embiid's rebound was also disrupted by Jokic. West protected the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans immediately launched a defensive counterattack. Tang Tian's advance contained the defense, and Brogdon dribbled through to the frontcourt, passing it back to Bojan, who was following up.

Bojan caught the ball and shot another three-pointer.

Making one shot gave him his confidence back. This shot was very decisive and had a strong sense of rhythm.

"Swish!"

With a crisp sound, Bojan's three-pointer went in again!

He was 0-for-5 from three-point range in the first three quarters, but he's now made two in a row in this quarter!

That's what a shooter is like. When they don't have the feel, they can't make anything, but when they get the feel, they can make them in a row!

The point difference suddenly came to 15 points!

Carlisle turned around and called Nowitzki and Harris up again.

He had just called a timeout before, so now he could only hope that the lineup adjustment could reverse the decline.

Butler cut in and received the ball before going up again, still shooting after confronting West.

But just as he was about to shoot, Tang Tian helped defend from the weak side, making a flying block.

Jokic got the rebound, and the Pelicans quickly launched a fast break. This time it was Brogdon, who received a long pass from Jokic in the backcourt, and made a three-pointer.

The point difference had already reached 18 points!

The fourth quarter had only been played for six minutes!

Carlisle was forced to call another timeout.

From 3 points to 18 points, the evenly matched situation instantly turned one-sided.

When they came back from the timeout, all the Mavericks' starters returned, and the Pelicans replaced Davis, while Brogdon and Bojan, who had performed well, were still on the court.

Butler came up and forced a defensive foul on Jokic while charging to the basket, making both free throws to stabilize the situation on the court.

But Tang Tian quickly stepped up and made an answerball.

The two teams played evenly for two minutes, but the Mavericks were unable to close the point difference.

With more than three minutes left in the game, Carlisle substituted all the starters, announcing his abandonment of the game in advance.

Stevens also followed suit and took off the starters, with both benches playing the last three minutes.

Tang Tian sat on the sidelines, chatting with Davis while watching the game, in a very good mood.

The stalemate between the two sides in the first three quarters made him think that the game would be played until the final seconds.

Even everyone thought so.

But Brogdon's surprise attack, coupled with Bojan regaining his touch and making consecutive three-pointers, changed the situation on the court at once.

When he was sitting on the bench in the fourth quarter, the Pelicans were leading by 3 points, but by the time he took his first shot, the point difference was 16 points.

This was a standard case of lying down to win.

After the last three minutes were played, the score on the court was fixed at 122 to 105.

After experiencing a three-quarter stalemate, the Pelicans launched a wave at the start of the fourth quarter, directly ending the game early.

Tang Tian scored a game-high 37 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks. Jokic had 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists, Davis had 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks, and Holiday had 15 points.

Off the bench, Brogdon had 11 points and 2 assists, David West had 7 points and 4 rebounds, and Bojan had 6 points and 2 rebounds.

On the Mavericks side, all the starters scored in double figures, with Butler scoring a team-high 29 points.

With this game, the Pelicans' record came to 9 wins and 0 losses, only one win less than the Warriors, who played one more game, ranking second in the West.

Time is the best thing to forget everything.

The Warriors experienced growing pains at the beginning of the season, but fortunately, they had the help of the league to preserve their undefeated record.

In the past few games, the team completed the allocation of shot priority and completed the integration, winning every game by a large margin.

Especially in the most recent game, they defeated the Cavaliers by 25 points, making fans completely forget how they won at the beginning of the season.

With a 10-0 record, TNT put the Warriors back at the top of the power rankings, and fans also referred to the Warriors as the universe warriors.

Words such as "Splash Brothers," "You may win me but I can't lose," and "Warriors are destined to win the championship" appeared frequently.

The Warriors quickly became the hottest team to win the championship again.

At the post-game press conference after the Pelicans finished their game against the Mavericks, in addition to the usual questions related to the game, a reporter mentioned this.

"Now the outside world is saying that the Warriors are the biggest favorites to win the championship. What do you think of this?"

This was a sensitive topic, and the reporters below the stage all looked at Tang Tian.

"We don't seem to have lost a game yet?"

Tang Tian directly asked a rhetorical question.

The Warriors were 10-0, but the Pelicans were also 9-0!

If it weren't for the schedule that gave the Warriors one more game, the two teams would have the same record now!

"Does that make you uncomfortable? When the two teams have the same record, most of the attention is on the Warriors."

The reporter asked.

"No."

Tang Tian's answer was very straightforward.

"The Warriors' ten-game winning streak is because their performance has met the expectations of the fans, and we are just doing what the defending champions should do."

The reporter smiled, then finished asking and sat down.

Tang Tian was really good at pretending to be forceful without showing it.

But what he said was right.

The Pelicans won 74 games last season, and with the main lineup unchanged, only a higher record would attract attention.

The Warriors added Durant and needed to integrate, plus the talk about referees at the beginning of the season.

The reason why they have so much attention now is, as Tang Tian said, that they are just performing up to expectations.

As for who is the biggest favorite to win the championship, we'll have the final answer when the two teams play for the first time on Christmas Day.