Seeing that the game was about to collapse, Zhang Yang stood up, frantically driving into the paint under tight defense from Livingston and scoring 16 points in a single quarter, surpassing Randolph's 13 points.
Under Zhang Yang's leadership, the Bobcats scored 33 to 27 in a single quarter, bringing the score to 71 to 80, narrowing the gap to single digits!
Zhang Yang's offensive in the third quarter finally got the Bobcats' momentum going. At the start of the final quarter, they quickly reduced the deficit. With 17 seconds left, Felton used a screen to drive and pass to Mike Miller, who then facilitated a handoff to Zhang Yang coming off a screen. Facing Westbrook's switch defense, Zhang Yang spun and hit a long two-pointer, giving the Bobcats a 104 to 103 lead!
After a timeout called by the Clippers, Mike Dunleavy entrusted the final shot to Westbrook, who was once commented by a neighboring boss as "this kid is like me."
