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Chapter 19 "Superman" Zaza Pachulia

On July 7, the Summer League kicks off.

The Heat's first opponent is the host Magic.

The Magic have three rookies this year, No. 15 pick Reece Gaines, No. 42 pick Zaza Pachulia, and No. 43 pick Keith Bogans.

Among them, Bogans was originally selected by the Bucks and later traded to the Magic.

The Heat also happen to have three picks, No. 5 pick Wade, No. 33 Beasley, and No. 44 Li Lei.

Because it was the game of the host team, there were a lot of fans, nearly [-] people.

This is not much compared to an NBA game, but it is the biggest scene Li Lei has ever encountered.

Of course, the fans all wore blue clothes to support the home team, the Magic.

The Heat entered the field and were booed wildly.

It was the first time that Li Lei was surrounded by the boos of nearly ten thousand people. He was at a loss for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself.

Finally, the Magic entered the arena, and the fans cheered loudly.

That's the advantage of the home team, the fans will cheer for you.

As for the visiting team, the fans will do everything they can to interfere with you.

For example, booing you frantically when serving the ball, or shaking your arms collectively to interfere with the players' sight, and even more extreme fans directly sip a "Fack" and a "Biche" one at a time.

The game was about to start, and Spoelstra quickly set up his troops and sent five starters: "Beasley, Haslem, Li Lei, Wade, Kirk."

All three rookies this year are on the stage. After all, they are important targets for the team to inspect and train.

The same goes for the Magic.

Pachulia, Bogans, Gaines all debut.

Before the game started, Pachulia also greeted Li Lei.

Su Qun also came before the game and watched the game as a reporter.

drop!
As soon as the whistle blew, the game officially started.

jump ball.

Beasley, as the jumper, easily beat the hulking Pachulia.

Kirk catches the ball and advances quickly.

The defensive Gaines made a sudden press, causing Kirk to make a mistake and grab the ball.

After getting the ball, Gaines has to speed up and hit a quick counterattack.

A yellow-skinned figure appeared beside Gaines, entangled him.

Li Lei is using brown sugar to defend.

Gaines felt a lot of pressure, unable to speed up, could only protect the ball, and then chose to advance steadily.

"Shet, Stone, you bloody bastard! You're as annoying as a fly, and sooner or later I'll slap you away."

Gaines couldn't help but spout.

The jerk has been causing trouble for himself since the tryouts.

If it wasn't for Li Lei's hindrance, Gaines felt that he could enter the lottery and wouldn't come to a small city like Orlando.

"Thank you for the compliment!"

Li Lei showed a sincere smile, turned and left.

Coach Xiao Fan once taught Li Lei: If a defensive player can't make his opponent angry, it means his defense is as useless as shit.

So all the opponent's anger is a compliment to the defensive player.

Coach Spoelstra on the sidelines nodded in satisfaction.

He was just about to command someone to entangle Gaines, but before he even opened his mouth, he found that Li Lei was already doing it.

With Li Lei's hindrance, the Heat players had time to return to the backcourt and set up formations to prevent the Magic from scoring easily with a fast break.

What a seasoned rookie!

Spoelstra began to understand why Mr. Riley could take a fancy to Li Lei.

Just for Li Lei to eat Kevin Cato's bad contract of more than 700 million US dollars per year, Spoelstra is still a little unacceptable.

The game continues.

Gaines advanced to the frontcourt, subconsciously avoiding Li Lei's side.

The emergency stop jumper after the breakthrough, unfortunately did not make it.

Beasley and Haslem are at the basket, ready to take the defensive rebound.

But a tall figure rushed out, Zaza Pachulia, he grabbed the rebound from between the two, and after landing, he got up again and dunked with both hands.

boom!
2: 0.

Beasley and Haslem have nothing to do.

Li Lei had a premonition: Today's Pachulia is a bit explosive!

Spoelstra reminded on the sidelines: "Jerome, Udonis, don't just focus on rebounds, first get stuck. If you get stuck, you won't lose rebounds."

Heat attack.

Kirk, as a tool man, took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to Wade.

The other four opened up and Wade made a breakthrough. This was a tactic designed by the coach.

Standing outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, Li Lei watched as the slightly puffed-up black man stepped over his opponent, entered the paint, and forced a layup against the opponent's big man.

2: 2.

This is fucking talent!

This guy is said to be missing a meniscus, otherwise it would be terrifying.

Such a wonderful score delayed the boos of Orlando fans by 3 seconds.

Ball exchange.

Gaines pushed upfield, this time not being reckless, but calling Pachulia for a pick-and-roll.

After Pachulia blocked, he cut directly to the basket.

The jumping boy Beasley who defended him was weak and was pushed away by Pachulia.

In front of Pachulia was the hoop, as wide as the Pacific Ocean.

Gaines' pass also arrived instantly, and Pachulia dunked the ball.

boom!
Drop drop!
The Bisley pulls people behind.

2+1.

Pachulia couldn't help roaring, and then threw the free throw.

5: 2.

Li Lei's premonition was even worse.

The Heat attacked, Wade broke through and scored, but Haslem didn't make it.

The Magic received a defensive rebound and Gaines made steady progress.

In the frontcourt, Pachulia directly gave the inside position. Pachulia pushed Beasley and scored with a rebound.

7: 2.

"Hoohoho!"

Orlando fans are crazy.

Today's No. 42 rookie played like O'Neal, unstoppable.

He scored all 7 points of the team.

Li Lei shook his head, not because of how strong Pachulia is, but because the combination of Beasley and Haslem is too weak inside.

One is too thin and the other is too short.

You must know that during the trial training, Pachulia stood next to Milicic, which was not at all attractive.

Spoelstra immediately called a short timeout.

"Stone, pay attention to the defense. As soon as Pachulia got the ball, he immediately double-teamed."

He pressed Li Lei's shoulder and said, looking relatively relaxed.

Li Lei nodded.

The game continues, the Heat attack.

Wade intends to do one himself to boost team morale.

He forced his way into the paint and rose to the ground.

Snapped!
Pachulia jumped up and slapped Wade to the floor.

"Oh oh oh!"

Orlando fans are crazy.

Pachulia is not like O'Neal today, but just O'Neal.

Not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

Li Lei shook his head: Pachulia is excited, he doesn't like to jump because the floor is slippery, and he jumped so high just now.

When a person is excited, his physical function may be greatly improved, he can jump higher than usual, and his strength is stronger than usual.

That is, super performance.

Now Pachulia is like a superman, ruling the restricted area.

Wade's failure made the morale of the Heat weaker, and the morale of the Magic rose one after another.

Even Gaines dared to yell at Li Lei: "Asian, I'm going to blow you up tonight! I'm going to blow you up!"

Little brother, you are floating!

Besides, it's none of your business if Zaza played well.

(End of this chapter)