basketball boulder

Chapter 54

After the training that day was over, Wang Zhizhi followed Li Lei back home.

He had just arrived in Miami and hadn't rented a house yet.

Li Lei and Haslem rented an apartment together, and there happened to be a vacant room.

Wang Zhizhi secretly asked: "Shitou, how to get along with these old beauties? You have to teach me. I'm not very good at talking, and I'm not good at getting along with them."

Li Lei said: "It's simple, treat them to dinner!"

Wang Zhizhi wondered, "What to eat? Steak or snails?"

Li Lei waved his hand: "Of course it's Chinese food!"

Wang Zhizhi: "Chinese food, is this okay?"

Wang Zhizhi clearly does not believe in the charm of Chinese food.

Li Lei smiled: "These guys are all rich people, and they haven't eaten any big meals. But authentic Chinese food is not necessarily the case."

Wang Zhizhi: "Then which dish should I cook?"

Li Lei: "Hot and sour potato shreds or mapo tofu."

Wang Zhizhi: "???"

Is this too simple?

Li Lei: "Can you do something difficult? Buddha jumps over the wall? Crab roe soup dumpling?"

Wang Zhizhi shook his head.

Li Lei pointed to Haslem who was sitting in the back seat: "This guy lives with me, you can try some dishes with him today."

Haslem didn't know that he was being treated as a guinea pig, so he showed a friendly smile to Li Lei and Wang Zhizhi.

That night, Haslem ate two bowls of rice with mapo tofu, and ate another bowl with leftover soup.

But he doesn't know how to use chopsticks, he takes a spoon.

"Wang, you are amazing!"

Haslem hugged Wang Zhizhi full of praise: "Another day, I will treat you to dinner too!"

When Haslem went to wash the dishes, Li Lei said to Wang Zhizhi: "Brother Wang, after going back and forth, isn't it familiar?"

"Yeah yeah!"

Wang Zhizhi was very happy: "I didn't expect these old beauties to be so easy to deal with."

Li Lei frowned: "Brother Wang, can I give you an opinion?"

"You said."

Wang Zhizhi was in a good mood and said nonchalantly.

Li Lei said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, you have called Lao Mei many times along the way, can you change this name?"

"?"

Wang Zhizhi didn't understand.

Li Lei still kept smiling, and said gently: "If you always treat them as old beauties, then in their hearts, you will always be a foreigner! No matter how many meals you eat, you will not be able to integrate into this group."

Wang Zhizhi: "I..."

Li Lei walked into the kitchen without waiting for Wang Zhizhi to defend himself.

Soon, Wang Zhizhi heard Li Lei's voice.

"Hey, Udonis! You eat so much, you can't even wash the bowls? You really don't have anything left, so you can't do anything!"

Haslem also groaned strangely: "I'm not a dishwasher! Besides, if you don't eat more, how can you maintain your muscles?"

……

After that, the Heat ushered in the Phoenix Suns at home.

The strength of the Suns is good, but Stoudemire was absent due to injury, which greatly damaged the strength of the Suns.

Before the match, Li Lei received a call from Zhang Weiping.

"Stone, tonight's game, I'm here to cheer for you!"

Li Lei responded, "Director Zhang, are you here to broadcast the game?"

Zhang Weiping's voice was a little softer: "No, no, there is something else. Let's talk after the game is over."

"Ah."

Li Lei couldn't think of anything, so he didn't think much about it.

That night.

American Airlines Center.

The Suns go first.

Center: Scott Williams.

Power Forward: Tom Gugliotta.

Small Forward: Shawn Marion.

Shooting guard: Anfernee Hardaway.

Point guard: Stephon Marbury.

The Heat continue to use the previous starting lineup: Cato, Odom, Butler, Jones, Wade.

Li Lei was still on the bench, sitting with Wang Zhizhi on the sidelines.

Today, Wang Zhizhi was on the 12-person activation list.

In other words, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, he can appear in the first game of the Heat.

Moreover, Pat Riley, the general manager of the Heat, also came to the sidelines early and had a special chat with Wang Zhizhi.

It seems that the Heat attach great importance to Wang Zhizhi.

But Li Lei didn't see Zhang Weiping, did this guy miss the appointment?
Li Lei moved his head closer and said to Wang Zhizhi, "Brother Wang, you have to fight hard today. Riley is here to see you."

"Uh-huh!"

Wang Zhizhi nodded, a little nervous, and a little...excited.

Afterwards, Li Lei went to Spoelstra for information.

Sipo whispered to Li Lei: "The team really values ​​Wang. Cato, Grant, and Haslem are all blue-collar insiders with limited offensive ability. And Odom is not a serious insider, but more inclined to play forward. Sign To be king is to increase the offensive power of the team's big men. As long as he can show in this respect, the team has a place for him."

Drip!

At this time, the game officially started.

With the help of Odom's pick-and-roll, Wade went inside and scored a layup.

2: 0.

The two insiders of the Suns, Tom 34 and Scott 35, add up to almost 70. There is no way to block Wade.

Stoudemire's absence had a huge impact on the Suns.

Although his defense is not very good, but he is young, can run and jump, and supports quickly.

The Suns attack.

Marbury's breakthrough with the ball was blocked, and the ball was given to Hardaway.

Hardaway made a mid-range jumper and missed Jones' interference.

Cato made a two-for-one basket and entangled Tom and Scott. Odom took the opportunity to accept the backcourt rebound and handed it to Wade, who had already run to half court, for a fast break.

Wade's tomahawk-style dunk in the frontcourt directly ignited the atmosphere at the American Airlines Center.

4: 0.

The Suns attack again.

Tom beat Odom under the basket, but was interfered by Cato's defense and missed the shot.

Marion rushed into the paint area, overwhelmed everyone and succeeded in dunking. The hacker's physical fitness was really against the sky.

4: 2.

Looking back, Wade continued to take the ball and rushed to the Suns penalty area, and he turned the Suns defensive formation upside down by himself.

Marion played the defensive gate ability and cooperated with his teammates to pinch Wade.

Wade didn't stick to the ball and quickly distributed it to Butler.

Butler took the ball and rushed again.

The Suns defense has collapsed and there is nothing to stop it.

Veteran Scott watched Butler's bear-like body rising from the ground and bombing the basket, and took the initiative to take a step back.

This is very... healthy!
boom!
Butler clasped his hands hard and exploded at the American Airlines Center.

6: 2.

Suns coach Frank Johnson looked helpless, but he couldn't say anything.

At this age, Scott came to the Suns to retire. If it wasn't for Stoudemire's injury, how could he drive the ducks to the shelves?
Even if you scold him, he doesn't care, he's about to retire anyway.

The Heat are playing better and better.

After experiencing the torture of the two top defensive teams in the league, the Pistons and the Spurs, I feel very relaxed when I play the Suns.

Caron Butler, who was in poor form last week, ushered in a recovery. In the first half, he performed two dunks, one mid-range shot, and scored 6 points.

At 8 minutes into the first quarter, at 26:17, the Heat had already led by 9 points.

(End of this chapter)