The game that night also proved the rationality of the coaching staff's lineup adjustment.

In the starting lineup, Li Lei doesn't need the ball to help Wade and Odom open up more space for breakthroughs.

On the defensive end, Li Lei's ability is also significantly stronger than Butler's.

And on the bench lineup, the combination of Butler + Alston + Haslem can also be called a bench bandit.

In the third quarter, the Heat beat the Warriors.

In the fourth quarter of the game, Wang Zhizhi got another chance to play.

His performance remains polarized, with plenty of firepower on the offensive end and holes on the defensive end.

Although he took the first step towards change, it cannot be achieved overnight, it is a long-term process.

However, the coaching staff saw Wang Zhizhi's efforts, which will add a lot of points to Wang Zhizhi, and garbage time will give him more opportunities to play.

Only the kind of people who are poor and unwilling to work hard, the coaching staff will give up completely.

December 23rd.

Heat vs. Wizards.

The Wizards have had a rocky season.

Stackhouse hasn't returned yet, and team boss Arenas has been injured again, leaving only one Larry Hughes to support on his own.

The Heat clocked out again in the third quarter.

In the end, 103:82 won a big victory.

Before Christmas, the Heat won two in a row after losing Cato, which is the best gift for fans.

The current Heat team is 17-11, squeezing out the Pistons and sitting third in the East and seventh in the league, which no one could have imagined before the start of the season.

First, the Pacers, 21-8.

Second, the Lakers, 20-6.

Third, the Kings, 20-6.

Fourth, Spurs, 20-10.

Fifth, the Timberwolves, 18-9.

Sixth, the Hornets, 18-11.

Seventh, the Heat, 17-11.

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Heat owner Mickey Allison was so happy with the team's good results that the Carnival owner custom-made luxury suits for all the players, coaches, management, and other staff as Christmas presents.

And promised that as long as the Heat can make it to the second round of the playoffs, they will organize everyone to take a vacation on Carnival's luxury cruise ship in the offseason.

On December 24, the whole league went on vacation.

Li Lei bought the things needed for the festival in advance, and waited for Li's father and Li's mother to come over from Los Angeles, and their family was in Miami for the holiday this year.

Haslem returned home early.

In fact, his home is in Miami, but there is some distance, so he and Li Lei rented an apartment near the American Airlines Center Arena.

In Haslem's words: the closer he lives to the arena, the less time he spends on the road and the more time he can have to train.

packed up in advance, and Li Lei was waiting for people in the apartment.

After a while, Bill Duffy arrived with a group of Chinese.

They are from a well-known insurance company in China, Grand Ping Yang Insurance.

Not long ago, Yao Ming became the global face of Chinese Life Insurance. When the competitor Dapingyang Insurance saw it, he immediately chose Li Lei.

As for Battle and Wang Zhizhi, they are both marginal players, and Da Pingyang naturally doesn't consider them.

Duffy has already negotiated a contract with the head of Grand Horizontal.

Li Lei also consulted Yao Ming, and at the same time asked Li's father to consult relatives in China, and only after knowing enough about Dapingyang Insurance did he decide to sign a contract.

With this sign, Li Lei became a millionaire and had surplus food in his hands.

Unlike before, his contract with the Heat is not small, but he still has to pay nearly half of the heavy taxes.

In addition, the NBA salary is also once every two weeks, Li Lei played for two months, received four times, and there was not much money in total.

Besides.

Duffy also told Li Lei that Nike and Adi were also contacting him and wanted to sign Li Lei.

After Nike missed Yao Ming that year, it attached great importance to Li Lei and hoped to sign Li Lei, and gave a very good offer.

Li Lei just listened, and handed over the rest to Duffy.

Professional things are left to professional people to do, and Li Lei only needs to make the final decision.

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After dealing with these things, Li Lei finally became idle.

Calculating the time of his parents' plane, Li Lei packed up the vegetables and meat in advance, and just waited for the two of them to get home and fire directly.

In fact, Li Lei's family doesn't particularly care about Christmas, after all, they are Chinese, and what they care about is reunion.

After Li Lei played, he flew around all day long, and there was less time for his family to get together.

Li's father and Li's mother just wanted to come over to accompany Li Lei.

It doesn't matter where it is, who matters!

Where the family gathers, it's home!

Getting ready for work, Li Lei drove to the airport, picked up his parents and went home, the family was huddled in the kitchen to busy eating, steaming, so warm.

Later, the family eats, chats, and watches TV together.

The next day, Li Lei took his parents to the city to go shopping.

At Christmas, most businesses are closed.

But in a metropolis like Miami, the bustling business district will continue to be open.

Li Lei also bought some simple small gifts as a Christmas return gift for his teammates.

When Father Li saw Li Lei choosing a gift, he suggested that it would be better to make some Chinese pastries as gifts, although it was worthless, it was his heart.

These people in the NBA are not short of money, and they are all richer than Li Lei's second-round pick.

If you give it expensive, people may not be able to see it.

Send some special features, and people can remember them.

Li Lei naturally agreed.

After buying ingredients on the street, the three of them went home.

Guided by Li's father, Li Lei made rice cakes by himself.

The soft and sticky rice cake is sprinkled with green and red silk, red dates, sesame seeds and other colorful accessories, which is very attractive to look at.

Busy until the evening, the three of them had dinner and sat in front of the TV to watch the Christmas war.

Knights vs Magic.

Kings vs Mavericks.

Lakers vs Mosaics.

Li Lei naturally chose the third game.

Fans all over China are probably tuning in to watch this game, Yao Shark vs.

A few weeks ago, CCTV was trying to promote this game, and it was particularly popular in China.

"Yao Ming can't defend O'Neal, but Yao Ming is already the best player in defending O'Neal."

Before the start of the game, Daddy Li said.

Mother Li nodded: "And Kobe, the Mosaic team has no one who can limit him." Jim Jackson is a bit old, and Mobley is a little shorter. ”

Li Lei: "......"

I don't know when, Father Li and Mother Li, who don't know anything about basketball, will also be able to comment on the basketball game.

Li Lei felt warm in his heart.

That's the love of parents.

In their own games, they will definitely not miss a live broadcast, and only after listening to it can they understand basketball.

Li Lei was also a little sad.

chose basketball, it was difficult for the family to meet, and parents could only watch their sons on TV.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world!

Li Lei hugged his father and his mother on the other, hugging them like a child, feeling the heat coming from both sides.

Happiness is as simple as that.