he had gotten his feet tangled up with Nick Young in the incident, but Pachulia was criticized by many players, coaches and pundits such as Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Gregg Popovich, describing the incident as yet another in a long list of controversial dirty plays in Pachulia's career. The NBA officially stated that they would not discipline Pachulia over the incident. In June 2018, Pachulia won his second straight championship as a member of the Warriors, after they defeated the Cavaliers in a four-game sweep in the Finals. Detroit Pistons (2018–2019) On July 15, 2018, Pachulia signed with the Detroit Pistons. Post-playing career On August 29, 2019, Pachulia retired from playing and re-joined the Warriors as a front office consultant in their basketball operations department. He won his third NBA championship after the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in six games in the 2022 NBA Finals. Personal life Pachulia legally changed his first name from Zaur to Zaza. He and his wife, Tika, have two sons, Davit and Saba, and a daughter, Mariam. Beginning in 2004, Pachulia hosted annual free summer basketball camps for children in different locations throughout Georgia until 2016 when he established a basketball academy in his native Tbilisi. In 2017, Pachulia received the Order of Honor from Republic of Georgia president Giorgi Margvelashvili. He also holds Turkish citizenship. Career statistics NBA Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Orlando | 59 || 2 || 11.3 || .389 || – || .644 || 2.9 || .2 || .4 || .2 || 3.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Milwaukee | 74 || 4 || 18.9 || .452 || .000 || .746 || 5.1 || .8 || .6 || .5 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 78 || 78 || 31.4 || .451 || .000 || .735 || 7.9 || 1.7 || 1.1 || .5 || 11.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 72 || 47 || 28.1 || .474 || .000 || .786 || 6.9 || 1.5 || 1.1 || .5 || 12.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 62 || 5 || 15.2 || .437 || .000 || .706 || 4.0 || .6 || .4 || .2 || 5.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta | 77 || 26 || 19.1 || .497 || .000 || .709 || 5.7 || .7 || .5 || .3 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"|