pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 544

Players from both sides entered the field, and the Asian Cup final is about to begin.

Is the Chinese team returning to the top of Asia?Or will a new king be born?

After two and a half hours, the answer will be revealed.

The captain of the New Zealand team is No. 10, a center named Rutherford. This player is in excellent physical condition and possesses certain top-level professional strength, but he has never played in a top-level professional league. He only played in New Zealand's domestic league. In the New Zealand Basketball League, he is a well-deserved king.

He entered the professional league at the age of 22, and now he has completed 13 seasons. In his 13-year career, he has won 12 New Zealand League championships. Except for failing to win the championship in the first year of his career, he has achieved 12 consecutive championships.

Now Rutherford is 35 years old, but he is still the absolute core of this New Zealand team. His body is not in the state of 35 years old at all, and still contains the vitality and energy of 27/28 years old.

At least, he thought so himself.

Rutherford was the number one contributor to New Zealand's promotion. He averaged 15.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.2 blocks and 0.8 steals per game, ranking first in the team.

However, his data can only be ranked third in the Chinese team.

In the confrontation with the top players in Asia, Rutherford still has a certain degree of confrontation. Although he has no experience in playing in the top league, his excellent physical condition still helps him support his own territory in the penalty area.

It is no secret that Rutherford is the absolute core of the New Zealand team. However, he is not the only condition for New Zealand to enter the finals. The small forward Kramir in the team also performed well. The 21-year-old small forward is the only player in the New Zealand team who played in overseas leagues. However, Kramir, who played in the Turkish league, did not get too many opportunities to play. In the first season, he averaged only 8.3 minutes per game, contributed 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, and was on the edge of the team. .

However, in this Asian Cup, Kramer suddenly ushered in an explosion, averaging 13.3 points per game, and scored 19 points alone in the semifinals in the Philippines, and climbed over the mountain of the Philippines with Rutherford.

Today, Kramir has achieved his worth with the Asian Cup. After the Asian Cup, he will return to Turkey. Now many clubs have shown strong interest in him, and even some European teams have extended an olive branch to him.

In this regard, Kramer did not make any response. He just wanted to devote himself to the current Asian Cup. As for the club's affairs, it will not be resolved until returning to the league.

Except for Rutherford and Kramer, the other players in New Zealand really can't name them. They are all grassroots players, and many players even have no experience in professional leagues.

The game officially started, Su Miao jumped to the ball without any suspense, and turned the basketball to Zhang Jianing. Just when the Chinese team thought everything was safe and was about to start the first wave of offensive runs, Kramer suddenly rushed out and grabbed the ball before Zhang Jianing.

The Chinese team looked shocked, "Where did this kid come from? The speed is so fast."

The Chinese team, which lost the ball, quickly returned to defense. When the New Zealand team attacked, the Chinese team had already arranged a defensive formation.

"I said not to be careless." Mu Chenfeng reminded the team members.

"Okay." Zhang Jianing said coldly. The duck with its mouth just flew away. Of course, he wanted to save face, so he pressed on mercilessly, raising the defensive intensity to a very high level.

Zhang Jianing was so serious when he came up, it was very rare, Su Mengyao on the sidelines couldn't help but said, "Does it need to be so serious? The other party doesn't look strong."

Fang Tianzheng shook his head slightly, "You can't tell whether a player is strong or not, and you can only know it through the actual matchup."

"Remember, the strong are good at disguising."

Zhang Jianing's defense is very close, leaving little room for Kramer to operate, and the opponent can only stabilize the rhythm and look for opportunities.

"Is it really okay to stick so close?" Mu Chenfeng was quite worried after seeing Zhang Jianing's defensive position. Tight marking will indeed bring a lot of defensive pressure to the offensive players. Similarly, the defensive players will also be under great pressure, because if the sticking is too tight, if the opponent finds an opportunity, it will be a fatal blow, and there will be no chance to react.

"No problem, he is Zhang Jianing." The teammate said, "You see the opponent was defended by him." Zhang Jianing "punished" the opponent to stand still for nearly 10 seconds.

However, before his teammates could finish speaking, Zhang Jianing paid the price for his close defense. Kramer really held his breath and controlled the ball on the spot for 10 seconds, finally waiting for Zhang Jianing's defensive flaw. Perhaps this was his only chance, but he seized it.

Kramer took advantage of Zhang Jianing's sideways movement and dribbled the ball in the other direction where he was moving.

"So fast!" Zhang Jianing couldn't help being shocked by Kramer's speed. His reaction was fast enough, but he was still thrown away.

Kramer's speed is really fast. The height of 195cm is obviously not advantageous for playing small forwards, but the "disadvantage" of his height endows him with faster speed and flexible footsteps than ordinary small forwards. He usually plays guards at his height, but Kramer has the heart of a small forward.

"It's okay, we're here." Su Miao and Liu Tianyu formed a two-person barrier in the interior to block Kramir's breakthrough.

When faced with the two-man defense, Kramil did not hesitate at all and challenged forcefully. Su Miao and Liu Tianyu both took off to block.

"Don't jump." Mu Chenfeng wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and the three of them were about to meet in the air.

The moment the three of them were about to confront each other, there was a smug smile on the corner of Kramir's mouth, "You guys like dancing so much."

Kramer didn't make a shot, but after confirming that both of them had taken off, he passed the ball to Rutherford who had already ambushed under the basket.

The New Zealand team played a "fantastic" start through exquisite cooperation. The two main players of the team, Kramer and Rutherford, gave the Chinese team a note of Mawei as soon as they came up.

"The cooperation just now must be professional." The audience exclaimed.

"Yeah, don't forget, these two people are also professionals." Someone continued.

"Good pass." Rutherford put his big hand on Kramer's "little" head and rubbed it skillfully.

"Is it just good?" Kramer is obviously not satisfied with this implicit evaluation. He is a player who desperately desires to be recognized.

(End of this chapter)