At this year's European Championships, because of the retirement of Xiao Jia, coupled with the absence of the two core Ruhr and Rubio in the backcourt due to injury, the outside world is not optimistic that Spain can go too far, but it is in this piece of decline that the Matadors Army has successfully reached the knockout stage as the first group stage, first in the knockout round with 8 points to narrowly beat Lithuania, and in the earlier 1/4 final, they reversed Finland led by Markkanen in the second half and successfully reached the final four.
Facing this Nordic dark horse, Spain's performance in the first half was actually not ideal, 11 points behind the opponent in the first quarter, but the key moment relied on the veteran Rudy Fernandez's excellent performance at both ends of the attack and defense, and finally they still had a thrilling reversal in the second half, the 37-year-old veteran Rudy in only 18 minutes of playing time, three-pointers 3, cut 11 points, with the team's highest 5 steals, although this European Championship he has been plagued by injuries, with thick protective gear in many places However, when he needed to come forward at the critical moment, Rudy really did not disappoint the coaching staff.
At this European Championship, Rudy averaged 8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, three-point shooting rate as high as 41.7%, and the two-point shooting rate was more efficient, up to a terrifying 62.5%, completely unable to see that it was a 37-year-old veteran, due to rubio, Ruhr injury, Rudy also became the only Spanish men's basketball team with experience in the 2008 Olympic Games.
As the most representative forward knife of the Spanish golden generation, Rudy was selected by the Blazers with the first round of 24 in 2007, although the NBA career is very short, only played in the league for 4 years, but Rudy was able to hand over 9.1 points with 36% of the three-point shooting rate, in that era can maintain the three-point shooting rate at about 36%, it is indeed very good, at the age of 26, when Rudy was in the golden period of his career, he chose to leave the NBA and return to play in the European League. Now that I see this familiar figure on the FIBA field again, I believe that the older fans should be very emotional.
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