The CBA Playoffs Finals were in full swing, and the first game of the finals between Liaoning and Xinjiang ended last night, in which Liaoning won the game and got off to a good start.
The CBA also specially arranged an award called the Latest Star Award for this finals, and in order to encourage the new generation of players to perform well on the court, a new star award will be awarded every game.
I don't know what the meaning of this award is, I'm afraid there is no award like this in all leagues, and the CBA league is also the first time in history that there is such an award, and some fans analyzed that this award is set specifically for Zhang Zhenlin.
In the first finals, the CBA League also did not hesitate to award this award to Zhang Zhenlin, encouraging him to perform well in the first finals.
However, it is true that the Liaoning team was able to win the Xinjiang team in the first game, and Zhang Zhenlin's personal performance can be said to be very credited. He got 19 points and 8 assists in the game, not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end to defend the opponent's arrowheads, it can be said that the current Zhang Zhenlin is a good offensive and defensive player.
And in yesterday's game, it was precisely because of Zhang Zhenlin's two consecutive super difficult three-point shots in the opening stage that the momentum of the entire Liaoning team rose. It is precisely because of this momentum that the Liaoning team played very perfectly in the first quarter, leading Xinjiang by a large score, laying the foundation for the Liaoning team to win.
After the game, Yang Ming, the head coach of the Liaoning team, also told the truth about the performance of the Liaoning team, saying that the Liaoning team actually played better in the first quarter, and was in a backward state in the second three quarters, and Zhang Zhenlin's contribution was indispensable.
Regarding the evaluation of the latest stars, the Xinjiang team and the Liaoning team each selected five people, all of whom are players who have just entered the league.
They are Liu Yanyu from the 2019 class of the Liaoning team, Zhang Zhenlin and Yu Zechen from the 2020 class, Zhang Junhao and Li Huyi from the 2023 class, and Huang Rongqi from the 2017 class of the Xinjiang team, Qi Lin, Li Yanzhe, Sirzati, and Rutubula from the 2019 class are all representatives of the new generation of players.
The biggest coffee position here is undoubtedly Zhang Zhenlin, followed by Qi Lin of the Xinjiang team. There is no doubt that this award is for Zhang Zhenlin, and there is no way to compare the coffee positions of other players with Zhang Zhenlin.
Fans said that it was probably because Zhang Zhenlin didn't have any personal honors in the regular season or the playoffs, so the league invented an award to decorate him.