Dibuat oleh Admin. Pada 27 May 2024 - 14:06
Satria Muda Pertamina finally succeeded in conquering one of their biggest challenges this season, namely back to back matches. After always never running smoothly in four back to back matches, yesterday Arki Cs was finally able to win against Amarta Hangtuah and Rans Bogor at Pertamina Arena Jakarta.
The new SM Pertamina player, Reynaldo Garcia Zamora, also had a real impact. In total, in his two debut games he scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals. Certainly not a bad record for a player who has only joined training for two days.
“Congratulations to Reynaldo's play in these two games, he was able to score points and also shared the ball well. But the most important thing is that he is very strong in defense, seeing his defense makes us all motivated to do the same. "So I think he is the right type of player for us right now," said Arki Wisnu after the match.
The same thing was also conveyed by Satria Muda's mainstay forward, Juan Laurent. According to him, the key to SM Pertamina's two consecutive wins last week was neat defense which resulted in their opponents not being able to score points easily.
“The main factor is that our communication is getting better when defending, so it puts pressure on the opponent so they can't score points. "There are still some turn-overs but I'm sure that will soon decrease as time goes by," said this player from West Java.
With these two wins, Satria Muda Pertamina improved their position in the Indonesian basketball league standings from eighth to sixth.
"I hope we can consistently play well with a complete squad and maintain this good momentum until the end," he concluded.
SM Pertamina itself will meet Amarta Hangtuah again in an away match on May 31 and face Borneo on June 1. (FR)
